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By: Nat Brown

Nat Brown — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:47:01 +0000

I cannot do much to assist with the broader statistical analysis but I will indulge in a little individual feedback.
I have found your mix of links and material top drawer. I appreciate that I can come to your blog and find PS technical information, general design and visual arts material, and sometimes just downright off-beat and weird stuff.
For me, the mix of posts is great. Your blog is my “one-stop” shopping spot for the PS/Graphics side of my life. Further, your links often lead to links that contain wonderful information and material.
Around our house, when I mention a great link to my wife, she’ll start to ask where I found it. Then, she’ll wave me away, saying, “Never mind. Started with another Nack link, right?”
Rarely is she wrong.
So, when you finally get those outbound clicks chased down, I hope your other readers will be found to share my enthusiasm.
Keep up the good work.
[Heh--thanks, Nat! And my apologies to your wife for distracting you. ;-) --J.]

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:49:00 +0000

Hi, You can use jQuery and Google's recent '_trackEvent' tracking method to help track outbound links with Google Analytics. Here's a good blog post about it: http://blog.rebeccamurphey.com/2008/12/04/update-tracking-outbound-clicks-with-google-analytics-and-jquery/ I keep meaning to do it myself!

By: Russell Dickerson

Russell Dickerson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:30:40 +0000

From the Twitter side of things, maybe using bit.ly or cli.gs could help? They both have tracking abilities for their shortened links, no reason why they shouldn’t work for non-Twitter applications.

By: Jankees van Woezik

Jankees van Woezik — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:57:32 +0000

Hi John,
I read your blog trough my Rss Reader (Google Reader). About a year ago Google bought Feedburner, so i guess they are working on somekind of combination.
I had the same problem with my own blog. I use feedburner to track the clicks.
Best,
Jankees