How can I tell when people add me to their favorities list?
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I am looking for direction on how to track visitors that have added my site to their favorites list. Or get html for a popup window that opens after visitors add my site to their favorites list. ” —Danielle
The first step, if you haven’t already done so is to get website traffic software. Google Analytics provides free web based software that you can track where people are coming from.
There is no specific way to track “who” as in a name or email address is visiting. If so that would be a breach of privacy. Typically in the referring sources, if the source is “/”, you can be assured that people are typing it in or already have it as a bookmark on their browsers.
However, with social bookmarking (adding bookmarks to a web account that you can share with others) sites such as del.icio.us and digg, there is a way to monitor these as well. Just visit the social bookmarking website of choice and type in your domain name (without the extension, e.g. “.com”) to see how many times people have bookmarked your website.
As for the pop-up, I don’t know about having a pop-up after people have added you to their favorites list, but why not try a pop-up when people leave the website, with a feedback form or an invitation to join a mailing list? Offer then 5 to 10% off their next order. That would encourage them to come back.
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Tags: bookmarks, del.icio.us, digg, social+bookmarking, Technorati, visitors, web analytics
Posted by Stephanie Cockerl in Ask nextSTEPH, Newsletter, Technorati, digg, social bookmarking, web analytics | 165 views |
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