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Hi Guy',s I want some useful information about...

2009-11-06T18:57:23.491-10:00

Hi Guy',s
I want some useful information about Google Analytics...

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Dave Barnes, I'm with you about the favicon. B...

2009-06-18T13:22:57.159-10:00

Dave Barnes, I'm with you about the favicon. But I tried doing it today a couple of different ways and got hung up when I got to where to put the code. I wasn't willing to risk it because I didn't understand the instructions.

"Seems like a lot of bother for a little pict...

2009-06-18T10:10:11.319-10:00

"Seems like a lot of bother for a little picture. But it does make the web more personal."
Wrong. It is all about BRANDING.
The favicon appears in my list of bookmarks in Firefox.
The B is generic. The T or TT or whatever you use will identify you.

scodtt, thanks for your help. You're absolutel...

2009-06-18T09:19:05.340-10:00

scodtt, thanks for your help. You're absolutely right about word press. I started with blogger because I'm on my own now and wanted to be able to do everything myself. This is a good place for me to start, but I hear you. I did successfully install analytics this morning. Now working on favicon. Seems like a lot of bother for a little picture. But it does make the web more personal.

Mark, I appreciate you weighing in. You were very ...

2009-06-18T09:17:06.178-10:00

Mark, I appreciate you weighing in. You were very energetic at the Post, a formidable competitor. I wish you all the best.

A note about John Temple's efforts at The Rock...

2009-06-18T07:28:32.940-10:00

A note about John Temple's efforts at The Rocky. I ran the web site at The Denver Post and one of the key attractions for me when I took the job was to have competition from John and his team. John put together the innovative yourhub platform, was aggressive in adopting blogging and Twitter strategies, and was (is) a central part of the community in Denver. There are lots of newspaper editors and publishers who are afraid to take risks -- John isn't one of them.

Here are some instructions for fixing your favicon...

2009-06-17T19:40:18.507-10:00

Here are some instructions for fixing your favicon specifically on Blogger:

http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2008/04/favicons-made-easy.html

Even easier: Use WordPress! All the stuff you would want from Analytics is in the stats page automatically, no need to install anything.

And to the bigger question, well, I'm glad you addressed it. I saw my old J-school prof's question this morning and wondered if you would be addressing it. Glad you did.

Thanks for the kind words, TGD. I still have hope....

2009-06-17T18:40:10.745-10:00

Thanks for the kind words, TGD. I still have hope.

Lisa, I really appreciate the help. I'll try to follow your suggestions in the morning. The link telling people how to add google analytics provides the best instructions I've seen yet. I'm just kind of uneasy because I don't want to blow up my blog by making a mistake.

Hi, John: How to add Google Analytics: here

You can make a favicon here: favicon generator. Here's a howto adding the favicon to your site that discusses the annoying IE favicon bug.

John - excellent series of posts. I think you'...

2009-06-17T16:07:29.730-10:00

John - excellent series of posts. I think you're spot on. I spent 20 years in print newsrooms, and another 10 on the interactive side. I was frustrated during those last 10 with the defensiveness of the traditional culture. With a few months' distance, "frustrated" has turned into "stunned and amazed." Yes, the sheer size of the traditional businesses makes them difficult to turn, in spite of strong efforts from many folks. But the imperatives to turn remain. Sadly, most of what we hear from *inside* the organizations is still defensive: "What we do it SOOOO IMPORTANT."

Agreed. But that doesn't solve the problem.

Looking forward to more of your thoughts. You're a welcome voice to that ongoing conversation.

-tgd

Mr. Allen, you should ask Alan Horton, somebody fo...

2009-06-17T13:00:30.702-10:00

Mr. Allen, you should ask Alan Horton, somebody for whom I have great respect. We are still close. That should tell you something. I believe you would find that he holds me and my work at the Rocky in high regard.

A decade or so ago, Alan Horton, then head of the ...

2009-06-17T10:48:54.314-10:00

A decade or so ago, Alan Horton, then head of the newspaper division at Scripps, toured the concern's newspaper with a message to editors to "blow up the newspapers," get rid of the presses and shake up and slim down the newsrooms. I think it is fair to say he was almost universally ridiculed as few editors then understood the erosive power the Internet would have on their local business. Horton is looking quite prescient now, and you seem to have encorporated some of his ideas into your response to the API. So you were given free rein a decade ago to experiment, a much more complete explanation is needed on why you didn't take Horton's recommendation and blow up the Rocky? I personally think it was complacency and status-quo management.