Talk:Researching and Trending
On a weekly basis, however, you'll want to create a simple spreadsheet of fields that help you chart your site's buzz over time. Here what I recommend:
* Technorati: Blogs linking to your site * Technorati: Total incoming links to your site * Bloglines: Citation search total * Analytics: Pageviews * Analytics: New Visitors * Analytics: Repeat visitors * Analytics: Referrals * Analytics: Organic * Analytics: Direct * Datasource: New Members/Subscribers/Customers * Datasource: Revenues from (direct sales/affiliates/partners/resellers/etc.) * Alexa: Weekly rank * Email: Opens * Email: Clickthroughs * Email: Forwards
