Does "iX" sometimes stand for analytics? The context I am referring to is company names, project names, blog names, etc
I don't think that's an abbreviation commonly used for analytics. I was previously the co-founder of an analytics company and have never heard iX used in any context.
A quick Google search shows no mention at all of iX related to analytics in general, but there is a company called InfomatiX (http://infomatix.net/) that has several products branded with IX.
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I'm working in a company which has multiple international websites and I wanted to asked you if it's more interesting to have just on Google Analytics 4 account for all the websites or should I keep an account for every website ?
We have currently 12 websites and it will grow this year so I want to setup the best things before all of this.
Thank you,
I tried to do an unique account for two websites but i can't split the metrics and the events were not working.
You may create one analytics google profile using this link https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/#/provision
BUT, I would create a separate account for every website. Otherwise it will probably create problems in the future reading data from API ( I mean in the back-end coding system), analysing the retrieved data since every time you need to filter based on the domain etc.
Plus, there are limitations for creating the customised dimensions and metrics. Of course, I suppose you are talking about separate businesses or better say, different clients.
Thank you for your answer.
I already have an account for every website and so a property = a website.
But what I wanted to know if it's better to have an unique property for all my website to have all datas in one property.
Thank you,
I'm designing yet another "Find Objects near my location" web site and mobile app.
My requirements are:
Store up to 100k objects;
Query for objects that are close to the point (my location, city, etc). And other search criteria (like object type);
Display results on the Google Maps with smooth performance.
Let user filter objects by object time.
I'm thinking about using Google App Engine for this project.
Could You recommend what would be the best data storage option for this?
And couple of words about dynamic data loading strategy.
I kinda feel overwhelmed with options at the moment and looking for hints where should I continue my research.
Thanks a lot!
I'm going to to assume that you are using the datastore. I'm not familiar with Google Cloud SQL (which I believe aims to offer MySQL-like features in the cloud), so I can't speak if it can do geospatial queries.
I've been looking into the whole "get locations in proximity of a location" problem for a while now. I have some good and bad news for you, unfortunately.
The best way to do the proximity search in the Google Environment is via the Search Service (https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/search/ or find the JAVA link ). Reason being is that it supports a "Geopoint Field", and allows you to query in such a way.
Ok, cool, so there is support, right? However, "A query is complex if its query string includes the name of a geopoint field or at least one OR or NOT boolean operator". The free quota for Complex Search Queries are 100/day. Per 10,000 queries, it costs 60 cents. Depending on your application, this may be an issue.
I'm not too familar with the Google Maps API you might be able to pull off something like this :(https://developers.google.com/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch_v3)
My current project/problem involves moving locations, and not "static" ones (stores, landmarks,etc). I've decided to go with Amazon's Dynamodb and they have a library which supports geospatial indexing : http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2013/09/05/announcing-amazon-dynamodb-geospatial-indexing/
I am looking for a method of dynamically linking product information based on the name of the product.
For example: User types in "Playstation 3", the site would then go out and grab any information it can, such as picture, retail price, etc. Ideally, it would let you choose the correct item (returns both ps3 controller and ps3 console, user can choose which). It would then use this information in a product listing.
The easiest way I can think to implement this is to use the existing API of a major retailer such as Amazon. I have a couple completely different ideas for sites, one of which would involve selling from amazon (which I would assume they would be ok with) and another which would only be data mining the information. I am concerned they would not take it very kindly if I was just stealing their images and descriptions.
Is there another way, maybe less "sneaky" way to accomplish this that wouldn't be in legally frowned upon ?
Many web-commerce companies use a data stream known as an API - EBay, Etsy, and Amazon all have API feeds for their products. If you can convince the company to allow you access to their API (usually they will give you a key/password), then you can directly access their back-end database, typically at the read-only level. Depending on the company, you can just write them directly for access.
You are correct when you say that most companies wouldn't take kindly to someone web-scraping their product directory and re-using it. That is unethical, and could lead to big trouble with larger companies with a significant legal presence.
On the other hand, there is nothing to prevent you from cobbling together several API feeds into a Mash-Up - try Yahoo Pipes! to learn the basics of API/Mash-Up integration:
Yahoo Pipes:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/
Here is the link to Amazon's Product Advertising API program:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/main.html
Good luck, and happy development!
Many online retailers provide a product feed - either well-publicized (William M-B has listed some examples), or sorta-kinda hidden, for the purposes of affiliate marketing. They usually have terms of use around those product feeds, describing in detail what you're allowed to do with them, and exactly how many of your limbs are at risk if you don't play by their rules.
However, the mechanism you're describing sounds remarkably similar to a search engine; there's a well-established precedent for search engines indexing sites, and using their content to reason about the underlying site. Get a lawyer to validate this, but there's a good chance that your intended purpose falls under "fair use".
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We are building service, that do the following:
search product by name. For example: galaxy s3, galaxy s 3 or galaxy sIII
return technical specifications (CPU, RAM etc) and product images (thumbnails and high-res images)
provide API http://aerse.com/p
deal with legal issues, provide licenses & etc.
I have a site that features other websites, and displayed details. Now I want to get more information about the sites I feature like page views, visits, etc.
How do I do that? Is there an API for it?
First of all, information about how many visits, pageviews, etc. other websites have is generally not publicly available, because (obviously) many companies / website owners don't want to share that information and there's no general-purpose way of getting it.
That said, here's list of websites which attempt to display that kind of information:
Quantcast
Alexa
Compete.com
Google Ad Planner
I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones I'm familiar with. Some of them have APIs, but you should keep in mind that none of them provide accurate data, but only estimates, simply because exact numbers are unknown unless published by the website owner.
Have a look at Google Analytics. It can give you information about visits, pageviews, trends, used webbrowers, screen resolutions and many more!
I want to be able to create a full list of cities and towns for any given country.
I have been looking at the google maps api, but it seems to not be suited for the purpose given that it doesn't return enough results for a given query and a there is no way to ask for the "next" results for the query as far as I can tell. It is however clear that google maps does contain the information I am looking for, the matter is getting to it.
The source doesn't need to be google maps, of course. Bing maps etc could also be a possibility. Any ideas?
Some of the 'Postal Comapanies' web sites for each country contain downloaded Post Code/Zip tables. This would be the easiest place to start searching.
http://www.foreign-trade.com/resources/country-code.htm may also be a good start for some countries.
For Australia : http://auspost.com.au/products-and-services/download-postcode-data.html