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maddiviner · 8 years ago

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Greetings, everyone. I hope you’re having a wonderful day. I’m here tonight to present you with a short guide to Tumblr for witches who may be interested in starting a blog here.

This post is obviously geared towards witches wandering the internet, but maybe some who are already here on Tumblr will enjoy it, too. I’ll be talking about the benefits to joining the Tumblr witch community, as well as some tips for getting started! Here we go!

What’s a “Tumblr witch?”

There’ve been culture-related magazines that have done huge articles on “Tumblr witches” and the witchcraft community on Tumblr, painting the whole thing as some kind of fashion trend or weird millennial hangout.

I’ve been involved with the Tumblr witch community for three years, and I can say that most of these articles don’t quite reflect what the witchcraft community on Tumblr is like.

A lot of them tend to paint it as an ideologically, culturally, and aesthetically monolithic trend, when in reality, it’s not. While it’s true that many Tumblr-going witches enjoy similar things or share fashion trends, witchcraft itself is not a trend, nor a fashion statement, nor is it the sole focus of the community.

In reality, a “Tumblr witch” is just what the name implies. A “Tumblr witch” is a witch who uses Tumblr as a blogging platform/CMS. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s true that there’s a large community of us, but we’re quite diverse.

While many of us are young (millennials), not all of us as (I’m not), nor are we all of the same religion or mindset. You might even say that “Tumblr Witch” isn’t even a useful term, at all! Still, Tumblr is a great content management system for witches.

I think what makes Tumblr strong as a blogging platform for witches is that there’s an extremely diverse community here already in existence. So, in short, don’t buy into too much nonsense about what a “Tumblr witch” does or believes, because everyone’s unique.

Again, the only real way I can see to define a “Tumblr witch” is just “a witch who uses Tumblr.” It’s as simple as that! It’s definitely not some kind of tradition or mindset for witches - it’s just a matter of what blogging platform the witch uses.

Continue reading for information about why you should consider Tumblr as a blogging platform, tips for using the interface, and more! Tagging @witchypixie by request. :-D

Why join Tumblr as a witch?

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you’re a witch, like me. Or, maybe you’re a magician or chaote or something related (that’s cool, too). If I may, for a moment, I’d like to discuss the benefits and reasons why witches all over should consider using Tumblr as their blogging platform!

Obviously, other platforms exist. I’ve used Wordpress in the past, but Tumblr outpaces it (at least for witchcraft-related posts) in my opinion. Lets discuss why this site is great!

Firstly, Tumblr is more than just a content management system or blogging platform. Tumblr’s tagging system is extremely user-friendly and allows for the quick and quite intense sharing of information.

Since, to me, magick is about building connections to the universe and learning as much as possible, this is wonderful. I personally feel that a blog of any sort can supercharge your development in magick - mine definitely did for me!

Why? Reading blogs and blogging yourself (of any sort, but especially on a site like Tumblr) supercharges your ability to share information and learn more from other people. Granted, you could learn many of the same things at a library or from books, but blogs give a personal perspective not often seen elsewhere.

It is particularly helpful because you yourself can post your thoughts, experiments, and what you’d like to know. Then, others can comment (or, on Tumblr, reblog or reply) and share what they know, helping you. While you obviously can’t trust everything on the internet, the wide perspective provided by an active blogging community can really help you if you’re feeling stuck.

Tumblr itself is good for this, because the community is very open and accepting. This means that a wide variety of people participate, from many different backgrounds.

You thus receive a broader perspective by interacting with everyone. The openness also means that you needn’t be too intimidated or shy yourself. While skirmishes and arguments do exist in any community, for the most part, witches on Tumblr are not overly-critical of Craft differences or religious diversity.

There are many knowledgeable people on Tumblr, as well. While plenty of witches on Tumblr are newbies, there are also many experienced practitioners of different ages and skill specializations.

These blogs can be great, both to lean more, and to just see how other people do things. Another thing: don’t discount the newbies! New witches are definitely not without their own ideas to bring to the table and you can learn from them, too!

There’s also the most obvious benefit of joining such an existing community: making friends! I’ve personally met an befriended many awesome people on this website, and it’s a great cure for the loneliness some of us might be experiencing if there are no other witches living in our areas.

Lets Do It

So, how do you get started keeping Tumblr blog about your Craft? It’s actually quite simple. If you need help navigating and understanding how Tumblr as a content management platform works, sites like this one have you covered.

I suggest giving that a read if you’re new to Tumblr or unfamiliar with the system it uses. Explaining the ins and outs of actually creating an account and a blog on Tumblr is beyond the scope of this guide. Links like the one above, as well as just Googling, will be helpful to you if you have any questions about that.

Before you begin, perhaps before you even sign up, consider what sort of blog you want to have. What will the focus be? Some witches blog about specific topics, such as chaos witchcraft, divination, or other particular practices. Others take a more general approach.

To get the most out of your experience here, consider what you want your blog to be. Obviously, this can and probably will change over time, but it’s good to have a starting point! Some witches use their blogs for a short record of what they’re doing Craft-wise.

Others turn their Tumblr accounts into a veritable online grimoire. Still others keep a general blog covering all their interests (not entirely about witchcraft), and use that blog to participate in the community. What kind of blog do you want to have? It’s all up to you!

As you know if you’ve read about the site, Tumblr uses a tagging system to aggregate content and help users find what they’re looking for. If you’re interested in witchcraft, great tags to check out include the #witchcraft tag, #tarot, #divination, #magick, and plenty of others that you’ll discover as you go along. These tags tend to be incredibly active, and get many posts popping up every day.

Less-active, more specific tags, such as #sigils or #grimoire are also worth checking out, depending on what interests you personally. A small tip, though: regardless of how you feel about the spelling of magic(k), it’s much more convenient to spell it with a K on the end when tagging and searching Tumblr posts. This helps you find other witchcraft posts and separates the search from things like Harry Potter and video games.

Realize that no matter what tags you want to follow or use, none of your posts will appear in the tags at first.

This means that, until you’ve been posting for a while, other users won’t see your posts when searching for #witchcraft or whatever you’ve tagged them with. It’s tricky, and nobody really knows the formula for when it kicks in, but Tumblr blocks newer blogs from the tagging system for a short period of time, just to cut down on spam.

This is a mild annoyance, but does help keep the site free of spam. To get past this, make a few posts, or perhaps reblog some things that interest you over the course of a few days, and your posts will start appearing in the tags before you know it!

Third-party browser apps designed to augment the Tumblr experience are also useful and enhance features for the site. I use several. Among them is “Tumblr Savior,” which allows you to blacklist posts containing a certain word or phrase from showing up on your dash or in tags as you view them.

This is pretty useful, because, very occasionally, the #witchcraft an #magick tags do get hit with a barrage of spam about unrelated stuff and “special offers” selling handbags or whatever. When this happens, you can just add the keywords the spammers are using to TS, and never have to see any of it.

Once your posts begin appearing in tags, it’s pretty fun to introduce yourself! You could just make a short post explaining who you are, what kind of magick you practice, and what interests you most!

This will help you meet likeminded people. Another good idea is posting a short message in relevant tags, listing your interests and asking other witches who share those interests to reblog or like the post, and then follow them. This will fill your dashboard with great content in no time.

Best Practices

To round out this article, I’d like to just talk a bit about some extra tips I’ve found useful as a Tumblr blogger who focuses on witchcraft!

I personally do recommend you tag almost all the interesting posts you reblog. Why? While reblogs never appear in the tag pages themselves, tagging them will allow you to search your own blog more easily. In this way, you can use reblogs to gather information and build a sort of online compendium of content related to your interests.

For example, if you reblog a post about sigil-making and tag it #sigils, it will be easier for you to find on your own blog later on! I definitely believe it’s useful to have a well-organized blog! It’s also useful to tag all your original (non-reblogged) posts with a specific tag, so you can find them later!

You can create pages on your Tumblr blog, too, just like in many other content management systems. This is really quite cool, because it allows you to have a nice, full-length About Me page if you like, and you can also create pages about your interests and with quick information for your followers.

I recommend creating a page just introducing your blog, too. I personally have a page listing all the spells I’ve written - sometimes things get lost when you’re just going by tags, so it can be useful to list them all on page. You can do the same for longer articles or content you write. A lot of witches have a “Master Page” where they include links to all their best and most useful content, so give it a try.

As with any online community, I obviously recommend you treat your fellow Tumblr users with respect if at all possible. Don’t send anonymous hate messages - that’s just rude, and even if you’re anonymous, there are ways for the blogger receiving them to discover your identity.

It’s just not worth it, no matter how angry someone is making you. If you see someone behaving disrespectfully or promoting hatred in the community, I recommend not engaging with them, and just blocking them. That’s usually the best response!

If someone is saying something factually inaccurate or that you personally disagree with, you can always debate them, but I recommend doing so respectfully if they’re not vitriol-filled themselves.

On that note, regarding the tagging system, if you have something negative to say about a particular topic, think carefully about the tags you use. For example, if you find certain chaos magic practices annoying, you might not want to tag a post about that with “#chaos+magick...” unless you’re reading for a (hopefully respectful) debate about the topic.

Many people think online debates are unproductive, but I find them illuminating and I’ve been educated through a lot of them. If you feel similarly, feel free to engage in them, but please be respectful!

I hope you found this article about Tumblr’s usefulness to witches informative and helpful. If you do decide to sign up, why not message me and say hi? I love meeting newcomers, and a lot of other people here do, as well. If you decide to join us, welcome!

#magick #witchcraft #witch #witch community #occult #eliza.txt #long post #tumblr #tumblr witch #community #blogging

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dallaswebsite · 5 years ago

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Discover the 10 best website design tips for 2020

Website design is a job that needs to be based on two bases: a good visual presentation, which is attractive to the user, and functionality in the browsing experience. From this, it is possible to project which are the most important website development tips for 2020.

Never has it been so important to think and execute web design in such an optimized, simplified and attractive way. Over the years, trends and news have emerged with the proposal to make the navigation experience more positive and easier. For 2020, the idea of website design tries to stay in that line, thinking about both interface and functionality.

Some concepts are inflexible, due to the acceptance they had, such as minimalism, 3D elements and dark layouts. In addition, there are also issues related to the ranking of the website in search engines, which requires that the speed of the website and the use of headers are fundamental.

1. Prioritize website speed

Thinking about website design is something that naturally leads us to reflect on the possibilities of novelties at the interface level. Visual elements, illustrations and other similar features are part of the developer’s routine, however, their role is also to design how these items impact navigation. A website needs to be as functional as it is beautiful and modern.

The page loading speed should be a priority when referring to web design. Choices must always be made thinking about how a certain amount of visual elements will impact the performance of the pages. This care is totally linked to UX, that is, the navigation experience on the website, whose relevance the developers understand well.

Therefore, the use of news and trends should be considered in view of the greater importance of having a website that runs well on any platform and that loads its pages quickly. This is even an SEO parameter that impacts search engine ranking, such as Google. Slow sites and blogs are not on the first page of results!

2. Put a descriptive title on the home page

Still talking about SEO, homepages need to be more succinct and, mainly, objective. Users, when they arrive at a website, want an immediate response that meets what they were looking for. This is the positive feedback that indicates that they are really in the right environment. The use of a descriptive title on the home page leads to this path in an objective and precise manner.

There are some technical parameters that must be considered when planning the homepage in this way. The first one is the use of the keyword, an essential item that helps pages to rank better in search engines. A user will use these terms in their searches and, if the site also includes that keyword in their home, the page is found more easily.

It is also ideal that the keyword in question is in a prominent format, that is, in a heading. This is another very important ranking parameter.

As for the text that follows the descriptive title, it is important that it informs about the website or about the product or service that it delivers. This content needs to be descriptive, objective and small.

3. Rethink empty spaces to connect users

When viewing a page, users tend to have their attention captured by the elements that are in front of their eyes. A number of details guide the understanding of what he sees; between them, the spacing between the elements.

If you are more attentive, you have certainly noticed that, lately, websites have left large blank spaces on the sides or between sections, this vertically.

These sections are not necessarily white, but the concept is that they are empty, that is, only with the background color of the website.

Without texts, images or any layout, the idea is simple: generate the idea of emptiness so that, automatically, the user’s attention is captured by the elements present. Therefore, everything on the site will be more highlighted.

The strategy is to connect the user with texts and images in a more precise and less confusing way. For this, the design is designed in a more minimalist way, leaving large empty areas and, between them, or even in the middle of them, the information and element that need to be highlighted are positioned. For 2020, this website design trend will be very strong!

4. Invest in minimalism

Minimalism is the basis of the concept of the trend we talked about above, of empty spaces. Less is more and you cannot say that this is something that is proposed now.

The concept of minimalism has been present in design for some years and, of course, web design is another aspect that has taken advantage of this proposal. In 2020 this should not change, since the results are satisfactory!

Minimalist sites, just for their visual construction, draw much more attention from users in relation to others that have many elements.

This has to do with psychology, since the human mind tends to have a greater concentration on elements that are positioned alone in larger spaces. That’s why we say that the use of empty spaces is part of the concept of minimalism!

The focus needs to be given to what really matters: texts, images and important links that lead to other pages within the site. When these points are designed on a leaner interface, the tendency is for the user to feel more comfortable and attracted to what is relevant.

5. Draw attention with visual cues

Visual appeal is something that needs to be used in website design. Users are more likely to devote attention to shapes, images and illustrations, especially when chosen carefully. It is about composing all the information that is shown on the website in the most didactic way possible. Ideally, visual cues are part of a text, for example.

There is a popular expression, which is not very friendly, but which helps to understand this concept in a good-humored way: “do you understand or want me to draw?”.

Basically, this is what must be projected, that is, images that help the user to understand the message that is transmitted. They do not necessarily need to be explanatory, but ideally they complement an idea.

Visual cues are not always images, but they can be small visual elements that even direct the visual field to which the user wants to pay attention. This is an accurate strategy to ensure that the site is understood and consumed in the right way.

6. Know that the page fold is still relevant

Increasingly, website design is designed so that the consumption of pages is done in an intuitive and functional way. Therefore, lately the scroll has been more and more important, since some designs think of pages without division, that is, without fold. The proposal is that this generates in the user the idea that the content is not in visual divisions, in addition to the functional issue.

As much as these pages are more inviting, since they bring continuous consumption of content, the user still has a different understanding. When a website loads, of course, the pages contain top content. Everything on the top, that is, that can be seen without scrolling, is more consumed on a website.

Research based on navigation heat maps shows that the folding of pages is still extremely relevant. In practice, this means that websites need to be designed with priority information and elements positioned before folding.

This facilitates the delivery of relevant content, ensuring user satisfaction, in addition to a good browsing experience.

7. Moderate the level of persuasion at the top of the page

Pre-fold content is of great relevance, but that also doesn’t mean that everything important on your site should stop there. This first content impacts, draws attention, but, mainly, generates interest for continuity. Therefore, it is essential to continue delivering what your user expects, that is, to develop your main offer on the site.

For 2020, it is very necessary to understand that the type of page on your site needs to engage the reader, but not be so interesting as to deliver everything he needs. In practice, speaking of metrics, if this is done, the time spent on pages tends to drop a lot.

Google’s algorithms, for example, can punish the ranking of that page by understanding that it does not hold the user’s attention.

Given this, the ideal is to guide those who access the site so that engagement happens ahead, with continuity below the fold. CTAs should preferably stay in this region, ensuring the attention of those who access the site.

8. Bet on darker layouts

The year 2019 has already shown us that we have been thinking more about interfaces with dark colors, in which practically the traditional white of backgrounds is replaced by black and dark gray.

The first major impact, when the proposal was presented on a larger scale, was in the update of iOS 13, the operating system of Apple cell phones. The dark appearance has become a possibility for customization in the screen configuration options. The traditional white is automatically changed, in a change that really only changes the background.

For 2020, the trend is for dark layouts to also reach many sites, since this is a configuration geared to UX parameters. The main motivations are two: first, the dark layout helps to highlight and enhance colored elements. In addition, the dark theme emits less light from the screens, which generates less aggression in the eyes of the user.

The idea is to propose the possibility of selecting the dark version on a website, also leaving it up to the user. Among other benefits, this layout version saves device energy and favors the resolution of visual elements on OLED screens.

9. Use immersive 3D elements

3D technology is nothing new, but it nevertheless surprises and, mainly, draws a lot of attention. Application in website design has been increasingly common and has not been limited to product interaction only. Either way, this is a feature that major brands have been using, helping to explore items in all their details and generating engagement.

Today, going further due to the understanding of the potential of this technology, developers have been using 3D modeling even to explore information and sections within the websites. It is a way to open space for interactive options, since they have great potential to attract attention, increase the length of stay and, following the flow, generate conversions.

The reasons why 3D is a strong resource for 2020 are justified so far, when we talk about how it looks interesting. However, there is more behind this. The cost of developing this technology has decreased significantly in recent times, which is why brands are increasingly adopting their web design projects.

10. Prioritize page scrolling over click

By 2020, pages will have fewer and fewer clicks. The idea behind this is simple: make the browsing experience on a page much more fluid and with fewer short breaks needed to click.

The idea is that all content is in a continuous interface, as if it were a large digital scroll, in which it is not necessary to perform complex commands.

For this, scrolling is the only command necessary for all this content to be accessed in a practical, comfortable and much more accessible way. The tendency is that, with this navigation scheme, there is less propensity for users not to pass the first fold.

Naturally, CTAs placed in the footer or on the following pages tend to receive a higher clickthrough rate, which also positively impacts conversions. In general, scrolling instead of clicks makes everything simple, easy and fluid.

The website design has some news, but also the continuity of some trends for 2020. For those who work with Digital Marketing, paying attention to these details makes all the difference.

Institutional websites remain an important element in the strategy, so it is necessary that they are designed in a modern way and that it favors the browsing experience.

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garykbender · 5 years ago

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Top 10 Analytic Tools for Websites

You’ve got a beautiful and responsive website filled to the brim with engaging content. Every page and blog post is SEOed. Your digital store is so clean and intuitive, it looks like the lovechild of Apple and Amazon. And your social media game is on point.

Every ‘i’ is dotted. Every ‘t’ is crossed.

So, you’d probably think I’m crazy if I said, “That’s not enough.”

And even if you didn’t think I was crazy, you’d want me to be crazy. After all, you’ve spent hours and hours (not to mention all those dollars), putting every piece of the puzzle in place.

How could all of this not be enough?

Why You Need An Analytic Tool for Your Site…

Today’s web is an ongoing process. And unless you’re analyzing all that incoming data (things like clicks, conversions, bounce rates, social media engagement, etc.), your state-of-the-art, cutting-edge online presence is destined for the garbage bin.

You need a tool that can take that data and give you a clear picture of where you are – and how to get where you want to be.

When you think of online analytic tools, your mind likely shoots to that classic (and free) mainstay: Google Analytics. And Google Analytics is great… It can just be a little complicated if you’re new to the whole analytics game (and don’t worry, we will cover it in our list).

But what if you’re not a data-nerd?

What if, like Sgt. Joe Friday, you want to be able to ask, “Just the facts, ma’am”?

What if you want to easily…

Get a clear picture of your visitors – including leads and conversions?

Discover your greatest sources of traffic?

Gauge the success/failure of your online marketing efforts?

Learn how people navigate your site so you can make it more user-friendly?

Find out where you lose prospective customers?

Optimize your site so it’ll climb the rankings like King Kong up the Empire State Building?

It’s all possible. But to do it, you’re going to need an analytic tool. Fortunately for you, I’m about to give you a rundown of the top 10 analytic tools for websites in 2020. So, let’s jump right into it…

#1 Oribi Analytics

Oribi prides itself on making online analytics as simple as possible. Rather than blasting you with every piece of data imaginable, Oribi focuses on what really matters. By doing this, they provide a more streamlined and user-friendly experience than many other analytic tools. You can tell by the dashboard that this is a service that’s focused on helping the average Joe (or Jane) understand what’s going on with their website and how to make it more effective. One of the other things that makes Oribi stand out is the way it incorporates information from your social media channels to help you optimize every aspect of your online presence.

Key Features

Dynamic and Automated Processes – Oribi makes it easy to track pages and define conversion goals without having to deal with messy code. They also will automatically update any events that you add to your site.

Simple and Practical Reports – Oribi doesn’t just provide you with a list of facts about your site. It lets you know – visually – which pages are working and which aren’t. And it gives you advice on how to optimize things.

Marketing Analyses – Oribi provides reports that will tell you exactly how well your marketing efforts are doing, broken down by channel.

Analyzing Your Customer’s Journey – Oribi allows you to follow individual visitors to your site, across multiple sessions. You can also check out the journeys of particular segments of your audience.

Pricing

You can sign up for a 10-day trial to test drive Oribi. Once you decide to make the investment, it will cost you $350 per month (or $3,600 per year) for a standard license and $500 per month (or $4.800 per year) for an agency license.

Pros

Incredibly intuitive and easy-to-use

Events-based analytics

Explains why things are happening

Gives advice on how to fix problems

Responsive customer support

Cons

Pricey

Lack of ROI tracking

Only provides PDF reports; no CSV or XLS

#2 Clicky

Though it’s not the prettiest analytic tool of the bunch, if you’re looking for a no-nonsense, real-time analytic tool, Clicky will definitely do. In fact, in some ways, it will do better than many of its competitors. It provides a tight balance of ease-of-use with a hefty attention to detail. And though it’ll give you all the data you could possibly want (sometime in interesting ways, like their heat maps), it won’t overwhelm you.

Key Features

Ease-of-Use – Clicky is simple. There’s nothing flashy or fancy about the interface or dashboard. But it gets the job done and helps you focus on what really matters – the data and what they mean.

Heat Maps – Check out exactly how your visitors engage with your site through detailed heatmaps you can sort by page, visitor, or segment.

Twitter Analytics – Clicky has a better Twitter integration than many of the other analytic tools on our list, giving you the ability to search Twitter for mentions of your site going back to Twitter’s earliest days.

Details, Details, Details – Clicky doesn’t skimp on the data. They provide you with highly detailed reports on every aspect of your site.

Pricing

Clicky offers a free trial as well as a free, limited plan. If you want all the details, you can choose between a Pro Plan ($9.99 per month), Pro Plus Plan ($14.99 per month), and Pro Platinum Plan ($19.99 per month).

Pros

Affordably priced

Easy to use once set up

Twitter & video analytics included

Effective real-time tracking

Cons

Cheaper plans lack key features

It can be difficult to get everything set up

Outdated design/interface

#3 Whois Visiting

WhoisVisiting is an analytic tool that’s designed to help B2B businesses get new leads, hold on to them longer, and convert them into customers. Since it’s more narrowly focused than many of the other analytic tools we’re looking at here, it’s better at what it does. It will help you discover more about the people visiting your site – so they become actual people rather than mere numbers. It also provides more tools to connect with them right from your site. As a result, it’s not going to be your best option if you don’t fit its target market. But if you do… few tools are better.

Key Features

Learn More About Your Visitors – When anyone visits your site, WhoisVisiting will create a profile for them and give you details that you’d otherwise miss out on, including their company’s contact information. This makes following up with them much easier.

Trigger Alerts – You can set up alerts so that WhoisVisiting will immediately let you know when certain people log on to your site.

Analyze Your Visitors – WhoisVisiting will categorize your visitors as a ‘hot lead’, ‘ignored visitor’ and more so you know exactly who to pursue and who stumbled onto your site by accident.

Pricing

WhoisVisiting offers a free, 14-day trial so you can test it out. And if you decide to go forward with them, your price will depend on how many unique visitors you get per month, starting at $69 and moving up from there.

Pros

Focused on B2B

Simple price structure

Simplifies lead generation

Cons

Focused on B2B

Doesn’t provide data on users with fixed IP addresses

No goal, conversion, or site search tracking

#4 Google Analytics

Google Analytics is the ‘Old Faithful’ of the analytic tool world. It’s a cloud-based tool that will allow you to track your visitors’ every moves and interactions. It’s been the industry standard for years. Unfortunately, as time has gone on, it’s lagged behind many of the other analytic tools in features because it’s focused on spitting out hard data – and little else. However, Google has recently begun to integrate it with some of its other platforms, creating a more robust system – even if it isn’t the best.

Key Features

It’s Google! – This is Google we’re talking about. So you can be confident that it’s not going to randomly go out on you. In addition, it’s going to continue to receive updates and support into the foreseeable future.

It’s free! – Yes, Google Analytics is free. And that’s great when you compare it to many of the other services on this list… some of which can cost hundreds of dollars per month!

Integrated with Google Ads – Google Ads is one of the best ways to pay for exposure. Everyone uses Google Ads. And Google Analytics makes integrating the two systems incredibly easy.

Powerful – Because it’s Google, it has a ton of features… you just might get lost in a maze of menus to find them.

Pricing

Google Analytics comes in two flavors – free, which is what most people will use and which contains plenty of features to keep you busy for a long time… and premium, which costs $150,000 per year and will only interest you if you represent a multinational corporation.

Pros

The industry standard

Tons of data available to analyze

Real-time, detailed tracking available

Cons

Steep leaning curve

Can eat up a computer’s RAM

Support can be lacking

#5 Smartlook

Smartlook offers you a myriad of ways to analyze your site’s visitor data. In fact, that’s what it’s completely focused on – painting a picture of your visitors, how they interact with your site, where they go, and when they leave. All of this data will help you hone your site’s user experience, leading to more sales. And they don’t just offer analytics for your site, they also do app analytics which is something to keep in mind if your business engages customers on multiple platforms.

Key Features

Visitor Playback – Smartlook records everything that every visitor does and provides you with a tool that lets you play it all back in detail. Advanced filtering is also available, letting you segment your visitors so you can see how every group interacts with your site.

Detailed Heatmaps – Get a visual of how people interact with your site. You can even segment the heatmaps to see how different groups approach your site differently.

Event & Funnel Analytics – You get the ability to perform detailed analyses of your events and funnels. Learn exactly what’s holding your site back and get the understanding to fix it.

Pricing

You can access a free version of Smarlook with several limitations (including the absence of ‘always-on recording’) or you can pay $31 per month for the Starter Plan or $79 per month for the Power Plan.

Pros

Detailed analysis of your every user

Customizable, easy-to-use dashboard

Heatmaps, event & funnel analytics, and more!

Cons

Issues have been known to occur with the always-on recording

Not always mobile friendly

Occasional bugs

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#6 Fullstory

If you’re looking for a full-featured, easy-to-use analytic platform that goes beyond analytics, Fullstory may be your best bet. Every one of your visitors’ moves is captured by Fullstory. Then, you’re able to see their experience in its entirety. Every keystroke. Every mouse click. Every page that causes half of them to bounce. It’s all intuitive and simple. Like several other platforms we’ve mentioned already, Fullstory goes beyond just giving you the full story (see what I did there?). It helps you understand what you need to chance, and how.

Key Features

Know Every Move Your Visitors Make – Fullstory keeps a meticulous log of every visitor’s journey through your site. Then, they put all that data in easy to see and understand charts, etc. This information can go a long way toward helping you hone your site and make it easier to navigate.

Easy-To-Use Dashboard – No matter what you’re trying to achieve with Fullstory, they make it easy. The dashboard (and platform as a whole) just makes sense and it’s pleasing to look at.

Flag Frustrating Moments – As I’ve already said, Fullstory doesn’t just give you data. It goes far beyond. It analyzes your visitors moves so that key frustration and error points can be caught and fixed.

Team Tools – Fullstory is built for teams. Teammates can add notes, share sessions, and more. This makes it easy to collaborate with others.

Pricing

Fullstory offers a free trial of its platform as well as a free plan that limits you to 1,000 sessions per month. If you decide to go with the Business or Enterprise plans, you’ll have to schedule a call with them because pricing varies depending on the size of your business.

Pros

Video recording that lets you see what your customers see

Simple and easy-to-use interface

Lots of filters based on visitors’ actions

Cons

Pricing is hidden until you call (and there are complaints out there about it being too high)

Lacks funnel-building features

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#7 Heap

Heap is an easy-to-install and easy-to-use analytic tool that specializes in helping you understand the individual visitors to your site. Like several other tools on this list, Heap captures every move of your visitors and uses that information to give you a detailed look at how your site is working – and isn’t. It includes a ton of sought-after features, like funnels, user search and interactions, custom event monitoring, and more. And since all data is captured in real-time, every report is up-to-date.

Key Features

Customizable Interface – Heap’s dashboard is fully customizable and easy-to-use. Data is visualized in attractive charts and graphs, making it easy on the eyes.

Follow Every Visitor – Heap allows you to examine the behavior of each visitor, even over multiple sessions. This can give you a window into the way your customers think and act.

Increase Conversions Through Funnels – Heap’s funnel feature gives you the chance to see exactly where your bottlenecks are and what may be keeping leads from turning into customers. Measuring the effectiveness of A/B testing is also a snap with Heap.

Pricing

Heap offers a free plan for sites that see less than 5,000 sessions per month. You can move to the Growth plan or Enterprise plan if you need more sessions/projects. But prices for both plans can only be obtained by calling Heap.

Pros

Intuitive interface that’s easy to navigate and use

Includes lots of options regarding funnels, user tracking, and more

A full set of features for conducting A/B tests

Cons

Price can only be obtained by calling

Can be challenging/lengthy to set up

#8 KissMetrics

KissMetrics is an online analytic tool that’s geared toward helping businesses optimize their marketing strategies and practices. It accomplishes this the same way that many of the other tools on this list get their work done: by closely tracking every user and analyzing all that date. This ends up giving you a better picture of your customers and it helps you understand what they expect and want – as well as how to meet their needs more efficiently.

Key Features

Highly Integratable – KissMetrics integrates with almost any third party platform you can imagine, from Facebook and Instagram to Slack and WooCommerce. If your online presence is spread across multiple platforms (as many are), KissMetrics makes sure you don’t miss a beat.

Intelligent Campaigns – With KissMetrics, you can increase sales and engagement through automated e-mail campaigns that run exactly when you need them to.

Segment and Analyze Your Audience – KissMetrics has a robust set of features that it uses to analyze every move of your visitors and gives you the power to look at them according to any kind of segment imaginable.

Pricing

Unfortunately, KissMetrics doesn’t offer a free trial or free plan. It starts at $250 per month for the cheapest plan and goes up to $850 per month for the most expensive.

Pros

Simple user interface

Intuitive social media integrations

Easy-to-read and easy-to-understand reports

Geared toward B2C businesses

Cons

No free trial or free plan available; pricey

Initial setup can be confusing

Service can be sub-par

#9 Woopra

Woopra bills itself as an analytic that’s designed for “product, marketing, sales and support teams.” As that tagline implies, it’s a tool that’s designed to be implemented and used broadly. It has over fifty one-click integrations (everything from Zendesk to Google Ads). Its interface is simple and elegantly designed but powerful enough to give even the most data-driven employee plenty to chew on. And it’s designed to optimize every aspect of your site’s user experience – from onboarding to check-out and beyond.

Key Features

Robust Feature Set – Woopra is built to analyze every ounce of data that comes from your users, no matter how big or small, and no matter where it comes from. All of this data is then filtered through its system so you can know your customers better. And knowing them better will allow you to design your online presence around their needs.

Customer Profiles – Customer profiles are created for every user that logs on to your site – whether they’ve been there a thousand times or only jumped on for a few seconds. You can then synchronize the data Woopra collects with your own customer data so that you’re able to serve them before they even realize they have a need.

A Wide Net of Data Collection – Woopra casts a wide net in its data collection efforts. It will gather information from your CRM, mobile marketing automation, social, and support tools. Then, it will integrate that with everything collected in Woopra proper. This makes it a powerful tool for seeing the big picture of your online presence.

Pricing

Woopra’s core plan is free but limits the amount of integrations, actions, and reports you can access. It also only retains your data for 90 days. You can upgrade to the Pro Plan but it will cost you $999 per month. And if you want to move to the Enterprise Plan, you’ll have to contact Woopra and get a custom price.

Pros

Simple interface that allows easy access to all your data

The ability to tag, follow, and understand every visitor

Easy to set-up and use

Free plan is available

Cons

Some users have found certain data to be inaccurate

Pricey if you need more than the free plan offers

#10 Statcounter

Statcounter has two big goals: to help you increase your site’s traffic and generate sales leads. Every feature is built to help you accomplish those two goals. So, how do they do it? Statcounter has an intuitive dashboard that will give you an overview of your whole site in seconds – from traffic sources to popular pages to engagement stats and exit links. It also gives you the ability to sync your Google keyword data so you can learn more about the searches that are leading people to your site. And if that’s not all, like most of the other analytic tools mentioned here, you can get a full rundown of how your users navigate the site.

Key Features

E-mail Reports – Setting up e-mail reports that summarize the data you need to see on a regular basis is easy. You can have it send a mobile report daily, weekly, or monthly.

Mobile App – Statcounter’s mobile app gives you all the data you need about your site, regardless of where you find yourself. It’s available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Easily Track Paid Traffic – Monitoring your ad campaigns is simple with Statcounter and it even includes ‘click fraud’ detection so you don’t waste any of your marketing budget.

Simple Dashboard – Statcounter’s dashboard gives you all the major information you need to asses your site’s current health at a glance.

Pricing

Statcounter offers a 30-day free trial as well as a limited free plan. If you want the full-featured tool, you’ll have to subscribe to one of their paid plans which start at $9 per month.

Pros

Easy to install and use

Reports are simple, clean, and straightforward to understand

Has ‘click fraud’ detection to keep you from wasting valuable ad dollars

Setup alerts so you’ll know when certain users log in to your site

Cons

Lacks the more advanced features of other analytic tools

No real-time visitor reports

Lacks some of the more advanced visuals of rival tools

Wrapping Up

By now it should be obvious that no matter what your site’s analytic needs are, there is a tool to meet them. Whether you’re a B2B company, a B2C company, an influencer with a growing blog, or something else entirely – you can find an analytic tool above that will accomplish what you need it to at a price that’s affordable.

And since many of these tools offer free trials (or even whole free plans), it would be a great idea to test several out. There’s no reason to fully commit until you’ve explored and seen which tool is going to provide you with the answers you need.

Finally, one more word of advice. It’s easy to see these platforms as a silver bullet. But they aren’t.

Succeeding in today’s online marketplace isn’t as simple as setting up your site and installing one of these tools. You need to actually make use of the data and reports they provide. After all, a tool is only as good as the person wielding it.

So, start wielding.

And if you’ve had experience with any of the tools I’ve mentioned here (or maybe some others that I didn’t mention), leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

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Top 10 Analytic Tools for Websites in 2020

Every ‘i’ is dotted. Every ‘t’ is crossed.

So, you’d probably think I’m crazy if I said, “That’s not enough.”

And even if you didn’t think I was crazy, you’d want me to be crazy. After all, you’ve spent hours and hours (not to mention all those dollars), putting every piece of the puzzle in place.

How could all of this not be enough?

Why You Need An Analytic Tool for Your Site…

You need a tool that can take that data and give you a clear picture of where you are – and how to get where you want to be.

But what if you’re not a data-nerd?

What if, like Sgt. Joe Friday, you want to be able to ask, “Just the facts, ma’am”?

What if you want to easily…

Get a clear picture of your visitors – including leads and conversions?

Discover your greatest sources of traffic?

Gauge the success/failure of your online marketing efforts?

Learn how people navigate your site so you can make it more user-friendly?

Find out where you lose prospective customers?

Optimize your site so it’ll climb the rankings like King Kong up the Empire State Building?

#1 Oribi Analytics

Key Features

Marketing Analyses – Oribi provides reports that will tell you exactly how well your marketing efforts are doing, broken down by channel.

Pricing

Pros

Incredibly intuitive and easy-to-use

Events-based analytics

Explains why things are happening

Gives advice on how to fix problems

Responsive customer support

Cons

Pricey

Lack of ROI tracking

Only provides PDF reports; no CSV or XLS

#2 Clicky

Key Features

Heat Maps – Check out exactly how your visitors engage with your site through detailed heatmaps you can sort by page, visitor, or segment.

Details, Details, Details – Clicky doesn’t skimp on the data. They provide you with highly detailed reports on every aspect of your site.

Pricing

Pros

Affordably priced

Easy to use once set up

Twitter & video analytics included

Effective real-time tracking

Cons

Cheaper plans lack key features

It can be difficult to get everything set up

Outdated design/interface

#3 Whois Visiting

Key Features

Trigger Alerts – You can set up alerts so that WhoisVisiting will immediately let you know when certain people log on to your site.

Pricing

Pros

Focused on B2B

Simple price structure

Simplifies lead generation

Cons

Focused on B2B

Doesn’t provide data on users with fixed IP addresses

No goal, conversion, or site search tracking

#4 Google Analytics

Key Features

It’s free! – Yes, Google Analytics is free. And that’s great when you compare it to many of the other services on this list… some of which can cost hundreds of dollars per month!

Integrated with Google Ads – Google Ads is one of the best ways to pay for exposure. Everyone uses Google Ads. And Google Analytics makes integrating the two systems incredibly easy.

Powerful – Because it’s Google, it has a ton of features… you just might get lost in a maze of menus to find them.

Pricing

Pros

The industry standard

Tons of data available to analyze

Real-time, detailed tracking available

Cons

Steep leaning curve

Can eat up a computer’s RAM

Support can be lacking

#5 Smartlook

Key Features

Detailed Heatmaps – Get a visual of how people interact with your site. You can even segment the heatmaps to see how different groups approach your site differently.

Event & Funnel Analytics – You get the ability to perform detailed analyses of your events and funnels. Learn exactly what’s holding your site back and get the understanding to fix it.

Pricing

Pros

Detailed analysis of your every user

Customizable, easy-to-use dashboard

Heatmaps, event & funnel analytics, and more!

Cons

Issues have been known to occur with the always-on recording

Not always mobile friendly

Occasional bugs

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#6 Fullstory

Key Features

Easy-To-Use Dashboard – No matter what you’re trying to achieve with Fullstory, they make it easy. The dashboard (and platform as a whole) just makes sense and it’s pleasing to look at.

Team Tools – Fullstory is built for teams. Teammates can add notes, share sessions, and more. This makes it easy to collaborate with others.

Pricing

Pros

Video recording that lets you see what your customers see

Simple and easy-to-use interface

Lots of filters based on visitors’ actions

Cons

Pricing is hidden until you call (and there are complaints out there about it being too high)

Lacks funnel-building features

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#7 Heap

Key Features

Customizable Interface – Heap’s dashboard is fully customizable and easy-to-use. Data is visualized in attractive charts and graphs, making it easy on the eyes.

Follow Every Visitor – Heap allows you to examine the behavior of each visitor, even over multiple sessions. This can give you a window into the way your customers think and act.

Pricing

Pros

Intuitive interface that’s easy to navigate and use

Includes lots of options regarding funnels, user tracking, and more

A full set of features for conducting A/B tests

Cons

Price can only be obtained by calling

Can be challenging/lengthy to set up

#8 KissMetrics

Key Features

Intelligent Campaigns – With KissMetrics, you can increase sales and engagement through automated e-mail campaigns that run exactly when you need them to.

Pricing

Unfortunately, KissMetrics doesn’t offer a free trial or free plan. It starts at $250 per month for the cheapest plan and goes up to $850 per month for the most expensive.

Pros

Simple user interface

Intuitive social media integrations

Easy-to-read and easy-to-understand reports

Geared toward B2C businesses

Cons

No free trial or free plan available; pricey

Initial setup can be confusing

Service can be sub-par

#9 Woopra

Key Features

Pricing

Pros

Simple interface that allows easy access to all your data

The ability to tag, follow, and understand every visitor

Easy to set-up and use

Free plan is available

Cons

Some users have found certain data to be inaccurate

Pricey if you need more than the free plan offers

#10 Statcounter

Key Features

E-mail Reports – Setting up e-mail reports that summarize the data you need to see on a regular basis is easy. You can have it send a mobile report daily, weekly, or monthly.

Mobile App – Statcounter’s mobile app gives you all the data you need about your site, regardless of where you find yourself. It’s available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Easily Track Paid Traffic – Monitoring your ad campaigns is simple with Statcounter and it even includes ‘click fraud’ detection so you don’t waste any of your marketing budget.

Simple Dashboard – Statcounter’s dashboard gives you all the major information you need to asses your site’s current health at a glance.

Pricing

Statcounter offers a 30-day free trial as well as a limited free plan. If you want the full-featured tool, you’ll have to subscribe to one of their paid plans which start at $9 per month.

Pros

Easy to install and use

Reports are simple, clean, and straightforward to understand

Has ‘click fraud’ detection to keep you from wasting valuable ad dollars

Setup alerts so you’ll know when certain users log in to your site

Cons

Lacks the more advanced features of other analytic tools

No real-time visitor reports

Lacks some of the more advanced visuals of rival tools

Wrapping Up

Finally, one more word of advice. It’s easy to see these platforms as a silver bullet. But they aren’t.

So, start wielding.

And if you’ve had experience with any of the tools I’ve mentioned here (or maybe some others that I didn’t mention), leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

If you liked this post check out our recent post on The Best SEO Tools for 2020

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Top 10 Analytic Tools for Websites

Every ‘i’ is dotted. Every ‘t’ is crossed.

So, you’d probably think I’m crazy if I said, “That’s not enough.”

And even if you didn’t think I was crazy, you’d want me to be crazy. After all, you’ve spent hours and hours (not to mention all those dollars), putting every piece of the puzzle in place.

How could all of this not be enough?

Why You Need An Analytic Tool for Your Site…

You need a tool that can take that data and give you a clear picture of where you are – and how to get where you want to be.

But what if you’re not a data-nerd?

What if, like Sgt. Joe Friday, you want to be able to ask, “Just the facts, ma’am”?

What if you want to easily…

Get a clear picture of your visitors – including leads and conversions?

Discover your greatest sources of traffic?

Gauge the success/failure of your online marketing efforts?

Learn how people navigate your site so you can make it more user-friendly?

Find out where you lose prospective customers?

Optimize your site so it’ll climb the rankings like King Kong up the Empire State Building?

#1 Oribi Analytics

Key Features

Marketing Analyses – Oribi provides reports that will tell you exactly how well your marketing efforts are doing, broken down by channel.

Pricing

Pros

Incredibly intuitive and easy-to-use

Events-based analytics

Explains why things are happening

Gives advice on how to fix problems

Responsive customer support

Cons

Pricey

Lack of ROI tracking

Only provides PDF reports; no CSV or XLS

#2 Clicky

Key Features

Heat Maps – Check out exactly how your visitors engage with your site through detailed heatmaps you can sort by page, visitor, or segment.

Details, Details, Details – Clicky doesn’t skimp on the data. They provide you with highly detailed reports on every aspect of your site.

Pricing

Pros

Affordably priced

Easy to use once set up

Twitter & video analytics included

Effective real-time tracking

Cons

Cheaper plans lack key features

It can be difficult to get everything set up

Outdated design/interface

#3 Whois Visiting

Key Features

Trigger Alerts – You can set up alerts so that WhoisVisiting will immediately let you know when certain people log on to your site.

Pricing

Pros

Focused on B2B

Simple price structure

Simplifies lead generation

Cons

Focused on B2B

Doesn’t provide data on users with fixed IP addresses

No goal, conversion, or site search tracking

#4 Google Analytics

Key Features

It’s free! – Yes, Google Analytics is free. And that’s great when you compare it to many of the other services on this list… some of which can cost hundreds of dollars per month!

Integrated with Google Ads – Google Ads is one of the best ways to pay for exposure. Everyone uses Google Ads. And Google Analytics makes integrating the two systems incredibly easy.

Powerful – Because it’s Google, it has a ton of features… you just might get lost in a maze of menus to find them.

Pricing

Pros

The industry standard

Tons of data available to analyze

Real-time, detailed tracking available

Cons

Steep leaning curve

Can eat up a computer’s RAM

Support can be lacking

#5 Smartlook

Key Features

Detailed Heatmaps – Get a visual of how people interact with your site. You can even segment the heatmaps to see how different groups approach your site differently.

Event & Funnel Analytics – You get the ability to perform detailed analyses of your events and funnels. Learn exactly what’s holding your site back and get the understanding to fix it.

Pricing

Pros

Detailed analysis of your every user

Customizable, easy-to-use dashboard

Heatmaps, event & funnel analytics, and more!

Cons

Issues have been known to occur with the always-on recording

Not always mobile friendly

Occasional bugs

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#6 Fullstory

Key Features

Easy-To-Use Dashboard – No matter what you’re trying to achieve with Fullstory, they make it easy. The dashboard (and platform as a whole) just makes sense and it’s pleasing to look at.

Team Tools – Fullstory is built for teams. Teammates can add notes, share sessions, and more. This makes it easy to collaborate with others.

Pricing

Pros

Video recording that lets you see what your customers see

Simple and easy-to-use interface

Lots of filters based on visitors’ actions

Cons

Pricing is hidden until you call (and there are complaints out there about it being too high)

Lacks funnel-building features

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#7 Heap

Key Features

Customizable Interface – Heap’s dashboard is fully customizable and easy-to-use. Data is visualized in attractive charts and graphs, making it easy on the eyes.

Follow Every Visitor – Heap allows you to examine the behavior of each visitor, even over multiple sessions. This can give you a window into the way your customers think and act.

Pricing

Pros

Intuitive interface that’s easy to navigate and use

Includes lots of options regarding funnels, user tracking, and more

A full set of features for conducting A/B tests

Cons

Price can only be obtained by calling

Can be challenging/lengthy to set up

#8 KissMetrics

Key Features

Intelligent Campaigns – With KissMetrics, you can increase sales and engagement through automated e-mail campaigns that run exactly when you need them to.

Pricing

Unfortunately, KissMetrics doesn’t offer a free trial or free plan. It starts at $250 per month for the cheapest plan and goes up to $850 per month for the most expensive.

Pros

Simple user interface

Intuitive social media integrations

Easy-to-read and easy-to-understand reports

Geared toward B2C businesses

Cons

No free trial or free plan available; pricey

Initial setup can be confusing

Service can be sub-par

#9 Woopra

Key Features

Pricing

Pros

Simple interface that allows easy access to all your data

The ability to tag, follow, and understand every visitor

Easy to set-up and use

Free plan is available

Cons

Some users have found certain data to be inaccurate

Pricey if you need more than the free plan offers

#10 Statcounter

Key Features

E-mail Reports – Setting up e-mail reports that summarize the data you need to see on a regular basis is easy. You can have it send a mobile report daily, weekly, or monthly.

Mobile App – Statcounter’s mobile app gives you all the data you need about your site, regardless of where you find yourself. It’s available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Easily Track Paid Traffic – Monitoring your ad campaigns is simple with Statcounter and it even includes ‘click fraud’ detection so you don’t waste any of your marketing budget.

Simple Dashboard – Statcounter’s dashboard gives you all the major information you need to asses your site’s current health at a glance.

Pricing

Statcounter offers a 30-day free trial as well as a limited free plan. If you want the full-featured tool, you’ll have to subscribe to one of their paid plans which start at $9 per month.

Pros

Easy to install and use

Reports are simple, clean, and straightforward to understand

Has ‘click fraud’ detection to keep you from wasting valuable ad dollars

Setup alerts so you’ll know when certain users log in to your site

Cons

Lacks the more advanced features of other analytic tools

No real-time visitor reports

Lacks some of the more advanced visuals of rival tools

Wrapping Up

Finally, one more word of advice. It’s easy to see these platforms as a silver bullet. But they aren’t.

So, start wielding.

And if you’ve had experience with any of the tools I’ve mentioned here (or maybe some others that I didn’t mention), leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

If you liked this post check out our recent post on The Best SEO Tools for 2020

The post Top 10 Analytic Tools for Websites appeared first on Search Recon.

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lettiehhickman · 5 years ago

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Top 10 Analytic Tools for Websites

Every ‘i’ is dotted. Every ‘t’ is crossed.

So, you’d probably think I’m crazy if I said, “That’s not enough.”

And even if you didn’t think I was crazy, you’d want me to be crazy. After all, you’ve spent hours and hours (not to mention all those dollars), putting every piece of the puzzle in place.

How could all of this not be enough?

Why You Need An Analytic Tool for Your Site…

You need a tool that can take that data and give you a clear picture of where you are – and how to get where you want to be.

But what if you’re not a data-nerd?

What if, like Sgt. Joe Friday, you want to be able to ask, “Just the facts, ma’am”?

What if you want to easily…

Get a clear picture of your visitors – including leads and conversions?

Discover your greatest sources of traffic?

Gauge the success/failure of your online marketing efforts?

Learn how people navigate your site so you can make it more user-friendly?

Find out where you lose prospective customers?

Optimize your site so it’ll climb the rankings like King Kong up the Empire State Building?

#1 Oribi Analytics

Key Features

Marketing Analyses – Oribi provides reports that will tell you exactly how well your marketing efforts are doing, broken down by channel.

Pricing

Pros

Incredibly intuitive and easy-to-use

Events-based analytics

Explains why things are happening

Gives advice on how to fix problems

Responsive customer support

Cons

Pricey

Lack of ROI tracking

Only provides PDF reports; no CSV or XLS

#2 Clicky

Key Features

Heat Maps – Check out exactly how your visitors engage with your site through detailed heatmaps you can sort by page, visitor, or segment.

Details, Details, Details – Clicky doesn’t skimp on the data. They provide you with highly detailed reports on every aspect of your site.

Pricing

Pros

Affordably priced

Easy to use once set up

Twitter & video analytics included

Effective real-time tracking

Cons

Cheaper plans lack key features

It can be difficult to get everything set up

Outdated design/interface

#3 Whois Visiting

Key Features

Trigger Alerts – You can set up alerts so that WhoisVisiting will immediately let you know when certain people log on to your site.

Pricing

Pros

Focused on B2B

Simple price structure

Simplifies lead generation

Cons

Focused on B2B

Doesn’t provide data on users with fixed IP addresses

No goal, conversion, or site search tracking

#4 Google Analytics

Key Features

It’s free! – Yes, Google Analytics is free. And that’s great when you compare it to many of the other services on this list… some of which can cost hundreds of dollars per month!

Integrated with Google Ads – Google Ads is one of the best ways to pay for exposure. Everyone uses Google Ads. And Google Analytics makes integrating the two systems incredibly easy.

Powerful – Because it’s Google, it has a ton of features… you just might get lost in a maze of menus to find them.

Pricing

Pros

The industry standard

Tons of data available to analyze

Real-time, detailed tracking available

Cons

Steep leaning curve

Can eat up a computer’s RAM

Support can be lacking

#5 Smartlook

Key Features

Detailed Heatmaps – Get a visual of how people interact with your site. You can even segment the heatmaps to see how different groups approach your site differently.

Event & Funnel Analytics – You get the ability to perform detailed analyses of your events and funnels. Learn exactly what’s holding your site back and get the understanding to fix it.

Pricing

Pros

Detailed analysis of your every user

Customizable, easy-to-use dashboard

Heatmaps, event & funnel analytics, and more!

Cons

Issues have been known to occur with the always-on recording

Not always mobile friendly

Occasional bugs

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#6 Fullstory

Key Features

Easy-To-Use Dashboard – No matter what you’re trying to achieve with Fullstory, they make it easy. The dashboard (and platform as a whole) just makes sense and it’s pleasing to look at.

Team Tools – Fullstory is built for teams. Teammates can add notes, share sessions, and more. This makes it easy to collaborate with others.

Pricing

Pros

Video recording that lets you see what your customers see

Simple and easy-to-use interface

Lots of filters based on visitors’ actions

Cons

Pricing is hidden until you call (and there are complaints out there about it being too high)

Lacks funnel-building features

Privacy concerns since visitors are being recorded

#7 Heap

Key Features

Customizable Interface – Heap’s dashboard is fully customizable and easy-to-use. Data is visualized in attractive charts and graphs, making it easy on the eyes.

Follow Every Visitor – Heap allows you to examine the behavior of each visitor, even over multiple sessions. This can give you a window into the way your customers think and act.

Pricing

Pros

Intuitive interface that’s easy to navigate and use

Includes lots of options regarding funnels, user tracking, and more

A full set of features for conducting A/B tests

Cons

Price can only be obtained by calling

Can be challenging/lengthy to set up

#8 KissMetrics

Key Features

Intelligent Campaigns – With KissMetrics, you can increase sales and engagement through automated e-mail campaigns that run exactly when you need them to.

Pricing

Unfortunately, KissMetrics doesn’t offer a free trial or free plan. It starts at $250 per month for the cheapest plan and goes up to $850 per month for the most expensive.

Pros

Simple user interface

Intuitive social media integrations

Easy-to-read and easy-to-understand reports

Geared toward B2C businesses

Cons

No free trial or free plan available; pricey

Initial setup can be confusing

Service can be sub-par

#9 Woopra

Key Features

Pricing

Pros

Simple interface that allows easy access to all your data

The ability to tag, follow, and understand every visitor

Easy to set-up and use

Free plan is available

Cons

Some users have found certain data to be inaccurate

Pricey if you need more than the free plan offers

#10 Statcounter

Key Features

E-mail Reports – Setting up e-mail reports that summarize the data you need to see on a regular basis is easy. You can have it send a mobile report daily, weekly, or monthly.

Mobile App – Statcounter’s mobile app gives you all the data you need about your site, regardless of where you find yourself. It’s available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Easily Track Paid Traffic – Monitoring your ad campaigns is simple with Statcounter and it even includes ‘click fraud’ detection so you don’t waste any of your marketing budget.

Simple Dashboard – Statcounter’s dashboard gives you all the major information you need to asses your site’s current health at a glance.

Pricing

Statcounter offers a 30-day free trial as well as a limited free plan. If you want the full-featured tool, you’ll have to subscribe to one of their paid plans which start at $9 per month.

Pros

Easy to install and use

Reports are simple, clean, and straightforward to understand

Has ‘click fraud’ detection to keep you from wasting valuable ad dollars

Setup alerts so you’ll know when certain users log in to your site

Cons

Lacks the more advanced features of other analytic tools

No real-time visitor reports

Lacks some of the more advanced visuals of rival tools

Wrapping Up

Finally, one more word of advice. It’s easy to see these platforms as a silver bullet. But they aren’t.

So, start wielding.

And if you’ve had experience with any of the tools I’ve mentioned here (or maybe some others that I didn’t mention), leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

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Best WordPress App Themes

With the rise of handheld devices over the last several years, we’ve seen an increasing need for solidly constructed WordPress application showcase themes and other mobile apps. It seems everyone these days has a smart phone and whether you fall into the Android camp like me, or your prefer the iPhone, there are plenty of different apps out there to provide awesome functionality to your device. App developers have met the challenge head on, designing thousands of high quality applications to meet the demands of users around the world. That’s part of the issue, the incredible level of competition out there.

While the market is large, the sheer number of competitors out there can be sort of daunting. If you can’t reach your target audience, you’ll never be able to grow your app to the levels you want to. That’s why building a feature filled, attractive and user-friendly website can be a fantastic marketing tool. We’ve done our very best to find dozens of the absolute best WordPress app themes for showcasing applications, software and more. We’ve found these themes to be of the highest quality and each and every one is ready to go, right out of the box, no coding required on your part. So, that’s it, here they are, the very best app showcase themes around.

Seosight, Marketing and Search Engine Optimization Theme for WordPress

This theme is called Seosight, it’s a perfect theme for SEO services, for digital marketing and for promoting applications, website launches and a whole bunch more. To see some additional marketing WordPress themes, you might want to take a look at our full collection. It’s a huge resource for great marketing themes and I think it’s going to come in very handy for a lot of folks. We keep adding new themes to that collection, trying to ensure you have a bunch of options. Hey, that’s why we’re here.

This is a fresh WordPress theme for SEO agencies, marketing companies, eCommerce websites and digital agencies. With an eye-catching design, readers are really going to be impressed when they visit your website. Developer says that there’s nothing similar to this theme, which may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I do think that it is an interesting destination for visitors, keeping all of the content Heasley consumable. I think that that can help make your website even more profitable. For SEO agencies, Freelancers, digital marketing companies, Web Design Studios and more, this landing page and marketing page tablet is great for lead generation, corporate websites and offering SEO services. This is theme has over 2,000 sales and a 4.86 average rating out of five stars. The front-end page builder is easy to use and helps you to develop eye-catching designs that are optimize for Speed and compatible with all of e major plugins.

So, there you have it. Seosight is a clean, well organized theme that has a lot of the features you’d need to make the most of your hard work.

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Divi

The developers of the Divi WordPress theme understood that not everyone has code experience but they still deserve a stylish and technologically advanced website. No one has to touch even one line of code in order to create a diverse array of layouts, include any type of text, graphic or video content or make changes and updates down the road. Using this WP theme is as simple as building with blocks. Each graphic or chunk of text is one block that can be moved into a precise position on the page. Because of this flexibility, Divi offers a virtually unlimited array of options for companies and individuals who wish to create a memorable online presence.

If you wish to begin even quicker with the Divi WordPress theme, simply select one of the 18 pre-built demo pages that can be added to a website with a simple click and the powerful features and clean, modern design of this theme could make it absolutely perfect for an app sales website. They provide attractive and professional pages without any modification at all, but they can also be changed and rearrange to suit your purposes. Even more customization options can be had with the included selection of header designs, graphics and text options. Divi is a 100% responsive WP theme, which means the end result will look stunning on any size screen. Reliability and complete security are assured due to the Divi WordPress theme’s professional relationship with Sucuri.net.

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Struct

Struct is a WordPress Theme that is especially designed to contain multimedia content without sacrificing navigation and page load speeds. Its responsive design helps it adapt to different screen displays and platforms. The theme’s clean and professional design further makes it suitable for websites offering software as a service, and similar mobile or tech businesses.

The Struct WordPress Theme also boasts of design flexibility. It has an easy-to-use drag and drop page builder, so creating pages from scratch is not an issue. It is also compatible with several page builders that can be easily synced so data and style updates can be quickly incorporated into the theme. Designers are also given access to a Theme Customizer which allows infinite color schemes, with over 100 settings. Background images and logos may also be uploaded.

Content management is likewise hassle-free with Struct. The theme already has five custom content types to choose from, and also allows the display of client testimonials and slideshows. Further, custom widgets like contact maps, scheduling, and social media are also integrated into the theme. Other notable features of the Struct WordPress Theme are its retina ready and translation ready settings. It is also optimized for speed and search engine optimization.

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Sleek

Sleek, modern, delightful. However you describe this theme, it’s a really winner for people looking for a simple, well designed landing page for their WordPress site. This is a nicely put together, desirable, cool and modern Bootstrap based WP theme that can help you construct the website of your wishes. This design is potent, it’s been developed with all types of end user in mind, from novice to expert. With the latest Bootstrap HTML and CSS, this theme is best for web-sites and companies of any kind, as this theme is an unbelievably energetic and cool multi-use website template, ideal for almost everyone. Even if you are new to the WordPress platform, you may use this theme to produce a cool and pretty online business rather quickly, because very nearly every thing within this web theme may be edited, even by inexperienced WordPress owners. It does not make a difference what kind of content you have got, from photos to blog articles, merchandise as well as anything else, this WordPress theme allow you to create a wonderful looking theme on virtually any electronic device, since it’s properly responsive too. There are a variety of other functions that will assist you grow readers and truly thrill them.

This web site can be installed quite rapidly and there are so many plugins that one can utilize to grant brand-new abilities for your web site. A beautiful responsive web site is vital, which explains why this wonderful, adaptable template has been created to be completely responsive, so it appears terrific on any kind of device, no matter how large or small. You are able to rather quickly make your own extraordinary layouts using this theme, given that it is really completely functional as well as vibrant, properly made and created in every way. This is certainly an undeniably superb WordPress theme that you should definitely consider.

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xLander

Looking for a Bootstrap powered landing page theme for your tech startup? Well, why not xLander? Here is a well crafted, attractive, fresh and ground breaking Bootstrap based theme that will help you construct a startup landing page that’s exactly what you had in mind. This theme is dynamic, it’s been carefully designed with every kind of user at heart, from novice to specialist. With the most innovative Bootstrap code, this WordPress theme is fantastic for blog sites and organizations of any kind, given that this template is an unbelievably strong and fun multi-use template, suitable for absolutely everyone. Even if you may be are a novice to the WordPress CMS, you can make use of this theme to produce a lively and brilliant site right away, because basically everything within this template may be edited, even by neophyte WP users. It doesn’t make any difference what type of articles you have, from graphics to articles, merchandise and posts, this theme allows you to produce a perfect looking layout on any sort of electronic device, because it truly is entirely responsive as well. There are a number of other features to help you to keep building followers and really thrill them.

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Shore

The Shore WordPress theme, offered by an elite developer, comes with a high degree of trust and respect in the website design industry. Its reliability and stability mean that whatever website is created with it will function beautifully. Sure offers both one page and multipage style options that can be built using the simple Visual Composer Page Builder, a drag and drop interface for arranging different elements blocks on the page. Other professional plug-ins packaged with the Shore WP theme includes the Revolution Slider, a flexible grid manager and various gallery, portfolio and Internet shopping portals. The powerful WooCommerce plug-in offers the ability to run everything from a small online boutique to a megamall.

Individuals or company employees tasked with working on the website will have no problem building or customizing the pages even if they have no development or coding knowledge at all. Sure comes with a highly intuitive control panel interface that helps you create stunning and powerful websites. If any questions arise, this WordPress theme is supported by a collection of 100% free video tutorials that explain everything in simple terms. An active support forum is also available for people who are building with Shore.

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Appstorm

Appstorm is a WordPress theme that was built for application promos, but it’s also great for promoting software or Digital Services. This is a creative a planning page that has a modern style and plenty of features. Built around the king composer, this theme is as flexible and dynamic as anything on the market. You’ll have complete control over how your responsive website looks. There are built-in theme customizer settings and this template is completely integrated with the native WordPress customizer, the simplest and in my opinion among the very best ways to update and customize any website. This theme has incredible performance in terms of page load times, it supports nearly any plug-in you can imagine and you get lifetime updates, not to mention fantastic support from the themes developer. Social media integration is more important than ever, that’s why this theme does such a great job of that. This is certainly one template that is worth considering.

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Massive Dynamic

Massive Dynamic has is an application sales page template with a wonderfully modern, minimal design style theme. It’s amazingly bold, full of top drawer features and a cool multi-purpose design that creates a bold, full screen presentation theme that’s absolutely WooCommerce ready (digital downloads or brick-and-mortar stores will benefit from this template) and despite how many features it has, it’s really pretty simple to customize. Massive Dynamic has Visual Composer to thank for it’s amazing drag and drop page builder style and there are dozens of powerful and varied short-codes to provide the features you want in a multi-purpose theme. If you’ve spend weeks, maybe even months coding a killer application, you should just go ahead and save time with the website and that’s what Massive Dynamic does for you. The options and the features you want to see in a great portfolio template are all there, waiting to unleash their power to your viewers and customers alike. Visual Composer drag and drop elements are right where you want them to be, since Visual Composer allows the freedom of choice to design a great home page, or product page too. Pick your header and footer style, choose you colors and you’re ready to start adding incredible content in any style.

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Ridgewood

This simple looking theme, called Ridgewood, is a little bit deceptive. What do I mean by deceptive? Well, while it looks like a very simple, plain and almost boring theme, it’s actually a very powerful and feature filled theme that packs a ton of amazing features to help make your web-mastering a fun and easy experience.

Built for portfolios specifically, Ridgewood is ideal for showcasing your application development work. With a clean, modern theme like Ridgewood, it’s easy to make that first impression that will last a lifetime.

I love the tiled grid look that Ridgewood brings to the table. I love that I always confuse the name with Billy Rosewood, from Beverly Hills Cop. I love a minimalist design like the one you see here. I love the swipe and touch enabled design that helps bring your content into the 21st century. This really is a modern theme that’s well appointed and it can be yours for just $49, which is a very reasonable price these days.

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Verko

Online business owners who need a stylish and modern website complete with powerful and secure e-commerce solutions should consider the Verko WordPress theme. Unique landing pages invite site visitors to experience the company and explore the range of products offered. Include videos, sharp graphics, photos and powerful calls to action to increase profitability online. The Verko theme never gets in the way of the content but provide a stable and streamlined backdrop for your offers. The focus stays on the most important part of the site: products. No matter what type of company you run, such as a digital advertising agency, travel agency, hosting company or craft sales business, on the internet, the Verko WP theme can provide a professional presence with plenty of backup power for financial transactions and more.

No professional developmental knowledge or ability to code is necessary to create attention-grabbing site pages. With the powerful plugins, all elements can be clicked and dragged into place around the e-commerce shopping cart software. Include slideshows of product pictures or special sales to increase profits even more. While building the site, use the handy preview system to check out your header, footer, logo and more before making it live. Verko also offers a completely customizable and ultimately functional mega menu navigation systems so shoppers and other site visitors can always find exactly what they want.

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Qaro

Several main features and capabilities are required by all successful modern websites. These include full responsiveness for easy viewing on any size screen or monitor, quick loading pages, high-quality graphics, customizable layouts and a completely user-friendly back end that lets even non-developers with no coding knowledge create the site they want. The Qaro WordPress theme provides all of these and more. Every aspect of the theme gives you simple installation options, intuitive integration and customization. The multiple demo pages allow for even quicker and easier launches than you ever thought possible. The Qaro WP theme provides a highly professional solution for every type of industry or niche from corporate websites to individual portfolios.

The developers of the Qaro WP theme packaged it with the powerful and popular premium plugin called Visual Composer. This allows you to select various blocks and elements and simply drag them into place on a page. Other premium plugins include Revolution Slider, which allows you to admins to create smooth transition graphic slideshows. Qaro also comes ready for business with WooCommerce, the ultimate online shopping portal and secure cart plugin for WordPress. You can start making money online by offering merchandise in a secure fashion from a website you designed and built yourself using no specialized knowledge whatsoever.

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Start App

Startapp is a theme made for highlighting and selling applications on your website. As a landing page or funnel page, Startapp is a great selling tool for showing folks what your site, what your app, is all about. Startapp is a single page theme for app developers, it focuses the attention on your work with a modern and sleek design, simple and clear layout, with plenty of options to help sell products. Startapp was built with ThemeFuse’s ‘Core’ theme, which is highly flexible, with tons of features and options available to help make your site memorable and unique. Flip colors, typography, upload your logo and even move content areas around, and you’ll have a perfectly unique WordPress based site you can be proud of.

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Apps

Apps is a responsive app landing page theme that works with the laters version of Bootstrap, Visual Composer and a number of custom shortcodes to give you a stellar looking website for promoting web applications, software, services and anything related to high tech web business. This is a fully responsive theme, it’s cross browser compatible, supports Mail Chimp and it’s really simple to customize. This theme includes animated CSS, Google fonts, jQuery JavaScript Library, jQuery Validation, YT Player and WOW JS, among other features. This is a really nicely designed theme and I think the first impression it delivers is a really fine one.

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Swenson

Build a website with one or more pages using the Swenson WordPress theme and you will have a powerful and quick-loading, sleek and professional, unique and creative, and completely responsive website that will attract attention and impress visitors whether they view it on their large desktop monitor at home or on a much smaller smartphone screen. The focus is on the end user, which makes this theme an excellent choice for anyone dedicated to quality customer service and positive reputation building with their targeted consumer base. Mix in built-in support and full compatibility with search engine optimization plug-ins your website will be a magnet for people who care about quality.

Before you begin the conversion process or start building relationships with your site visitors, you need to create a website that showcases your content the way you had always dreamed of. Installation is quick and simple. The theme runs on powerful HTML5, CSS3, and the Bootstrap three framework, but you do not need to understand any of that to build a stunning site. All of that contributes to Swenson’s ultimate flexibility and the huge amount of customization options you can use. Multiple header options top the page. Unique navigation menus provide for user-friendly browsing. Smooth parallax scrolling adds a touch of class as visitors explore your content.

All options can be included or changed using the premium plugin Visual Composer, a drag and drop page builder that is simple to use yet very powerful. The Swenson WordPress theme also includes the Revolution Slider plug-in and the Redux options panel for even more on-page interest and attention-grabbing features that will keep visitors coming back again and again.

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Bridge

No matter why you want to build a website the Bridge WordPress theme will help you create one with ease. It works well for multiple industries, professions and niches because of the large number of customization options for displaying text, graphic or video content. Every site will look great on any screen due to the fully responsive and retina-ready theme.

Anyone who wishes to sell digital or tangible products online will appreciate Bridge’s full compatibility with WooCommerce and other sales plug-ins. Its aesthetically minimalistic structure lends itself well to putting the focus on product pictures instead of any design elements. That does not mean this WP theme lacks in functionality. You have the ability to add drop-down or side screen menus, a multitude of icons and more. Bridge also integrates with more than 600 Google fonts and unlimited color options. Although there is no built in a translation option, any of the powerful WordPress language plug-ins can transform your website into an international powerhouse.

When it comes to different layouts, the Bridge WP theme lets you drag and drop elements into place from the incredibly user-friendly admin panel. It also features an attractive background slider, parallax scrolling capabilities and Ajax animation effects. Although the code may never be touched by the website owner, it is comforting to know that the latest HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery code has been used to design this WordPress theme. This will not only help your site load quickly and work well but also helps with search engine optimization to help you build your business.

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Clean App

Clean App is a simple and powerful WordPress theme that can help bring your online application to life. With all the features and style you could possibly need, Clean App has taken it’s place among the best selling app promo templates on the market.This theme claims that it is the perfect solution for building the perfect app site, and I have no reason to disagree with that statement. Clean app allows you to build a professional and beautiful app showcase landing page, showing off your applications features, testimonials, screenshots and to help folks get a great idea of what they will experience if they download your app. This theme includes one click demo installation, is translation ready and highly optimized for Speed. Speed is critical these days, no one likes a slow loading web site. Typography is handled by Google web fonts, that gives you hundreds and hundreds of options for you’re typography. There are animated scrolling effects, editable categories and sections and this theme includes narrated video tutorials to help you get started fast. This is a very valuable resource and I believe this theme is one of the better app templates on the market.

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Agency

Agency is the name of this Genesis Framework child theme. It’s a professional and clean design with all the features you need to make a great app promotional website. With a streamlined style, plentiful widgets and a smart system for customization, you can deliver a great experience to everyone who visits your website. Color options, custom backgrounds, custom header and footer areas, threaded comments, a built in landing page, it’s all there to make your job a little bit easier. Genesis Framework child themes load up fast and look great on all devices, thanks to the native responsiveness. Recently, they’ve announced that all Genesis Framework themes work perfectly with Gutenberg, so if you want to get in with the cutting edge system of creating and editing posts, now’s the time.

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Advent

Advent is a very slick landing page theme that does a great job of promoting creative applications. I think that the clean and corporate style lends itself to software, apps, anything that you need a professional and stylish presentation to help so. There are plenty of different user engagement features such as the call-to-action promotional block, contact form, pricing tables and even a Hindi subscription form. With visual composer built-in, you are able to create any sort of landing page that you want. This template offers responsive layout, there is a very interesting with magnifying glass effect for product images, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other of your favorite social media networks are easily integrated. With plenty of short codes, clean code and full support for all browsers, this responsive gem looks great on all devices, which can really help sell products. I think that this template is well worth considering for anyone who wants to promote their newest web application.

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The Best Examples of the Worst UI Designs and How To Avoid Them

Think about how many times you went on a website or a mobile app and left because of the poor design? I personally can count multiple times recently when I was searching for something specific, and the website was impossible to navigate. Unfortunately, this is a trend that I’ve noticed catching on here lately. Let’s put a stop to it and go over some of the worst UI designs that people still seem to think are okay. Cluttered interface One of the biggest turn-offs for me is a messy or cluttered interface. Listen, I get it, you offer a lot of cool features and blog posts. However, I don’t need all that junk on my screen at one time. It can and very often does confuse people to a point where they’d rather look elsewhere. Basically, a cluttered interface can quickly go from a source of information, to this: The solution is simple, create a more interactive interface that allows for multiple, easy-to-read transitions to other areas of the website. 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Conclusion Hopefully, these trends of bad UI design will go away sooner rather than later. The worst UI designs often come from startups or companies that haven’t been in business long. Ideally, after a few years of experience, they will get better at UI design. New websites, take this as a learning opportunity. Don’t fall prey to what’s easy in UI design. Be different and unique. Keep the readers in mind, and everything else will follow suit. Read More at The Best Examples of the Worst UI Designs and How To Avoid Them http://dlvr.it/Qnfq6f www.regulardomainname.com

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Misused mobile UX patterns

If you are an experienced designer, you probably agree that being inspired by others is not stealing in UI design.

It’s best practice research. It’s using design patterns. It’s following the guidelines.

It’s making sure to use patterns that your users are familiar with to create usable interfaces.

Some might say that sticking to the guidelines and following others will kill creativity and, at the end of the day, all apps will look the same.

From a UX perspective I see a different problem. Getting used to adapting best practices might make you believe that Google / Facebook / Instagram / [your favorite app here] is always right, their design goals are the same as yours and you fail to question them.

Here are a few patterns that are (or used to be) considered best practices and yet might not be as good as you’d think at first sight.

Hidden navigation

At least half million posts have been written about the hamburger menu, mostly by designers, arguing against it. If you missed all, read one or two, but in a nutshell, it’s not about the icon itself but rather about hiding the navigation behind an icon.

A slide menu is flexible and convenint to use

This solution is pretty tempting and convenient for a designer: you don’t have to worry about the limited screen estate, just squeeze your whole navigation into a scrollable overlay that is hidden by default.

Experiments show, however, that exposing menu options in a more visible way increases engagement, user satisfaction and even revenue. That’s why now all the big players are shifting from hamburger menus towards making the most relevant navigation options always visible.

YouTube navigation change annotated by Luke Wroblewski

If your navigation is complex, hiding it does not make it mobile friendly. Prioritization does. See some Hamburger menu alternatives

Icons, icons everywhere

Due to the limited screen estate, it also seems a no brainer to save space by replacing text labels with icons wherever possible. Pictograms take less space, they don’t have to be translated, and people are familiar with these after all, right? And every other app does that.

With this assumption in mind, app designers sometimes hide functionality behind icons that are actually pretty hard to recognize. Would you guess, for example, that you can send direct messages behind this icon in Instagram?

Or, assuming that you never used Google Translate before, what functionality would you expect to access by tapping the pictogram below?

It’s a common mistake to assume that your users are either familiar with abstract pictograms or they’re willing to spend extra time exploring and learning them.

Mysterious tab bar on Bloom.fm

If you have designed an icon and you feel that a popover label is required to make it usable, you’re doing it wrong. Even if you’re Foursquare and your users will learn it anyway.

Icon hint in Swarm app

This doesn’t mean that you should not use icons at all. There are plenty of icons that your users know pretty well, mostly those representing common functionality like search, video play, email, settings and so on. (But the users can still be unsure, for instance, what exactly happens when they tap on a heart icon.)

Some icons are recognized by the majority of the users and can be considered universal

Complex and abstract features, however, should always be displayed with a proper text label. In such cases, icons are still useful as they can enhance the discoverability of the menu items and they can also add a nice touch and personality to your app.

Pixelmator navigation

Basic functionality can be effectively represented by icons but for complex features, text labels should be used. (And if you use icons, always have them usability tested.)

Gesture based navigation

When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, multi-touch technology got mainstream attention and users learned that they could not only point and tap on the interface but also zoom, pinch and swipe it.

Gestures became popular among designers and there were many apps that were designed around experimenting with gesture controls.

Gesture navigation in Clear app

Just like hiding the navigation and using icons instead of text labels, gestures seem sometimes tempting for designers looking to save some screen estate. (“There should not be a delete button, people will just swipe left. Or right. We’ll decide.”)

The first thing to know about gestures is that they are always hidden. People need to remember them. Just like in case of the hamburger menu: if you hide an option, less people will use it.

In addition, gestures have the same problem as icons do: there are common ones that most users understand like tapping, zooming and scrolling, and there are those that need to be discovered and learned for each app.

Unfortunately, most gestures are not standard and consistent across apps yet— it’s still a pretty new area of touch interface design. Even a simple gesture like swiping over an email might work differently in various mail apps.

Swiping an email to the right reveals the Mark as Unread option in Apple Mail

The same gesture archives the mail in Mailbox

Or, consider that shaking your device might mean both Undo (in iOS) and Send feedback (Google Maps), too.

Never forget that gestures are hidden controls and have to be memorized which needs tons of effort on your users’ end. If you’re Tinder, you might be able to teach the whole world what swiping right means — but only if it’s an essential ingredient of your app’s concept.

Tutor overlays as onboarding

Onboarding, a recently hot UX topic, refers to the first encounter between the user and the app. In many cases, this simply means showing some overlay tutorials to the user to explain the interface:

Coach marks in dcovery app

Why is it a bad solution? Because many users will skip your intro; they just want to get started with the app. And even if they notice your tutorial, they usually forget everything as soon as they close the overlay. (Especially if the screen is stuffed with information.) And last but not least: adding coach marks to your interface does not make it more intuitive. Remember this:

A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good. Source: Startup Vitamins

The onboarding flow can be designed in many other ways that might be more useful to your users. Slack, for instance, uses the first screen to create some context. They simply introduce themselves, focusing on benefits instead of screens and features.

A more interactive way to engage first time users is progressive onboarding. Duolingo does not explain how the app works: users are encouraged to jump in and do a quick test in the selected language (even without signing up) because people learn best by doing. Also, it’s a much more engaging way to show the value of the app.

Remember how swipe gestures were different in Mailbox than in Apple Mail? This is how their progressive onboarding works: users get a walkthrough where they have to try each gestures before actually starting to use the app:

Before designing your coach marks on a semi-transparent overlay, stop and think about what the experience of the first time users should be. Focus on the context. In most of the cases, there is a better way to welcome your users.

Creative but unintuitive empty states

An empty state is something that is easily overlooked by inexperienced designers, however, they can be an important factor when it comes to an app’s overall user experience.

Sometimes designers see error messages and empty states as blank canvases where there’s a good opportunity to do something creative.

Take this empty state screen from Google Photos:

Empty state screen in Google Photos

At first sight, it seems great, right? Well composed layout following the guidelines, with a beautiful graphics on it.

At a second glance, though, there are some strange things here:

Why is there a prominent search button if there are no collections? Why would you want to search in nothing?

The second most prominent element, the image is obviously not tappable (although many would try).

The hint says I should be looking for the ‘+’ sign on the top which is super awkward. Why does the hint itself not contain an Addbutton? It’s like saying “click on the Continue button to continue”.

This empty state screen above simply doesn’t help users understand the context:

What are collections? Why are they useful?

Why don’t I have any?

What can I do about it (if I should do anything at all)?

When it comes to creativity, less is sometimes more. The empty state below does an excellent job when it comes to being useful. (Let’s ignore the “Now tap the button below” instruction for now.)

Empty state in Lootsy

Don’t forget that empty states (similar to 404 pages on the web) are not only about visual aesthetics and brand personality. They have a more important role in usability, too. Make them intuitive.

Question everything

Don’t get me wrong: design patterns and best practices are still your friends. Keep in mind though that apps and users are different: one solution might work for well in an app and fail in yours. It’s not a one-size-fits-all thing. Plus, you never know why an app was designed in a certain way.

Do your own thinking. Do your own design. Do your own research.

Measure, test, validate — and don’t be afraid to unfollow the guidelines if that makes more sense.

If you enjoyed this article, make sure to read my latest post, Hamburger menu alternatives for mobile navigation.

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Putting in WordPress to your internet site

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When downloading is completed, extract the document and upload it to your internet site’s website hosting account. You can do this through FTP also by using The usage of the equal corporation you pick for the Download. As an instance, In case you choose “Filezilla” you’ll pass >>> c-Panel >>> document Supervisor >>> upload file(s). If you need to make this WordPress records to be your primary website, location the documents inside the “public_html” folder of your hosting account. Meanwhile, You may also make a sub-folder (that is: public_html/weblog) if you desire to run simply a part of your internet site on WordPress.

4. Make a MySQL Database for your WordPress to apply.

You will now have to create y MySQL Database and assign a consumer to it with complete get right of entry to (Administrator rights). When you finish growing the MySQL Database and assigning a consumer, make certain you “write out” the database name, username and the password you simply created. All of those items might be wished Throughout the installation method.

5. Begin the setup procedure

You could now navigate on your website and proceed with the setup procedure. In case you already uploaded WordPress within the public_html directory, You’ll launch your website through typing your area name in the browser of your choice. The principle aspect You may find out is a message letting you already know which you do no longer have a wp-config.php report. If This is the case, you Need to create it now. Really click on “Create a Configuration document” to maintain.

You may then see a message, soliciting for you to set up the vital setup. Ignore it and just click on move (seeing that you’ve got already finished this previously with these commands).

Now enter the full details of the MySQL Database you’ve got created then click the Put up Button.

On the subsequent web page, enter your Administrative call as well as the Identify of your internet site. After filling in your Administrator details, click on “set up WordPress” and – it is it!

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