I was turned on to Live Stats today.

Locally Type does a great job here.

5 options for web analytics and guidelines based on company size / web goals.

HBX for medium sized companies.
Google for free.
WebTrends for medium sized companies.
ClickTracks for small to medium sized companies.
Omniture for medium to large sized companies.

And what WikiPedia has to say about web analytics.

Here’s an interesting way of using Google Maps. Who is sick

Thanks for the information Andrew

iScroll for Mac

Google Maps API

A simple little plugin does the trick.

I found about it from Photoshop Support

Get found locally…
http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7039

I forget where I first head about Taguchi methods. Wikipedia does a good job at explaining it. Or least it did today

From Wikipedia
Taguchi methods are statistical methods developed by Genichi Taguchi to improve the quality of manufactured goods and, more recently, to biotechnology, marketing and advertising. Taguchi methods are considered controversial among some traditional Western statisticians but others accept many of his concepts as being useful additions to the body of knowledge.

More on Taguchi methods…

Taguchi could be bad for marketing …

If someone has told you they want to give you a billion dollars recently, this is for you. How to scam the scammers.

Why Static URLs are better than Dynamic URLs (from resource II below)
Static URLs are known to be better than Dynamic URLs because of a number of reasons
• Static URLs typically Rank better in Search Engines.
• Search Engines are known to index the content of dynamic pages a lot slower compared to static pages.
• Static URLs are always more friendlier looking to the End Users.

Discusses the SEO and usability benefits of rewriting URLs
http://www.seoconsultants.com/articles/1000/urls.asp

Why 301 redirects are search engine friendly (from resource II below)
301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It’s not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page. If you have to change file names or move pages around, it’s the safest option. The code “301″ is interpreted as “moved permanently”.

301 redirects on IIS resource I
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

301 redirects on IIS resource II
http://www.mcanerin.com/EN/articles/301-redirect-IIS.asp