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February 20, 2008

Statistics HelloWorld Blog

With the new year, I wanted to do some summary statistics that marked 2007 as other yes they did, but could not be.

And recently, held the 2 years old of HelloWorld Blog on the net I decided resarcirme a bit and today I will show in a reduced and shortened some statistics that have marked these 2 years old, but not too deeply, because for me the statistics are not crucial, but if I find curious, apart from a comprehensive analysis of all options and possibilities offered by Google Analytics would be almost endless, so just put some graphics that you can perhaps be representative and interesting.

1) Number of visits in these 2 years old of existence in the network, :

2) Where are you from?

As shown in the image on the left, and logically, the majority of visits is for Spanish-speaking visitors, mainly from Spain as the largest source of visitors, followed by several South American countries like Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, etc.

In the right image, since Spain is the biggest source of my visits, you can see q ue cities do so in greater numbers.

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But that list does not go all that are, or are all that are, , I put a map that makes the most representative Spanish cities I visited this time, at least for guidance, since it does not leave the names of cities, towns, etc.

3) What operating system is the most used by my visitors?

As seen in the picture, there is little surprise, and the result is overwhelming, I will not say logical because it would not be, but being realistic, taking into account the current reality we live in terms of OS, yes it is Predictably, the increased use of Windows, followed by Linux and Mac minority, although I was surprised by the large difference in percentage, and that over 96% of visitors, you did with Windows, so the conclusion seems clear, is not it, .

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4) What browsers are most used by my visitors?

Here the fight is more equal, and plays a little script that expected, because first we have an approximately 53% of visitors accessed through Internet Explorer, a nearly 40% do so through Firefox, and the other alternative browsers by following the logical sequence imagined, ranking as 3rd Opera browser access.

My desire it, that next year that Firefox had more% Explorer, .

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5) What if we combine browser and OS?

The result seems quite logical when you consider the above data, because as you see in the picture, a little more than half, using a combination accedeis Windows / I.Explorer, a nearly 40% the combination you use Windows / Firefox almost 5% prefer the combination Windows / Opera, and what is evident is that those who accedeis with Linux, you do it using Firefox.

Finally, I also find it curious that enter with Mac and you do it with a similar percentage of Firefox or Safari.

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6) Most of you are coming from search engines and specific pages, let's see which

Most visits (over 50%) comes from search engines, being approximately 75% from Google, which makes sense, being that Google has 99% share in Spain, and many services that use the blog, are related to Google, so it is normal that high percentage.

Another important part of the visits (30%) are from web pages, especially "Our Partners" and that eliminating access to the main blog page directly which of course are many of these visits, and also eliminating related pages from Google (Google Images), is that primarily visits from "Our Partners" do it from:

Bicosyes , Cyn's place , Take it slow , Miguel Daza ,

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And finally, in closing, I want to comment above, post or categories that have generated more attention over these 2 years old, that removing the main entry page to the blog that have led some 11,900 visits (31.12%), Most liked what has been:

Heroes of Silence Concert 10.10.2007 (1717 views, approximately 4.49%)
Category Minigames (1,216 visitors, approximately 3.18%)
Attention test (840 visits, approximately 2.20%)
Ad Repsol and Maslow (634 visits, approximately 1.66%)
Category My parakeets (508 visits, about 1.33%)
Stockholm: Extra photos (316 visits, about 0.83%)
Category Economics (305 visits, about 0.8%)

I hope that you will not have seemed very boring post, and I have some curious and interesting result data.

On this occasion, as the images are mine, also benefiting from the license Creative Commons of helloworld blog, except comments which express (as applicable) are excluded images.

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February 12, 2008

Ruben

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Microsoft Responds to "No" for his takeover of Yahoo!

Rapid development of events since Microsoft announced the launch of a takeover bid for Yahoo and Yahoo reject this first offer , as Microsoft has been quick to answer , as you pointed Augustine in this comment .

And it seems that Microsoft far from being intimidated in their purpose, seems to take a more aggressive, but prudent, implying that not so easily cease its efforts to acquire Yahoo!, and
reserves the right to take all necessary measures to ensure that Yahoo! shareholders have the opportunity to evaluate the proposal, suggesting that managers are putting their own Yahoo! benefits to the overall interest of its shareholders, stating as unfortunate, that Yahoo! has rejected his offer, because they believe that the combined company would be the best option for both parties.

So this has become pints of a hostile takeover, if circumstances do not change, as Microsoft seems to have the strength to fight for their purpose, which can be effective when achieving his goal, but perhaps not in For actions that can be done to get it, which may not be very ethical, and we'd be talking about some measure of pressure to the board of Yahoo! ......

Subsequently, the statement is again centered on defending any new settings that Microsoft said would provide the combined company, and that the union would offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, while publishers and advertisers to reach be better able to compete better in the online services market.

Similarly emphasize, that this combination will create a more effective company that provides greater value and service to their customers and creating a more competitive market, because this union would result in a strong number two competitor in the market of search engines and online advertising.

Or what is the same: The ability to compete with Google .

Gathering:

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Economy , OPA

February 11, 2008

Ruben

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And Yahoo said no. For now ........

A few days ago, I commented on the takeover bid by Microsoft to Yahoo! , it appears that Microsoft has lost the first assault, since Yahoo! said no .

Among the reasons given by Yahoo! are that the offer of $ 31 per share is insufficient to cover the interests of its shareholders, as the article says, Microsoft may actually increase the price offered per share up to $ 40 approximately, and this first not, it may be a measure to pressure and try to increase that price.

Although personally, seeing the evolution of the shares of Yahoo! are not to rave about, but thanks to the announcement of the takeover bid as is customary in such cases have increased slightly.

Yahoo! also says that the offer of $ 31 per share takeover bid undervalues the overall value of the company, its approximately 500 million users worldwide and investments made to build a robust online advertising platform, just as not take into account the growth prospects of companies in which Yahoo! has a high percentage of participation.

So again, it appears that the ball goes to the roof from Microsoft that will act on the matter, but most likely, is that if you want the takeover to succeed, you must increase the price offered per share.

Would be right Dorian in a comment he left on the blog , and the next move is a ¿Yahoo! Partnership with Google ?.

Time will tell ............... (Views Here )

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February 1, 2008

Ruben

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Microsoft launches a takeover bid against Yahoo

The news is not new, in fact, already there were rumors a few years ago, but this time it has been confirmed:

Microsoft has launched a takeover of Yahoo! by the company of Bill Gates offers a $ 31 a share for Yahoo! , which involves an expenditure of approximately eye to the figure: 44,600 million ($ 44.6 billion) (More € 30,000 million) in cash or in shares of the company.

Why has not. Well maybe because Yahoo! despite being one of the biggest on the Internet, far from Microsoft and Google, though, is going through a bad time, as their actions when they launched the takeover bid was not going through its best experiencing a sharp drop .

In fact, the price of $ 31 per share accounted for approximately 60% of its stock price the day before the takeover.

To this we must add the imminent decision by Yahoo! to discard about 20% of its workforce, which amounts to more than 2,000 employees worldwide, so that by the takeover bid, Microsoft also help alleviate this crisis, as Microsoft intended to include employees of both companies, especially encouraging the retention of Yahoo! engineers and managers.

The reason of this operation?, Well according to Microsoft is creating a company globally competitive and higher value for shareholders, among other things, but make no mistake, the rationale for a transaction of this magnitude is: Google .

And this union is that, if now might be said that the online advertising industry and is monopolized by the search engines Google, with this acquisition, we might be talking about a duopoly, in which Microsoft would seek to gain ground on Google.

Here you can get more information. and the letter that Steve Ballmer sent to Yahoo's Board of Directors.

There will be attentive to the evolution of this great operation, and certainly it will not be at all easy to Microsoft, no longer in that they can perform or not to buy Yahoo!, but in the integration of both companies and the ability to keep users of Yahoo!, because do not forget that Microsoft and Yahoo! share many identical or similar services (mail, browser, etc.), or that Yahoo! has other great services such as Flickr, where users do not share the same idea of relying on Microsoft ......, , So the first step has been taken, we will see how this evolves, because surely the reactions to all this and more, will soon arrive.

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Photo courtesy of Miguel Daza taken from Herald Aragon.

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