Comments on: Google Analytics: Keeping Us All Humble http://blog.hiledesign.com/google-analytics-keeping-us-all-humble/885/ Hile Design's advertising, design and fun blog Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave http://blog.hiledesign.com/google-analytics-keeping-us-all-humble/885/comment-page-1/#comment-4522 Dave Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:58:55 +0000 http://blog.hiledesign.com/?p=885#comment-4522 Thanks for sharing, Brian. That's a good, practical approach we can all learn from! Thanks for sharing, Brian. That’s a good, practical approach we can all learn from!

]]> By: Brian Clifton http://blog.hiledesign.com/google-analytics-keeping-us-all-humble/885/comment-page-1/#comment-4302 Brian Clifton Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:01:13 +0000 http://blog.hiledesign.com/?p=885#comment-4302 Nice post, Dave - you made me laugh when I read about your addictedness to Google Analytics. That's how I got started! Interesting observation on how people scan web pages rather than read. The analogy I use is the same employed by newspapers: - people read headlines first to decide if the story interests them - scan for sub-headlines or bullet points if it's the right subject matter - go back to the first paragraph to get an overview of the article - only then do they continue to read on, if it really is interesting... So that is how I prioritize my writings - get my thoughts down in prose, then restructure as above. (I'm also a fan of Steve Krug.) Nice post, Dave – you made me laugh when I read about your addictedness to Google Analytics. That’s how I got started!

Interesting observation on how people scan web pages rather than read. The analogy I use is the same employed by newspapers:

- people read headlines first to decide if the story interests them
- scan for sub-headlines or bullet points if it’s the right subject matter
- go back to the first paragraph to get an overview of the article
- only then do they continue to read on, if it really is interesting…

So that is how I prioritize my writings – get my thoughts down in prose, then restructure as above. (I’m also a fan of Steve Krug.)

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