Internet Statistics

If you are not annotating your Google Analytics data you are missing out on a powerful tool that will help you learn and repeat the strategies that have the biggest impact on your site.

Looking at three different sites based in Canada I discovered that American's are more likely to purchase than Canadians. Odd.

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We monitor changes in browser market share based on real world data from our customers and update our testing commitment every quarter . Knowing what to focus on helps us deliver the best web experience for today's dominant browsers.

2016 the year in search

2016 ended with a slump in retail sales in Canada but online sales continue to grow in real dollars as well as percentage of overall retail sales

Thinking of expanding your web presence by adding another domain? In the early days of the Internet we were limited to .com, ,net, .ca and 3 or 4 more. Today there are over 250 gTLD’s to choose from! Here are the top ten domain extensions and the bottom ten registered in the past 2 weeks (source Tucows). The total number of registrations for that extension is listed beside each one. Top 10 .london - 7998 .club - 5234 .xyz - 4402 .link - 4033 .guru - 2434 .photography - 2348...

PayPal and Ipsos released some new numbers today showing that mobile commerce is growing at a compound rate of 34% compared to traditional ecommerce growing at only 14%.  This is great news for merchants who have already made the jump to responsive web design and is consistent with what we have been seeing across our customers.  A significant portion of traffic and sales is now coming in from mobile shoppers. While the hype is great, it is important to point out that they are reporting that...

Big box stalwart Staples announced today that they are closing 140 stores in the US & Canada as they focus on online sales and adjust their product mix as sales of traditional items fall.  This comes on the heels of venerable Canadian office supply company Grand & Toy closing all of their retail locations earlier this year to focus on online and traditional mail order. The shrinking of Staples can be looked at as part of the general decline of big box retailers when faced with low...

If you are wondering about the benefits of all of the social media posts, and PPC ads you have been running, you will be interested in the report released this week by market research company Mintel . While the headline is that they forecast ad spending in Social Media will surpass $11 billion by 2017, it was the other data that I found more interesting and concrete: 40% of Social Media users were influenced by social when making purchasing decisions. the 18-34 cohort (Millenials/Gen Y)...