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How to generate a QR code and track site visitors from it Format your URL to include additional tracking parameters for your analytics platform. I use Google Analytics, so the URL looks like this:http://YOURURL.COM/SPECIFICPAGE/?utm_source=SOURCE&utm_medium=MEDIUM&utm_campaign=CAMPAIGN-ID  Test the URL by pasting it into a browser and ensure it goes where you intended Add the URL using a free online QR code generator (look for one that gives you high resolution downloadable images without watermarks or redirects, like this one) Download the QR code to your computer and snap a photo of it with your phone using a QR code reader, such as the Google Search App, to ensure that it goes where you intended.  Although there is usually a delay, you should begin seeing the visits in your analytics dashboard within a few hours. You can now drill down to the SOURCE, MEDIUM and/or CAMPAIGN level to track visitor behavior from your QR code.

How to generate a QR code and track site visitors from it

  1. Format your URL to include additional tracking parameters for your analytics platform. I use Google Analytics, so the URL looks like this:

    http://YOURURL.COM/SPECIFICPAGE/?utm_source=SOURCE&utm_medium=MEDIUM&utm_campaign=CAMPAIGN-ID
     
  2. Test the URL by pasting it into a browser and ensure it goes where you intended
  3. Add the URL using a free online QR code generator (look for one that gives you high resolution downloadable images without watermarks or redirects, like this one)
  4. Download the QR code to your computer and snap a photo of it with your phone using a QR code reader, such as the Google Search App, to ensure that it goes where you intended. 

Although there is usually a delay, you should begin seeing the visits in your analytics dashboard within a few hours. You can now drill down to the SOURCE, MEDIUM and/or CAMPAIGN level to track visitor behavior from your QR code.

If you are more comfortable with a three-pane layout of your desktop e-mail client, you’re going to dig this. Google just released a new Labs feature called “Preview Pane” which allows you to view and reply to e-mails while navigating your inbox. Gmail users can enable this feature by visiting Labs from the Mail Settings icon in the upper righthand corner of your mail screen. 

If you are more comfortable with a three-pane layout of your desktop e-mail client, you’re going to dig this. Google just released a new Labs feature called “Preview Pane” which allows you to view and reply to e-mails while navigating your inbox.

Gmail users can enable this feature by visiting Labs from the Mail Settings icon in the upper righthand corner of your mail screen. 

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What do they know about you? 4 online privacy resources you should visit today

Simple tool that shows you which tracking cookies are on your computer and allows you to “opt out” of the behavioral advertising delivered by the companies included in the tool.

Note that opting out of a network doesn’t mean you will see online ads. Rather, it means that the network from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.

View and edit the information Google uses to show you interest-based ads on websites in Google’s ad network. Add or remove interest categories associated with your web browser, or opt out of seeing behaviorally targeted ads altogether.

Find the answer to the question, “What does Google know about me?” with this service, which shows you information stored in your Google Account. From one central location, you can easily change your privacy settings for services such as Blogger, Calendar, Docs, Gmail, Picasa, and Google Profiles.

2o7.net and omtrdc.net are domains used by Adobe to help provide portions of its SiteCatalyst, DataWarehouse and SearchCenter products. Specifically, these domains are used by Adobe to place cookies, on behalf of its customers, on the your computer if you visit one of their customers websites.

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Google Adwords quietly updated its Keyword Tool on September 7th, resulting in a drop of up to 95% in search counts for some phrases. For those who rely the Google Adwords keyword tool to predict potential SEO performance or to identify phrases to optimize for, this update could throw them for a loop.

Google Adwords quietly updated its Keyword Tool on September 7th, resulting in a drop of up to 95% in search counts for some phrases. For those who rely the Google Adwords keyword tool to predict potential SEO performance or to identify phrases to optimize for, this update could throw them for a loop.