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It’s a Friday silly day. Of course, it is!

Well, I have something for you today that’s not silly at all. Want to measure how your site is doing? I mean, what people are looking at when they come to see your website or blog?

Like over the past week, I see 831 visitors and 160 clicks. Not a record load of traffic, but it’s building and it’s mostly coming direct or from search. Watch out Shoemoney. Ha!

Everyone clicked on different things, but mainly the AddMe button for bookmarking, which is very cool. Thanks to those who took the time to do that.

I got 27 optins. Welcome, friends!

And 9 people were interested in my “About Me” page.

This is totally cool stuff to know, right?

But… you also get a heat map. This shows you plainly what people are looking at when they come to your site. My brightest lites were subscribe to my list and my RSS feed. Not bad.

And then… you also get a “confetti” report. These are colored dots of light and when you click on them, you can see how the person got to your blog or site, how long they spent, what browser they used, and what operating system they have.

Whoa.

And all that for free. Go check this out. It’s an incredible tool, and I just gave you the highlights.

http://crazyegg.com

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Hey!

Do you wonder who’s coming to your site?

How about what they click on?

And then, there’s where did they come from?

What keywords did they use to get there?

And on and on. Statistics are the most valuable tool that you can employ in your business to see what’s working and what’s not. Want some very cool sites where you can get these things and more free?

Here some sites I use or will be using imminently:

Google Analytics: This site is the bomb. There’s a ton of free information in Analytics, and if you get the plugin Google Analyticator, it’s simple to get stats for your blog. Just go to Analytics, set up a campaign for your blog, and put the UA-### code into the space provided under Options/Analyticator. This rocks! However, don’t totally depend on it. Sometimes, the stats are questionable. That’s the reason you need stats from so many places to get a totally rounded picture.

103Bees: I’ve written about this site before, and it’s great! For example, I go there today and find out that this blog ranks #2 in Google for embedding video for “Traffic Geyser vs. Tube Mogul.” And how about #8 for” embed video into WordPress” or better yet, number 1 and 2 for “allinoneseo.” Freakin’ cool! Get a 103Bees account!

Hittail: I joined this site a while back, and forgot to put the code on my blog. Duh. So, though it offers some pretty cool stuff, including keyword suggestions, I’ll let you know how I like this one in a week or so.

Crazy Egg: This one is fun. You can see what people clicked on and where they looked when they came to your blog. Shows you exactly where their cursor landed and where they clicked and such. Very cool.

Robot Replay: Whoa. Did you ever want to be a fly on the wall? I mean, check out what your visitors are doing with this site. I just signed up to see what it will do. Interesting.

and a bonus…

MyBlogLog: you can get very cool stats from MBL free, if you want them from like, yesterday. If you want them up to the minute, it’s only $3 a month. Check out the widget on my sidebar. You can show your readers. (Hi, Jack Humphrey!) And you can see what’s clicked on most. Plus now, you can make a widget that’s all about you. Great site! One of my absolute faves! I’m going to sign up one of my clients tonight. I told him he absolutely HAS to have this one. You do, too.

So, that’s a few of the great stats sites. In another post, I’ll give you a few more.

Stats are not just a great way to help move your business forward, but they’re tons of fun!

I know. I’m an SEO. We’re a peculiar bunch.

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