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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

Sure we still get excited and animated about a new JavaScript library, a new CSS trick, a new device, or a new data store. So even if that business doesn't exist as anything but a web site, we want them to avoid unnecessary technology risks. A site with a million users is much easier to manage today than it was in 2000.

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SMCLA: Google Analytics Recap and Video

Tech Zulu Event

Set aside 5 minutes, get your cut and paste skills ready and prepare to collect analytics data via the 2 lines or so of JavaScript provided by Google with your account. Almost as important as what they do on your site is where they came from and how they got there. You need to have goals to measure against. Track your inbound traffic.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

this is not the case, you wont be able to do anything mentioned here without bringing your site down. You need to be able to check your sites raw web logs. The "User Agent string" is just the name thatthe program accessing your site goes by. Go to the top web directory ofyour site, where your home page is located.

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