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XiTi Analzyer Web Analytics Software Expanding To The US
By Manoj Jasra
Expert Author
Article Date: 2009-06-16
Last week I had the opportunity to catch up with Dennis Varganyi, Country Manager, of AT Internet (maker of XiTi Analzyer, web analytics software). XiTi Analyzer is emmensely popular in France and is now expanding into North America. I was quite impressed with the quality of the on board reports XiTi Analyzer comes standard with. Check out my conversation with Dennis below:
[Manoj]: Why has XiTi Analyzer II has been so successful in France and different parts of Europe even though there are other options such as Omniture, WebTrends and Google Analytics?
[Dennis Varganyi]: When we began, it was with a free solution called ‘XiTi'. It became very popular as a no cost, dependable and supported (for free) web analytics platform. This strategy allowed us to quickly capture a lot of mind share in France, and develop the tool based on user feedback into the high end Analyzer II solution. Our solution has remained popular in France and parts of Europe due to our commitment to technology, our aggressive pricing structure, free support, strong Professional Services organization as well as quick and simple implementation processes. Today, Analyzer II is the most complete web analytics solution and the only one to be available / fully supported in French, German and Spanish as well as English.
[Manoj]: XiTi Analyzer II offers numerous ways of slicing and dicing every report, how important has this feature been to your clients
[Dennis Varganyi]: Offering a customizable interface has always been a priority for us. We offer advanced filtering capabilities and custom reporting through choice of indicators or table elements or event interaction with the graphs. In addition to all the report customizations, we have a segmentation module that applies segments to all the interface and using all variables available. Segments can be based on a combination of different indicators. Example : All the Ontario visitors that came from a specific campaign, and also did see a specific page before subscribing to the newsletter… Our DataExplorer module offers unlimited, on the fly segmentation. It is very important for our clients as it is not necessary to:
- Think of which segments to configure during the installation phase
- Raise a Purchase Order when we think of a good segment which was not configured at Implementation.
- Build the segment in the tag. Our tags are light and powerful; the fact that the segment is not built into the tag is another reason why our solution is fairly easy to implement.
Given how important it is to get segmented data on demand and quickly, minus the hassle of finding budget, our ability to slice and dice every report is a very significant feature for our clients.
[Manoj]: Please tell us more about your Behavior Quotient metric and websites can leverage it. (please provide a screenshot, preferably the one with the radar charts/referrers)
[Dennis Varganyi]: The Behavioral Quotient (BC) is an algorithm which assigns a value to the quality of a visit. This algorithm takes into consideration 5 KPIs: - Pages per Visit
- Entering Visits Rate
- Pages per Entering Visit
- Average Duration per Visit
- Average Duration per Page
This is a relevant metric when comparing different sources of traffic or different periods of analysis or different categories of visitors (male vs female, Canada vs US …).
[Manoj]: Why is the "Degree of Implication" report so useful?
[Dennis Varganyi]: This analysis is very useful for sites who would like to assign a weighted value for specific pages of content or actions. For example, we can imagine a car manufacturer which has a ‘Design Your Vehicle' process on their website. The first action is to choose a car. The second is to choose a colour. The third is to choose another option, etc. The last page is to submit a request to be contacted by a dealer. Each action has a degree of (visit) implicated associated with it.
The value is in the application of the results. For example, I can create a segment (on the fly) of all visitors who requested to be contacted by a dealer (highest degree) versus those which only went to the first degree (choose a car, then left). It could be interesting, for example, to understand which source of traffic … or even bought keyword… is associated with visitors which go to the highest degree. Inversely, the source of traffic (or bought keyword) which is associated with the lowest degree is also quite valuable. Both analysis are very valuable for SEO efforts..
[Manoj]: How does your click heat map differ than Google's or WebTrends solution.
[Dennis Varganyi]: Our Clickzones module offers many features: - Heatmaps represents mouse clicks with color codes, Red being the most clicked zones (based on mouse coordinates). This module works with all technologies, even full Flash sites. It is also possible to upload page templates to track all product description pages or a news section …
- Heatmaps analysis shows clicks on the page even on non clickable zones, flash movies…
- Overlay gives detailed stats for the clickable items: number of clicks, evolution over the period of analysis and reactivity (Average number of seconds spent on the same page before the click).
- Clicked Zones analyses will show you interactions with zones or page divisions no matter what content is displayed within those sections. It is useful for sites with frequent content changes.
[Manoj]: Your solution also offers the ability to monitor conversations about your brand through a feature called Buzz Watcher, tell us more about that.
[Dennis Varganyi]: Buzz watcher is coming up soon it is still being tested on our development environment. The module will allow you to monitor conversations around your brand or products on big social media networks: twitter, facebook, myspace… as well as your favorite blogs and/or forums. It will give you general stats on the presence of your brand online, and also show what is being said (analyzing the neutral, positive and negative comments). Because it is also important to know if people are saying good things or bad thing about you.
[Manoj]: Tell us about XiTi Analyzer's ability to track video, podcasts & RSS
[Dennis Varganyi]: This module measures all types of rich media content: video (including streaming and VOD), music, flash, podcasts, RSS feeds... It tracks all the different actions, play, pause, forward, backward, share... and it allows to create several levels of analysis. - All types of measured contents (audio, video, animations, podcasts…) whatever the format (swf, mp3, mp4…)
- 14 performance indicators for exhaustive analyses (durations, readings, actions, diffusions, uses…)
- Recognition of diffusion modes (clip or live), even on "external" sites (blogs, sites of video divisions…)
- Thorough analysis of visitor actions (sharing content, put in favourites…)
- Personalization of analyses on 5 levels of tree structure (possibility of integrating personalized measurements)
- Automatic check of content reading (by sending of a hit of every five seconds)
- Segmentation of data and real time
- Fast and easy Implementation whatever the technology of the multi-media reader (Javascript, Flash, AS3…)

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About the Author:
Manoj Jasra is an online marketing veteran of almost 10 years who specializes in analytics, social/search strategy and mobile marketing. Manoj is currently a Sr. Strategist at one of Canada’s largest Telecommunications Companies, Shaw Communications Inc., where he leads Social Media, SEO, PPC and Web Analytics strategies. Manoj first started in the search marketing industry with Enquiro Search Solutions, where he spearheaded web analytics, SEO Training and the development of cutting edge search marketing solutions for clients.
Manoj is a Professional Speaker having participated at events such as Emetrics, Web Analytics Xchange, WebTrends’ Engage, Internet Marketing Conference, Social Media Innovation Summit and Search Engine Strategies. He authors Web Analytics World (a top 100 Online Marketing Blog) and consults through his firm Jasra Inc.
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