Web Analytics Search Engine

01Aug07

Sometimes you just have a really particular and burning question about web analytics. There are tons of great blogs out there, lots of useful resources and the always helpful Yahoo! Web Analytics Forum.

But, searching through all of these resources when you need an answer now can be a hassle. So, I put together the Web Analytics Search Engine (you can also find it in my Resources page). It searches 20+ of the leading web analytics blogs (listed below) and a few other sites to give you focused results. You can add it to your Google homepage just by clicking this link:

I want this to be a tool for the whole web analytics community, so please email me if I missed a great resource that should be in the engine, alex AT alexlcohen DOT com or use the contact form.

If you would like to add the Web Analytics Search Engine to your own blog or site, just paste the code below into your site. A link back to this new blogger is never expected, but always appreciated :-)

<!– Google CSE Search Box Begins –>
<form id=”searchbox_012671469150585673048:m4fbgv7iopc” action=”http://www.google.com/cse”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”cx” value=”012671469150585673048:m4fbgv7iopc” />
<input type=”hidden” name=”cof” value=”FORID:0″ />
<input name=”q” type=”text” size=”40″ />
<input type=”submit” name=”sa” value=”Search” />
<img src=”http://www.google.com/coop/images/google_custom_search_smnar.gif” alt=”Google Custom Search” />
</form>
<!– Google CSE Search Box Ends –>

I created the Web Analytics Search Engine with the Google Co-Op tool. Personally, I think this is an amazing and potentially disruptive technology from Google. Anyone can define what relevance means to them. They even include a “Marker” tool that lets you add any site you’re browsing to your personal search engine.

Sites in the Web Analytics Search Engine (in no particular order):

Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik - Avinash Kaushik - http://www.kaushik.net/avinash
Web Metrics Guru - Marshall Sponder - http://www.webmetricsguru.com/
GrokDotCom - FutureNow - http://www.grokdotcom.com/
Web Analytics World - Manoj Jasra - http://manojjasra.blogspot.com/
Web Strategy by Jeremiah - Jeremiah Owyang - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/
WebAnalytics.be Blog - Aureli Pols - http://webanalytics.wordpress.com/
Analytics Talk - Justin Cutroni - http://www.epikone.com/blog
Unofficial Google Analytics Blog - Shawn Purtrell - http://www.roirevolution.com/blog
Lies, Damned Lies… - Ian Thomas - http://www.liesdamnedlies.com/
Increasing Your Website’s Conversion - Robbin Steiff - http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/
The Commerce360 Blog - Craig Danuloff - http://blogs.commerce360.com/
Google Analytics Blog - Jeff Gills - http://analytics.blogspot.com/
Coremark Analytics - Wendi Mally - http://coremarkanalytics.com/blog/
Marketing Productivity Blog - Jim Novo - http://blog.jimnovo.com/
Emetrics Summit - Jim Sterne - www.emetrics.org
Web Analytic Demystified - Judah Phillips - http://judah.webanalyticsdemystified.com/
Visual Revenue - Dennis Mortensen - http://visualrevenue.com/blog/
Analytical Engine - Diamond Management & Technology Consultants - http://diamondinfoanalytics.com/blog1/
Eric Peterson’s Blog - http://blog.webanalyticsdemystified.com/weblog
Juice Analytics - Juice Analytics - http://www1.juiceanalytics.com/writing/
SEMAngel - Gary Angel - http://semphonic.blogs.com/semangel/
The Site Is Dead - Offermatica - http://www.landingpageoptimization.com/
Anil’s Batra’s Web Analysis Blog - Anil Batra - http://webanalysis.blogspot.com/
Data Mining Research - Sandro Saitta - http://dataminingresearch.blogspot.com/
The MineThatData Blog - Kevin Hillstrom - http://minethatdata.blogspot.com/
The Dashboard Spy - Enterprise Dashboard Screenshots - http://www.enterprise-dashboard.com/
Web Analytics Assocication - http://www.webanalyticsassociation.org/
University of British Columbia Web Analytics Program - UBC - http://www.tech.ubc.ca/webanalytics/index.html
DigitalAlex - Alex L. Cohen - www.alexlcohen.com