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I am sure that other vendors have either deployed or will follow suit with mortal-friendly behavioral analytics. Actually, I can imagine some downsides to proliferating BT tools around the office. Who is going to monitor which audiences are being tapped — for what, by whom, and to what end? But what struck me about watching someone play with these drag and drop attributes was the toy-like aspect to these technologies. Finding new and creative uses for behavioral data is going to be a kind of play and there is a real advantage to making what had been a black box into a crate of Legos.

Last time, I outlined my belief that what we call “Web analytics” is becoming a more diverse, complex field. What we’ve traditionally considered Web analytics is the analysis of site behavioral data captured, processed, and reported on by a proprietary system designed to do just that. But as the online channel evolves and becomes more complex, tools that help us understand what’s happening must also evolve and become more complex. In some areas, such as in social media, this may mean developing new tools. In other areas, it may mean applying old tools to a new channel.

Last week, my good friend Avinash Kaushik blogged about Web analytics 2.0, generating lots of discussion on the Web and in analytics groups.

What do a Korn concert and Disney on Ice: Princess Wishes have in common?
Nothing, except that they’re both events I have zero interest in seeing live.

Rand is considered by many a new marketing and media pioneer and innovator. In 2005 he was named one of the Top 100 BtoB marketing executives by BtoB Magazine. He is regularly quoted in the WSJ, Investors Business Daily and Business Week and in numerous marketing & media publications, including AdWeek, and Advertising Age. He is a founder and past board member of the Web Analytics Association.

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