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Build it and they will come! But it is very important that you know who are the visitors to the SharePoint site and where do they spend most time. To make this task easier many known software companies have come up with web analytics tools to help users find which content is popular and which is not. Likewise, SharePoint 2010 too has integrated a Web Analytics feature, which helps you collect, report, and analyze the usage and effectiveness of your SharePoint 2010 deployment. To put it in simple words, Web Analytics reveals which content is most popular and which is not.

Take advantage of SharePoint Web Analytics tool and other useful features of SharePoint 2010 hosting, SharePoint Foundation hosting or SharePoint Server 2010 – with shared or dedicated hosting by a SharePoint 2010 hosting provider.

Web Analytics Reports
In SharePoint 2010, the Web Analytics reports that are available out-of-the-box provide insights into the behavior of users of your SharePoint sites. There are three categories of reports that are produced which are as follows:

* Inventory Web Analytics reports: Inventory Web analytics reports provide key metrics of the inventory of your sites:
1. What is the total disk drive space user (Storage Usage);
2. How many sites exist (Number of Sites);
3. Top Site Product Versions, Top Site Languages, etc;

* Traffic Web Analytics reports: Traffic Web Analytics reports provide metrics such as:
1. How much traffic your site gets (Number of Page Views);
2. Who visits your sites (Top Visitors);
3. How visitors arrive at your site (Top Referrers);
4. Daily Unique Visitors, Top Destinations, Top Browsers, etc;

* Search Web Analytics reports: Search Web Analytics reports give you insight into what users are searching for. For instance:
1. How many times users searched (Number of Queries);
2. What were the most used search terms (Top Queries);
3. What queries have high failure rates (Failed Queries);
4. Best Bet Usage, Search keywords, etc;

Custom Web Analytics Reports

It is possible to create your own custom web analytics reports by using the Customize Report button under the Analyze tab in the Ribbon. Clicking this button will export the data contained in this report to Excel. Excel is a power analytics tools and makes it easy for non technical users to add your own charts, set specific filters, and combine data from multiple reports. In addition, the data within Excel is refreshable, which means that, once you customize the report, it will always be up-to-date with the latest data.

Features of Web Analytics Tool

Best Bets Suggestions: Best Bets allow search administrators to determine what the most relevant search result is for a given keyword. Now administrators can simply look through each of the Best Bet suggestions and easily accept or reject them. To access the Best Bet Suggestions, go to Site Actions, click on Site Collection Web Analytics Reports, and the click on Best Bets Suggestions on the left navigation.

Web Analytics Web Part: The Web Analytics Web Part is mainly created for Site Managers. This new Web Analytics Web Part is an end-user facing Web Part that can be easily inserted into any page on your site. It can be configured to display the ‘most viewed content’ or the ‘most frequent search queries’ in the site. The data in the Web Part is continuously refreshed as new content or new search queries become more popular.

All in all, Web Analytics in SharePoint 2010 will help you better understand what users want from your site, what are the popular content on your site, etc. Web analytics tool will help you customize your SharePoint farm to best meet their needs.

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The internet has changed by leaps and bounds ever since it grew way beyond the specifications set for it by the people who thought of a nationwide network of computers that were linked together to warn the other of pending nuclear attack. Today, the internet changes day by day with new companies being put up as old ones die off and wither into distant memory. The many browsers we now is a welcome sight for a few years back and we only had one way of browsing the internet, using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Way back then, there were only two who fought for the crown as the browser to beat, Netscape and IE with the first collapsing, victim of the fast growing internet giving way to IE’s dominance of the net. (more…)

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The move to promote cloud computing has many people worried about the possible implications of computer and programs that run systems out of anybody’s control (at least that’s what they are saying the system would take shape in). But the truth of the fact is that somebody has to own, run and manage the systems on which the cloud would take shape in. Cloud computing is a more distributed form of client-server based applications with people paying the people who own the data centers on which your data and programs resides in a fee for the amount of computing stuff you do. (more…)

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Coming to the many countries of the EU, is a release version of Windows 7, set for release this coming holiday season without a bundled version of the much embattled IE8. Why, considering the staunch stand the EU has taken on their bullish stance against competitors, they might be getting a taste of their own medicine. The browser is available for download from the Support site, free of charge for licensed Windows owners and can be installed after installation of the new OS. Even people on XP and Vista can get hold of a copy of the popular browser with a quick check of your system if it meets minimum system requirements that is. (more…)

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The world connected by the internet may never be truly free of malware or malicious programs that probes for unprotected computers and programs, ready to exploit any weaknesses found. These programs are designed ever so cleverly as to escape detection, with most doing their wrongdoing without even raising an eyebrow as to what has happened. Governments around the world and the many security companies have been battling them aggressively in efforts to tame them but the major enemy is the opacity of the internet. (more…)

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In this day and age, many people are starting to see the value of having an online presence in order to better market their skills and services to potential clients. The only trouble is that many social networking sites are so saturated with so much people – most of whom aren’t using the site for professional purposes – that employers skip it altogether.

What’s different now is that LinkedIn, a social networking site, aims to be a social network, but only for those with professional interests and those who wish to start getting professional and corporate contacts. LinkedIn really has no difference from regular social networking sites – it’s just that LinkedIn’s features are geared towards establishing professional relationships. Its sort of like Facebook, but only for professionals. You can post resumes, CVs and work samples here, and satisfied employers will also put recommendations on your profile.

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The problems associated with the security and implementation of security updates to the millions of internet browsers have proved to be too much that researchers are now looking to take the browser system into the Clouds making the whole thing secure and out of the hands of the hackers who constantly test their resolve. The battle of the wits when it comes to dealing with malware is a difficult one involving many man-hours of having to analyze the problem, find a solution, formulate one, test it and then have to get each and every one of the installed browsers all over the world to get their copies updated, they never do. (more…)

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One of the best web innovations out there is the ability to take notes online. The advantages of this is that you can read your notes anywhere with an online computer and Jjot is one of the better ones.

Jjot is a lightning fast sticky note web application filled with smart features like archiving, search, and sharing. Jjot is very easy to use and understand (which is nice when you’re tackling any new web application), but what really stands out about Jjot is its speed. Everything you do on Jjot is satisfyingly snappy, which is so refreshing in an age of bloated web apps. Granted, Jjot’s speed might not be enough to make it stand out in the already overcrowded online note-taking and todo applications, but it’s on my good list.

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A big Firefox feature, but tiny in size was released as a beta version. The newest feature by Mozilla is Private Browsing. Other community fondly calls it the Porn Mode! The feature simply takes your browsing history, user names, password,cookies and web searches and trashes them when you close the window. It will definitely make sure that you leave no trace of your activity in the browser. The session may practically look like it did not take place. The feature is not new to other browsers because they are already implementing them to theirs. The feature can be started anytime during your browsing session. You just need to close all the existing tabs and start with the new tab that has popped out. In this mode you can expect to have some privacy without having to worry of your activities being seen by another user.

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Port scanning is a new growing security threat in the world wide web. Our personal computers have ports. They are used to connect to our mail server, to transfer files with FTP etc. These ports are always on and virtually listening. A port scan happens when a hacker scans a host pc to see which ports are open or not in use. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the bad guy will attack. However, this offenders will know which ports are locked or unlocked, creating an opportunity to invade your pc at a time he chooses. A firewall can readily give you added security for these types of attack. It practically guards every ports of your pc recording incoming and outgoing activities and if it suspects something unusual, or unknown , it automatically stops the threat. A port scan does not mean your system is about to be attacked. Its just as important to note that if a port scan occurs, someone knows certain weakness in your system. This should prompt us to take preventive measures, all the more.

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