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Tackling a Web Site Measurement Project

The preceding chapters explain the background and evolution of Web site measurement as well as the key concepts, metrics, techniques, and approaches. But how do you actually tackle a whole measurement project? What are the key stages and deliverables? In the following sections, I first suggest some smaller, tactical initiatives that you might want to tackle to get the ball rolling before looking in more detail at how you might tackle a full project to implement and integrate a measurement software solution.

18.1 Tactical Initiatives

Starting with a smaller, more tactical project is a good way to flesh out issues and learn in a lower risk environment before moving on to bigger things. Because Web site ...

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