Last Thursday, the class discussion was over monitoring technology with new technology. This was probably the one topic we discussed that I had no knowledge of prior to this class. Monitoring, unlike some of the other topics discussed, can be used or seen in different forms. We discussed Google Analytics, which develops statistics for personal sites and blogs. Bitly was another site, that is used to shorten URLs and can also create statistics for that link. Some others were discussed as well, including TweetDeck, HootSuite, and Net Vibes. These are all great sites because they allow you look deeper that just the “views that day.” Google Analytics would definitely be beneficial to any organization. That particular site provides demographics to the statistics.
Bitly particularly caught my interest because I have seen “bit.ly” multiple times on Twitter and never really thought about the source behind it. Like I mentioned, Bitly allows an user to shorten URLs into a Bitly link. That Bitly link can be pasted anywhere and still be tracked by the user. New innovation are coming to surface with Bitly, like Bundles that allow the user to like multiple links into the shortened sources. This great because more information is accessible in one unit.
March 18, 2013
kdsc46
2 responses to “Day Sixteen”
kmg7d4
March 18th, 2013 at 21:09
I was in the same boat as you when we started talking about montioring technology. Now that I think about it, I know I need more time dealing with montoring websites.
dswrmd
March 19th, 2013 at 23:55
In last Thursday’s class, I felt the same way you did. I had never really heard of these monitoring technologies before that class either. While searching for things on Google, I have seen Google Alerts and Google Analytics, but I never knew what they were for until we discussed them in class. Prior to this, I had heard of all the other technologies we discussed in one form or another, either from a friend or from an instructor compelling students to use the technologies for assignments.
Anyway, I think that it’s cool that these monitoring technologies can be used and viewed in different forums because, for me, it has made them easier to use because there are so many platforms to choose from. I mentioned that I liked Netvibes in my blog post because it incorporates all of these monitoring technologies into one dashboard.
As far as Bitly, it caught my interest as well. I don’t have a Twitter account, so I have never seen it on Twitter. However, signed up for bebe’s text and email alerts and I have seen “bit.ly” many times in those text messages, and again, never knew what that meant but always wondered. Now I know because of this class; this demonstrates the effectiveness of the technologies because they definitely have some type of demographical and statistical information on me. Now that I know about these technologies I realize even more how influential all social media technologies can be and how they touch each and every person in some way.