Web Analytics India Blog

Here’s an update to all those who are planning to attend the WAW Chennai event. WAW Chennai event to be held on August 9th is now postponed by a day to August 10. Here’s an update from Palani who’s hosting the event.

Host: Palani Balasundaram:

As the event was scheduled for Saturday (09-08-08), we had some difficulty in finding a suitable venue. Hence, we are forced to postpone the event to Sunday (10-08-08).

The event is to be held at:

Star City Bazullah Road
39, Bazullah Road,
T.Nagar
Chennai – 600017
Ph: +91 44 – 28155050
Timings: 16:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs (4:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m)

If you have any questions/difficulties in reaching the venue, please feel free to reach me on 99401-61424.
Looking forward to see each one of you this Sunday!

After a great event at Bangalore, WAW is all set to happen again in Chennai.

You can now register for the event here.

Register for WAW Chennai

Event Date: August 09

Day: Saturday

The Venue and Agenda is yet to be decided and will be appropriately communicated to all.

You can contact Palani for more information or details. In case you do have feedback or suggestion please feel free to reach Palani

Contact Info: Palanib@yahoo.com

Stay Tuned for more Information and Update

It was wonderful set up at Country Club Bangalore and a nice weather for Web Analytics Wednesday to kick start. It was great to see the turn up of folks.

Thanks again to Eric from WebAnalyticsDemystified, Dave from SiteSpect and folks at Coremetrics to make this wonderful event happen!

So how did the Event Unfold? So here its goes

An Introduction to begin with of all the folks who attended, Many Web Analytics Enthusiast, Internet enthusiast arrived including few experienced folks who were interested to start Web Consulting firms.

There were many for whom this was first event and who were eager to get into this ( in big demand) field. It was also great to meet few blogger (Web Analytics blogs) from india , Vijay Bathula who blogs on VijayWeb and Rohan Kapoor.

A Special Mention to Tahseen Khan who came all the way from Pune ( West India) to Bangalore to attend this session!. Thank you Tahseen !

It all started with a small presentation on:

Web Analytics in India

Web Analytics Vendors in India:

• Web Trends ( Done through reseller)
• Omniture
• Unica

Web Analytics Industry is pretty small and finding qualified professionals is hard

Web Analytics Industry Focus in India is on

• Exploring Options ( Free Tools why not?)
• Educate Marketers and Business head ( Web Analytics Power Evangelizing)

So what was all the discussion topic about?

• Web Analytics Tool Used (Popular Tools): As per the poll taken GA Topped followed by Omniture ( Mostly MNC’s), Web Trends and Clicktrack.
• Is Log file based Analysis a Legacy now ?
• Data Accuracy!, Which tool gives accurate data: You can probably imagine how does this discussion went )
• Web Analytics and Statistics: How statistical methods can be used in Web Data Analysis)
• Behavioral Targeting: Different Tools and Methodologies used and Best Practices

Outcome of the WAW Meet

There was a clear need of a platform for web analysts, for all level of expertise ( Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced)

• Web Analytics India Community: Under Construction
• Web Analytics Events: Hold More Event ( once in Quarter) locally and across major cities

Finally thanks to the entire audience for active participation during the event and also for all your feedback to make Web Analytics India Site better.

Not to Forget thanks to Naveen for taking care of the logistics and also Ravi Pathak for making sure everything goes well! You guys rock!

P.S: There are still few copies of the book Web Analytics Demystifed, if you do need a copy please mail Trinadh at ktrinadhrao AT yahoo.co.in

It’s official now! and dates have been finalized. Thanks to Eric Peterson over at Web Analytics Demystified and also folks at Coremetrics and Sitespect for sponsoring the event.

It indeed is great to see how Eric and other sponsors help build a large Web analytics social network in local communities.

Update: Please see below the event location/venue details, and couple of ways you can reach the venue(refer map). This was the best option available with ample “Parking Place”.

You can now register for the event

Register for Web Analytics Wednesday

Location: Bangalore

Date: July 5th

Day: Saturday

Time: 5.30 PM

Venue: Country Club, 55/1, Deevarabeesanahalli, Sarjapur-Marathalli, Outer Ring Road, Varthur Hobli, Bangalore

Sponsors: Web Analytics Demystified, CoreMetrics and SiteSpect

Agenda: No formal agenda! just meet, greet and speak!

Pre Event Poll: Click Here to take the survey

P.S: The Venue is almost decided and we are waiting for a confirmation, and please do register via the above link so we can personally send you the venue information and yes it will also be posted on the blog.

So here’s a event to meet web analysts around Bangalore, and have great conversations. Stay tuned for the Venue details!

As always suggestions are welcome! Click here voice your opinion

Feel free to reach out via comments or mail in case you are unsure of the location or have doubts/clarifications.

Here’s a quick update, to help make this a great event, please help us with a quick poll.

If your in India and would like to see more of Web Analytics event, here’s a poll to voice your opinion.

You can click on the link below and start taking the 2 minute survey.

Web Analytics Events Survey

If you are interested in sponsoring the Event, Please reach out to Ravi Pathak ( ravi @ webanalyticsindia.net) or reach me via the Contact form for more details.

Thank you for taking out time to fill the Web Analytics Events India Survey.