Five for Friday: Why Bloggers Need Analytics and Usability Testing

Ever wonder how your readers are consuming your blog? How many there are? Where they come from? This blog discusses some key metrics that can be used to better understand your audience.

Why Bloggers Need Analytics and Usability Testing | The Phuse

Redesigning the undesigned

I find myself in a similar position to this fellow- I've more or less stripped away all styling from this blog with the intention of developing a new CSS treatment Whenever I Get Around To It (ah, that magical time.)

This is a collection of thoughts and ideas as he underwent his redesign process; look for some nice discussion about typography as well. Enjoy-

Simon Collison | Redesigning the undesigned

2009 State Of The Blogosphere

"2/3 of professional bloggers are male, and 60% are between 18 – 44 years old. 75% have college degrees, and 40% have graduate degrees. Half have household incomes of $75,000 or more. 17% of them say blogging is their primary source of income. A whopping 74% of bloggers use Twitter, v. 14% of the general population. Their no. 1 use of Twitter is to promote their blogs."

2009 State Of The Blogosphere: The Full BlogWorld Presentation

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