http://spill.tanagram.com/2009/07/08/nike-teaches-us-how-to-deploy-application-updates-elegantly/ The blog from Tanagram Partners Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://spill.tanagram.com/2009/07/08/nike-teaches-us-how-to-deploy-application-updates-elegantly/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 Joseph Juhnke Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:00:53 +0000 http://spill.tanagram.com/?p=684#comment-1936 I am curious why you think I'm being mislead? Do you have something to share? :) I am curious why you think I’m being mislead? Do you have something to share?

]]> http://spill.tanagram.com/2009/07/08/nike-teaches-us-how-to-deploy-application-updates-elegantly/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 Joseph Juhnke Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:00:15 +0000 http://spill.tanagram.com/?p=684#comment-1935 Hi Heidi, CP stands for Counter Pixel. It's a one pixel transparent (usually gif) image that is embedded in each page and pathed (it is loaded) from the analytics application. There is a Firefox Plugin simply named "CounterPixel" that identifies the source of the counter pixel(s) on a page and displays them in the footer. Note the bottom of this screenshot (linked below) you'll see "Google Analytics". (http://twitpic.com/9q1uo) You can use CounterPixel to look at any site to see the analytics software that is being used. NO CP means the plugin found No Counter Pixel in the page code and therefore it is likely there are no analytics being used. There is a huge caveat to this - While the top three analytics providers (Omniture, CoreMetrics, and Google Analytics) use CP technology, there are some companies who choose to analyze server side logging. This is rare (actually more popular in government systems), but could be what we are seeing for Nike+. The overall message is that all applications should have analysis software monitoring usage and determining trends. Actual behavior is, by far, the most valuable tool we have to better understand our customers. I hope this helps. Thanks for the great question! J Hi Heidi, CP stands for Counter Pixel. It’s a one pixel transparent (usually gif) image that is embedded in each page and pathed (it is loaded) from the analytics application. There is a Firefox Plugin simply named “CounterPixel” that identifies the source of the counter pixel(s) on a page and displays them in the footer. Note the bottom of this screenshot (linked below) you’ll see “Google Analytics”. (http://twitpic.com/9q1uo) You can use CounterPixel to look at any site to see the analytics software that is being used. NO CP means the plugin found No Counter Pixel in the page code and therefore it is likely there are no analytics being used. There is a huge caveat to this – While the top three analytics providers (Omniture, CoreMetrics, and Google Analytics) use CP technology, there are some companies who choose to analyze server side logging. This is rare (actually more popular in government systems), but could be what we are seeing for Nike+. The overall message is that all applications should have analysis software monitoring usage and determining trends. Actual behavior is, by far, the most valuable tool we have to better understand our customers. I hope this helps. Thanks for the great question! J

]]> http://spill.tanagram.com/2009/07/08/nike-teaches-us-how-to-deploy-application-updates-elegantly/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 Heidi Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:23:33 +0000 http://spill.tanagram.com/?p=684#comment-1934 Hey Joseph - what does 'NO CP' mean? Do you know how to check a site for tracking? I think your 'NO CP' may be misleading you. Hey Joseph – what does ‘NO CP’ mean? Do you know how to check a site for tracking? I think your ‘NO CP’ may be misleading you.

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