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Hits or Misses: Who is Your Website's Audience?

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-informationo dept.

securitas writes "The Christian Science Monitor's Gregory M. Lamb wrote a story interesting to anyone who runs a website: How do you accurately and reliably measure the audience for your website? From the article: 'Most websites have no idea how many people view their content. This inherent fuzziness is causing problems for commercial websites, especially online publications desperate to make money from Internet advertising... How can you charge for ads when it's nearly impossible to tell advertisers how many people will see them?' The article discusses the flaws and problems with Nielsen/NetRatings and comScore Media Metrix - they grossly undersample workplace users - and the rise in the number of sites requiring user registration."

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  1. answer by McAddress · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    from reading /. , it would seem that at least for the pr0n sites, the audience is /. readers.

  2. CSM by rgf71 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Christian Science" Monitor.

    Isn't that like... "Act Naturally"? or "Black Light"?

    CSM Report: If you pray, your site will get hits. It will get hits because god answered your prayer. If however, you don't get the hits you want, it is due to god's will. He knows what's best for you:)

  3. My guess for him would be ... by hayden · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Really, really gullible people.

    Hell. Who else would believe that the world was created in seven days and there is an all powerful being that created life, the universe and everything and is really, REALLY concerned about me prostating myself infront of it on a regular basis.

    For all those who believe the Christian "Science" crap:

    Suppose that a thousand years from now, the only record anyone has of the existence of a place called 'Kansas' is in the form of an old book and a couple of ancient film reels describing the improbable adventures of a young girl from this mythical place. Now suppose that a team of archaeolgists digging around in the Great Plains finds an old road sign that, when it is translated our of the archaic language called 'English,' reads 'Welcome to Kansas.' This can only mean one thing ...

    Every word in the ancient epic called The Wizard of Oz is absolutely true!

    Think about it. Please.

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