No, your website is not getting traffic from the International Space Station

It's the ultimate rush. You post some hot content, get a few links and a rush of traffic, and, when checking your Google Analytics traffic logs, realize you had some otherworldly traffic: visitors from the International Space Station.

Google debuts hilarious videos about how terrible online shopping can be

Google has introduced hysterical new videos that show how online shopping sites frustrate users by not giving them accurate search results, making them input awful captchas, or suggesting items not related to what they're buying.

This search engine sequences the DNA of politics to determine whether you’re Republican or Democrat

"I think we've sequenced the DNA of Republicans and Democrats," Mintigo general manager and CMO Jason Garoutte told me today. "Based on words on someone's website, we'd have a very good chance of of determining who is a Democrat or a Republican."

YoYo Games builds monetization and analytics services into its game development tools

YoYo Games is making it easy to tap monetization and analytics services from within its cross-platform game development tools.

Mixpanel serves up unique mobile analytics, nabs $10M investment

Y Combinator startup Mixpanel dives deep into pageview and visitor engagement analytics, offering real-time “micro” stats. And it’s just raised its first institutional round of funding.

The company is making a big push for mobile analytics, an area it feels …

Euclid pulls in $5.8M to deliver Google Analytics-style metrics to physical stores

Many online retailers use Google Analytics to track traffic to their site, but what if real-world retailers could access the same data about traffic to their stores? The technology exists in Euclid Elements, which announced a $5.8 million first round …

Google improves Analytics with premium and real-time features

Google on Thursday finally launched real-time traffic tracking tools for its already-good Google Analytics service. On top of that, the company introduced premium Google Analytics accounts that offer more ways measure data.

For quite some time, Google Analytics has offered …