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Hi everyone,
I thought it might be interesting (and entertaining) to have an ongoing thread where we can talk about the mistakes we've made as webmasters.
I'll start.... Yesterday I discovered such a stupid thing -- I'm still kicking myself for this.
A few months ago, I placed Google Analytics on several of my sites. For the last few months, I've been collecting data and information about how visitors arrive and move through these sites. I would look at the Analytics data once in a while, but I didn't look that closely (otherwise I would have noticed the mistake much sooner).
Anyway, yesterday as I was editing the homepage of my busiest online slots site, I noticed something. There was no Google Analytics code anywhere on the page!
<img src="images/icons/crap.gif" />
Apparently, for the last few months, Analytics has been gathering information about every page on the site except the one with the most visitors.
Man, did I feel dumb. I should have noticed this when I was reviewing the Analytics data -- the fact that the homepage wasn't listed anywhere should have been a huge clue....
Oh well, at least this wasn't an expensive mistake. A dumb one to make, for sure, but I didn't lose money or visitors.
I thought it might be interesting (and entertaining) to have an ongoing thread where we can talk about the mistakes we've made as webmasters.
I'll start.... Yesterday I discovered such a stupid thing -- I'm still kicking myself for this.
A few months ago, I placed Google Analytics on several of my sites. For the last few months, I've been collecting data and information about how visitors arrive and move through these sites. I would look at the Analytics data once in a while, but I didn't look that closely (otherwise I would have noticed the mistake much sooner).
Anyway, yesterday as I was editing the homepage of my busiest online slots site, I noticed something. There was no Google Analytics code anywhere on the page!
<img src="images/icons/crap.gif" />
Apparently, for the last few months, Analytics has been gathering information about every page on the site except the one with the most visitors.
Man, did I feel dumb. I should have noticed this when I was reviewing the Analytics data -- the fact that the homepage wasn't listed anywhere should have been a huge clue....Oh well, at least this wasn't an expensive mistake. A dumb one to make, for sure, but I didn't lose money or visitors.
