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Could you elaborate on that? The meaning of “makes traffic stall” is lost on me, unless you simply mean “don’t obsess over it, just look at long-term trends”.
by stingraycharles 2y ago
Could you elaborate on that? The meaning of “makes traffic stall” is lost on me, unless you simply mean “don’t obsess over it, just look at long-term trends”.
- sebastiennight 2y agoBecause humans like to see lines go up to the right, there's a weird Gaussian curve where - never checking your analytics means you're probably going to stagnate forever, - checking them at a fixed frequency means you're going to look at what's worked and work hard to keep it going, so traffic grows, - checking them at every time of the hour (I was at my worst when I switched from Urchin to Xiti client-side analytics in '06) means you're switching back to a passive almost-superstitious wait for the number to move, which is both frustrating and extremely ineffective. I've been there and done all 3, and as CEO of a startup[0] I find it's my job to do my best to stay in the middle :) [0] https://onetake.ai https://onetake.ai