There seem to be a lot of articles on metrics lately. This one is great for making the case that the basic glance at page views and visits isn't enough. Dig deeper, try to understand what users are trying to do. Then you find the real gems. With Data Analysis, Less Isn't More

Sounds interesting. This is free service to embed chat into a webpage. Okay, sounds like great technology, now how are they going to make money? An interesting enough idea to try. The important factor is how it integrates with your existing web presence. Want To Interact More Directly With Your Customers? Get Chatango – RG…

This is a really cool concept. And I think users will take to it, but don't expect this to be able to just walk down the street, meet your buddy at the local coffee shop and do this…it takes a wireless network and servers to drive the whole process. But maybe with flash drives getting…

Good head to head to head reviews. But I think most of these packages are out of the league of most users to purchase and implement. Definitely stuff for the enterprise-level crowd. Site Analysis Gets Expert Treatment

I think Seltzer really missed the boat on this one. Yes the problem is that users don't update, but the update process is no walk in the park. Computers and OSes need to be more self-healing and the updates need to be able to be delivered in small enough chunks that dial-up users (who are…

How amazing this is? IM a virtual travel agent and make travel bookings. The review I read said it was still a little buggy, but I think we're getting to point where intelligent software is meeting powerful computers to make it all come together. Welcome to TravelMessenger – talk to travel

If you sell online or offer something online through an ad, you need to understand your conversition rate…which of course gets back to metrics and eyeball glazing. There are good benchmarks in this article to use as guideposts. Benchmarking an Average Conversion Rate

The reason, I think, that marketers don't get the information they need is that many of the metrics tools (not just web metrics) haven't been easy to use and have been the domain of IT for a long time. Technolgies need to allow marketers to easily cruise through data and be able to find the…

Ah the visionaries are out in full force here…But more ideas and visions of what could be possible. PCWorld.com – Mapping the New Internet

Another example of how the BizBlog is helping already over taxed info-workers keep up. While in the same boat not so long ago I often wondered how management expected people to actually get the work done when everyone was in meeting all the time. The answer is, of course, they expect people to stretch their…