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		<title>Cool Alternatives To Google Analytics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Who</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The most popular website statistics application used by website owners is Google Analytics.</p>

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<p><em>But as all cool people know just because something is popular does not mean it's the <strike>best</strike>.</em> <strong>And the same applies with website metrics.</strong>
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<p>Included in this post are 3 cool alternatives to Google Analytics. The first (Woopra), runs on your computer, the second (Mint) runs on your web server and the third is a service that runs in your web browser (pMetrics). Let's get started with the best, Woopra:</p>]]></description>
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<p>The most popular website statistics application used by website owners is <em>Google Analytics</em>.</p>

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<p><em>But as all cool people know just because something is popular does not mean it's the <strike>best</strike>.</em> <strong>And the same applies with website metrics.</strong>
</blockquote>

<p>Included in this post are <strong>3 cool alternatives to Google Analytics</strong>. The first (Woopra), runs on your computer, the second (Mint) runs on your web server and the third is a service that runs in your web browser (pMetrics). Let's get started with the best, Woopra:</p><span id="more-516"></span>

<h2><a href="http://www.woopra.com/" rel="external">Woopra</a></h2>

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<p>
In order to get <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" rel="external">Woopra</a> you need to go to their site, create an account and submit your website for approval. If Woopra look at your site and think it sucks and suspect you suck you wont hear from them and you wont be able to use <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" rel="external">Woopra</a>. See right now <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" rel="external">Woopra</a> is invitation only. But if you have a good level of traffic it's likely you will get an invite. And when you do everything in your life will be brighter definitely maybe</p>

<p>You see running <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" rel="external">Woopra</a> is like being in a James Bond movie as one of the baddies. You have got all sorts of colourful buttons to click on at your fingertips. The bottom line here is that <a href="http://www.woopra.com/" rel="external">Woopra</a> is cool very cool.</p>

<p>I enjoy using it mainly because I can watch people in real time looking at content on my site. I can see where they came from and what they are clicking on and information about them including country, web browser, and operation system and more etc. ...</p>
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<h2><a href="http://haveamint.com/" rel="external">Mint</a></h2>

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<p>
Unlike Google Analytics that runs in your web browser and unlike Woopra that runs on your computer <a href="http://haveamint.com/" rel="external">Mint</a> runs on your web server. The cool things about <a href="http://haveamint.com/" rel="external">Mint</a> include firstly the design. When you log into <a href="http://haveamint.com/" rel="external">Mint</a> you see one single screen where you can see all of the information you need related to your traffic numbers and where it's coming from. Secondly <a href="http://haveamint.com/" rel="external">Mint</a> is cool because of the extra functionality you can add onto it quickly easily and for free. You can download things called "Peppers" which add extra spice to your mint installation. Check out <a href="http://haveamint.com/peppermill/">http://haveamint.com/peppermill/</a> to see what's available. <a href="http://haveamint.com/" rel="external">Mint</a> like a lot of great and cool things in life is not free, but it's not expensive and is worth the money.</p>
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<h2><a href="http://pmetrics.performancing.com/6230" rel="external">pMetrics</a></h2>

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<p>
<a href="http://pmetrics.performancing.com/6230" rel="external">pMetrics</a> is by the guys at performancing.com It was the first service I can remember that allowed you to see what people are looking at on your website in real time. This means you can see what people are clicking on and where they came from. And the really cool thing with <a href="http://pmetrics.performancing.com/6230" rel="external">pMetrics</a> is the way it works with WordPress. When someone leaves a comment, i.e. they enter their name such as "Tom Smith" ... when they return you will be able to see that "Tom Smith" is looking at your content because <a href="http://pmetrics.performancing.com/6230" rel="external">pMetrics</a> can remember visitors by name - this is very cool. When you signup they give you a 30 day trial of the pro version, when it expires it's only a few dead presidents to keep the service on and for that investment you get to watch people in real time, which is cool.</p>
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		<title>How To Disable Related Videos On Embedded YouTube Player</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Who</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="peace">When you take the code youtube gives you to embed video on your webpage or website, at the end of the video related videos will be shown. This means it's more likely people will leave your website. To disable related videos on embedded youtube videos you just need to make two changes to the embed code:</p>]]></description>
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<p class="peace"><span class="adsense"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></span>When you take the code youtube gives you to embed video on your webpage or website, at the end of the video related videos will be shown. This means it's more likely people will leave your website. To disable related videos on embedded youtube videos you just need to make two changes to the embed code:</p><span id="more-511"></span>

<p>In your embed code there will be two references to your video URL, like this:

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<div class="codesnip-container" >http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8</div>
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<p>Append the following at the end of this link:</p>

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<div class="codesnip-container" >&#038;rel=0</div>
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<p>So working with the above example the link to our video in our object embed code would become:</p>

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<div class="codesnip-container" >http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8&#038;rel=0</div>
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<p>When you make the above changes to the embed code and view your video, no related videos will be shown.</p>

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		<title>How To Make YouTube Videos Autostart</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Who</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="peace">By default when you embed a youtube video on a web page using the YouTube embed code the user has to press the play button. For all situations where you want the video to autoplay you need to make two changes to the object embed code that you get from YouTube. Look for the location of your video in the object embed code, it should be like:</p>]]></description>
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<p class="peace"><span class="adsense"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<script type="text/javascript"
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</script></span>By default when you embed a youtube video on a web page using the YouTube embed code the user has to press the play button. For all situations where you want the video to <strong>autoplay</strong> you need to make two changes to the object embed code that you get from YouTube. Look for the location of your video in the object embed code, it should be like:</p><span id="more-490"></span>

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<div class="codesnip-container" >http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8</div>
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<p>Then append the following at the end:</p>

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<div class="codesnip-container" >&#038;autoplay=1</div>
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<p>So working with the above example the link to our video in our object embed code would become:</p>

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<div class="codesnip-container" >http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8&#038;autoplay=1</div>
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<p><strong>Easy peazy.</strong></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How To Be Cool</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Who</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Here are 20 things you need to know about how to be cool <strong>always</strong>:</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are 20 things you need to know about how to be cool <strong>always</strong>:</p><span id="more-428"></span>

<h3>20 Things You Need To Know About Being Cool</h3>

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<li><strong>You're already cool</strong>. Whatever anyone else says is invalid. You observe what they say but you don't listen. You realize that you can't make everyone happy.</li>
<li><strong>You never argue</strong>. When you're cool, arguing is always cancelled. You realize winning an argument is pointless. When you know you're right you just know it. You don't need to waste time effort and energy attempting to persuade someone who hasn't seen the things you have seen ... read the books you have ... been the places you have ... met the people you have ... that they are wrong and you are right. You're right and that's that.</li>
<li><strong>You stand tall</strong>. You have exemplary posture. You never slouch.</li>
<li><strong>When you speak people listen</strong>. You speak with such confidence, that when you talk people listen. You never mumble. You look people in the eye. And when talking to people you don't look at their possible dandruff, or that mole on their chin or whatever you look them in their eyes.</li>
<li><strong>The only brand you advertise is your own</strong>. You wear simple but stylish clothing free from corporate logo's or slogans. You don't advertise brands like Nike on the shirt you are wearing or Levi on your jeans.</li> 
<li><strong>Don't walk - don't run - just glide like a 747</strong>. While others on the street may choose to walk at a zombie pace and others may choose to walk so fast it's hard to decipher whether they are walking or running you just glide. Your posture is exceptional and you are cool calm and collected thus you glide when seen in public walking from place to place.</li>
<li><strong>Bend rules don't break them</strong>. If you're cool, you're a winner. You are not some deluded potato head who values your life above others. You realize rules and laws exist for good reason or because someone in authority thinks they are a good idea. Nonetheless you realize breaking laws or rules is never an option. But bending is.</li>
<li><strong>You never lose your cool</strong>. When presented with a problem, no matter how small large or catastrophic you focus only on the solution. Whining about how you got into your current predicament does not even enter your cool head. You are 100% solution focused.</li>
<li><strong>You say more with less</strong>. When talking, overall, you use less words in your sentences. You get to the point. You leave rambling for drunk old men who spend their life's in pubs drinking ale. When you are talking on-line in emails and websites, you get to the point. Your emails are always 8 lines or less. You just practice the mantra of always saying the absolute minimum in order to get maximum impact.</li>
<li><strong>You have passion about what you do</strong>. Whether you are a designer a musician an entrepreneur, a mother a call centre operator ... you realize being passionate about what it is you do is imperative. And you are passionate about what you do. You realize being able to exert your talents is something to be grateful for and you are. Conversely you realize that being passionate about something does NOT give you a license to be emotional EVER.</li>
<li><strong>You have your own language</strong>. If the current common trend is to say "Yo" when greeting people and "Later" when bidding farewell - you use neither. Instead you have your own versions.</li>
<li><strong>You talk highly of other people</strong>. When you are introducing people you know to other people. Stand tall and introduce them. Don't just say "<em><strike>This is my friend Jennifer</strike></em>". Say something like "<em>Fred, I want to introduce you to Jennifer. I really like Jennifer for a number of reasons. She is cool. She is attractive. And Jennifer is very intelligent. She grew up in Australia. She is here in London for 1 more year to finish her masters degree from the London School of Economics. Anyway, I am sure you will work out the rest yourself. Fred, this is my good friend Jennifer.</em>"</li>
<li><strong>You know that every problem has a solution</strong>. Some problems may have solutions that can be implemented within seconds. Some may take minutes. Some hours. Some days. And others much longer. But every problem has a solution. You realize this. And thus you are solution focused and never ever whine when presented with a problem or problems ...</li>
<li><strong>You don't procrastinate</strong>. You realize that this it. This is your life. This is it. This is all you have. And you will use every moment you have as a celebration. When you have work to do you get to work. You don't attend bullshit meetings. You put yourself under pressure and use that pressure to ignite your hyper productive skills within you, to get the absolute maximum output.</li>
<li><strong>You never talk down to anyone ever</strong>. Everyone is equal. <em>Everyone is a citizen of your world</em>. 
<li><strong>You enjoy wearing black</strong>. But you're not a goth and never will be.</li> 
<li><strong>You don't avoid fear - you head towards it at pace</strong>. You caress it. You face it. You make love to it. And you ruthlessly knock it over like a bulldozer knocking through brick walls.</li> 
<li><strong>You are friends with all types of people</strong>. You have friends who have varying occupations. They have different religions. They are different ethnicities. And they believe in things different to you. You have friends who are authors, film makers, journalists, designers, entrepreneurs, communists, venture capitalists, politicians and so on.</li>
<li><strong>You are not a member of the masons or any other similar organization</strong>. You don't need to know any secret handshake to get ahead.</li>
<li><strong>You are always learning</strong>. You realize that people not learning are busy dying. You never stand still because you realize when you're cool you have to always keep learning. You are always looking for better solutions to bigger problems. </li>
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<p>There are 20 bullets in the list above. I could write more. But 20 is enough.</p>
<blockquote class="indented"><p><strong><em>Why?</em></strong></p>
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<p>Always remember when you are cool y<em>ou can think for yourself</em>:</p>
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<p><strong>You don't need a teacher.</strong><p>
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<p>You have already realized that the best teacher in the world is, <strong>you.</strong></p>
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<p>P.S. If you're on twitter then <a href="http://twitter.com/alanwho" class="more-link" rel="external">follow me already</a>. There are many many reasons why following me provides an outrageous return on your investment of clicking that single link that says "follow" ... Here are a few ... When I find a great website I will tweet about it. When I read something kickass from a cool magazine or cool book I tweet about it. And when I think of something outrageous to say or ask I tweet. Yes, follow me already (if you want) at <a href="http://twitter.com/alanwho" rel="external" class="more-link">http://twitter.com/alanwho</a>. I guarantee you will get richer much richer a lot richer - <em>definitely maybe</em>.</p> 
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Who</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://bebo.com">Bebo</a> is a social networking website, designed to allow friends to communicate in various ways.
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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