Bounce Rates: Do They Matter?
Comments (1) “Bounce rate” and “pages per visit” are two of the most prominent statistics displayed by the Google Analytics “Dashboard.”
Don’t let that confuse you: they’re not often not relevant. Here’s why.
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Weird Characters after cut-and-paste
Comments Off on Weird Characters after cut-and-paste A teacher asked about “Weird letter characters appearing when viewing [her] product description online.”
Class Warfare, by Steven Brill
I’m very interested in the school-reform movement, so I’ve been debating whether to buy Steven Brill’s new book, Class Warfare.
Have “Amazon Taxes” Benefited Any States?
For the past month, I’ve been trying to find evidence of any benefits earned by states which have enacted an Advertising-Nexus Tax Law (“Amazon Tax”). Even after appealing for help from many sources, I’ve failed to identify any benefit. Except for New York, no states have collected any additional sales taxes due to these laws, which have reduced the states’ income-tax revenue and jobs.
How Facebook Suppresses Opposing Views and Reinforces Enclaves
Facebook and other online communities are unintentionally suppressing opposing views and isolating us into “enclave discussions” instead of public exchanges. Here’s how.
Democracy In Action: Ohio, Wisconsin, and …
“There’s something happening here. What it is, ain’t exactly clear.”
In Ohio, public employees needed 231,000 citizens’ signatures to force a statewide ballot regarding SB5 — which outlawed collective bargaining by Ohio’s public employees.
This past Wednesday, opponents of that law delivered petitions with 1,298,301 signatures — more than five times the required number.
As Expected, Amazon Terminated Its California “Associates” (including me)
As expected, Amazon.com yesterday terminated its advertising relationship with 25,000 California web publishers, including me, after Gov. Brown signed an “Advertising-Nexus Tax Law,” which would use advertising relationships as a “hook” to try to force Amazon and other out-of-state retailers to collect California Sales Tax. I’ve posted separately about this on my separate blog for LessonIndex.com: http://blog.lessonindex.com/2011/06/california-forced-amazon-to-stop-advertising-here/
Cheating on High-Stakes NCLB Tests
Under the federal “No Child Left Behind” law, school districts, schools, and teachers face harsh, punitive consequences for failing to do the impossible (consistently increase test scores for 14 years in a row).
It’s no surprise that some administrators and teachers have turned to cheating on the high-stakes tests required by the federal “No Child Left Behind” law. Read more »
Thoughts On Learning That Reading My Book Review is a Class Assignment
Comments Off on Thoughts On Learning That Reading My Book Review is a Class Assignment I just learned that last January (2010), one of my book reviews was included as assigned reading in an AP English class (taught by Ms. Tsuruda at Mililani HS in Hawaii).
High Payment Threshholds for Affiliate Programs
I’ve recently noticed several merchants who’ve created in-house affiliate programs with alarmingly high payment thresholds. Here’s why it’s a bad idea.
