Category: Blog
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Minimalism: an undervalued development skill
Here’s a cheap trick to make a difference: focus on the bare essentials and get rid of the rest. It’s easy to be different, because others are mostly doing the opposite: tons of crap. Massive difference Above you see some… Continue reading
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Large Data Study: Navigator.sendBeacon() is broken
The data 5,130,741 page views sampled • 3,217,740 successful unloads • 628 ignored browsers with less than 100 samples. Browser brands Regardless of browser version or operating system. Operating systems Regardless of the browser brand. Broken browsers Browsers with the… Continue reading
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The pain of a successful Hacker News launch
On June 2019, after months of hard work, we finally posted our MVP to Hacker News. It all looked good in the beginning, but then the things started to fall apart. The launch post Just one link on HN… Continue reading
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A/B testing considered BS
On our launch post we sensationally stated that A/B testing is “bullshit”. We mean that: it’s waste of time and promotes bad design. It’s essentially a system for marketers to look smart. We claim that: A/B testing wastes your time… Continue reading
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Volument Launches
A new take on website analytics After three years of intense work and a year-long beta, including sites from Digital Ocean, Shopify, and Flowplayer: Volument — “a privacy-friendly analytics for conversion optimization” is now open for everyone. With 10k monthly… Continue reading
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Actionable insights – the only thing that matters in web analytics
A decade ago, the phrase “data is the new oil” started popping up everywhere, and everyone was eager to hop on the big data train. But it feels that big data hasn’t lived up to its hype. Benn Stancil… Continue reading
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Volument Founding Story
Rebuilding (Google) Analytics Our unexpected story about growth We started building Volument as a side project because we wanted to grow. Soon we realized that this particular problem wasn’t solved at all. In fact, it was downright broken. First, we… Continue reading
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The basics of web analytics – how to get started
When I started a career in marketing in 2012, web analytics felt a bit mystique. The agency I started working for had no one who understood how to use Google Analytics. And back then, most clients also struggled to make… Continue reading