Comments on: VisitorVille: game tech applied to web stats http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/01/26/visitorville-game-tech-applied-to-web-stats/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Web Analytics, Gaming Technology, and the LMOS at e-Literatehttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/01/26/visitorville-game-tech-applied-to-web-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-104442 Web Analytics, Gaming Technology, and the LMOS at e-Literate Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/01/26/visitorville-game-tech-applied-to-web-stats/#comment-104442 [...] is, until Raph Koster’s post put me onto VisitorVille–”Web Stats in Video Game [...]

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]]> By: Ian Bogosthttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/01/26/visitorville-game-tech-applied-to-web-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-103127 Ian Bogost Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:33:07 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/01/26/visitorville-game-tech-applied-to-web-stats/#comment-103127 I wrote an <a href="http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/000173.shtml" rel="nofollow">early review</a> of VisitorVille and they gave me a free account for a while. It was back when they only had the 2D version, but still very cool. What it showed me was all the things I can never see from summary webstats, namely how people actually used the website -- not just where they came from and in what numbers. Aside from the zen of just sitting and watching your web traffic, it's really interesting to get a sense of the gaps between visits, generally how people meander around. I wrote an early review of VisitorVille and they gave me a free account for a while. It was back when they only had the 2D version, but still very cool. What it showed me was all the things I can never see from summary webstats, namely how people actually used the website — not just where they came from and in what numbers. Aside from the zen of just sitting and watching your web traffic, it’s really interesting to get a sense of the gaps between visits, generally how people meander around.

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