E-readers are the new it gadget and everyone wants one, but are they really so wonderful or will they cause paperbacks to disappear? The answer is, neither.
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Why books benefit from e-reader technologies
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2011/07/27 · 7 comments 10,027 views
Why do some apps fail?
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2011/03/31 · 5 comments 9,487 views
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According to the Huffington Post, the rumors are true! Apps are not helping the New York Times or The Guardian compensate for lost revenue. Why not? Now what?
Tagged as: 2011 trends, analytics, benchmnark data, blog benchmarking, blog metrics, indicators, influence, luxury brand, media measurement, media metrics, media performance, pagerank, performance measures, Ralph Lauren, social media measurement, usability, usefulness
2011 trends: Luxury brands and social media ROI
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2011/01/13 · 27 comments 17,993 views
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Social media monitoring, social media strategy: 3 tips for demonstrating the benefits of proper web design and what luxury brands, specifically, need to improve.
Tagged as: business ethics, corporate governance, Gucci, Hermès, Hublot, luxury brand, Prada, risk management, social media best practice, social media ROI, social networking, social networks, usability, usefulness
Case study container Ning and application developer WidgetLaboratory got divorced
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/08/27 1 views
Case study outlines the six ropes to skip when developing an application (WidgetLaboratory) for a Ning. Both companies made some not so smart mistakes. Can you trust either one of them enough to enter a commercial relationshp?
Tagged as: benchmarks, commercial relationships are built on trust, confidence, Gina Bianchini, Ning, TechCrunch, trust, usability, WidgetLaboratory
c usage and technical matters: Keep it simple, stupid
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/07/09 1 views
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Ever more users enjoy their browsing experience with Firefox (check out Firefox 3, it’s great). Moreover, being aware of information security issues many Firefox users protect themselves better against script-side attacks, they take advtange of the Java noScript add-on for Firefox.Unfortunately, ever more often blogs require one to give temporary permission for certain scripts to […]
Tagged as: Alexa.com, browser usage, ComMetrics, CyTRAP+Labs, ease of use, Firefox, Ian Fernando, interface perceptions, malicious code, risk management, script, security, technical features, technical matters, usability, user friendliness
Getting sued for ranking lawyers: Avvo.com wins court battle
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/01/31 1 views
While Avvo.com ratings are useless at best, the judge felt, ratings and reviews are, by their very nature, subjective and debatable. To the extent that the plaintiffs lawsuit has focused a spotlight on how ludicrous the rating of attorneys (and judges) has become, more power to them but…. Should American lawyers be exposed to consumer […]
Tagged as: Avvo ratings, benchmark, blogosphere, Case No. C07-0920RSL, ComMetrics, ComMetrics.com, CyTRAP Labs, First Amendment, Global MBA rankings from the Financial Times, info.CyTRAP.eu, interpretation of data, measurement, measurement tools, objectively verifiable data, research bias, ROI, ROI of social media, SEO marketing, social media, subjective assessment, U.S. District Court Dismisses Case Against Avvo, usability
Business school rankings from the Financial Times: Do we need them?
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/01/30 1 views
2010-12-06 Update – various links added and tidbits here and there. The study of business is afflicted by confusion between: – the results of a survey of what people think about the world and – a survey of what the world is really like. Newspapers, broadcasters and consultants will start to distinguish bogus surveys from […]
Tagged as: assessment, benchmark, blogosphere, business education, college rankings reformed, ComMetrics, ComMetrics.com, CyTRAP Labs, do we need MBA rankings, Fionancial Times Global MBA Rankings, global MBA rankings, higher education, IMD, info.CyTRAP.eu, John Kay, learning, measurement, measurement tools, outcomes, ROI, ROI of social media, SEO marketing, social media, Ursula Milton, US News & World Report America's Best Colleges, usability, Wharton
bloggers can have too much influence: Saudi jails Fouad al-Farhan
by Urs E. Gattiker on 2008/01/16 1 views
caught in a web of censorship in corporate social media we often focus on ROI – but blogging for freedom, accurate news reporting and people’s rights can hardly be measured using return-on-investment as a benchmark Searching for freedom, dignity, justice, equality, Shura and all the remaining Islamic values which are missing… may be far more […]
Tagged as: benchmark, blogging in Saudi Arabia, blogosphere, civil liberties, ComMetrics, ComMetrics.com, conversation marketing, CyTRAP Labs, Fouad al-Farhan, info.CyTRAP.eu, measurement, measurement tools, ROI, ROI of social media, SEO marketing, social media, usability, web censorship
the mission of ComMetrics
by ComMetrics Team on 2008/01/15 · 1 comment 1 views
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about ComMetrics contact us follow us on Twitter not another blog our business model why benchmark In corporate settings one is sometimes asked 2 questions about social media, namely: 1) what does success look like, and 2) how do we show this to our management? ComMetrics is about answering the above two questions for management. […]
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