After thoughts WAW Bangalore July 08

12 07 2008

It was wonderful set up at Country Club Bangalore and a nice weather for Web Analytics Wednesday to kick start. It was great to see the turn up of folks.

Thanks again to Eric from WebAnalyticsDemystified, Dave from SiteSpect and folks at Coremetrics to make this wonderful event happen!

So how did the Event Unfold? So here its goes

An Introduction to begin with of all the folks who attended, Many Web Analytics Enthusiast, Internet enthusiast arrived including few experienced folks who were interested to start Web Consulting firms.

There were many for whom this was first event and who were eager to get into this ( in big demand) field. It was also great to meet few blogger (Web Analytics blogs) from india , Vijay Bathula who blogs on VijayWeb and Rohan Kapoor.

A Special Mention to Tahseen Khan who came all the way from Pune ( West India) to Bangalore to attend this session!. Thank you Tahseen !

It all started with a small presentation on:

Web Analytics in India

Web Analytics Vendors in India:

Web Trends ( Done through reseller)
Omniture
Unica

Web Analytics Industry is pretty small and finding qualified professionals is hard

Web Analytics Industry Focus in India is on

Exploring Options ( Free Tools why not?)
Educate Marketers and Business head ( Web Analytics Power Evangelizing)

So what was all the discussion topic about?

Web Analytics Tool Used (Popular Tools): As per the poll taken GA Topped followed by Omniture ( Mostly MNC’s), Web Trends and Clicktrack.
Is Log file based Analysis a Legacy now ?
Data Accuracy!, Which tool gives accurate data: You can probably imagine how does this discussion went )
Web Analytics and Statistics: How statistical methods can be used in Web Data Analysis)
Behavioral Targeting: Different Tools and Methodologies used and Best Practices

Outcome of the WAW Meet

There was a clear need of a platform for web analysts, for all level of expertise ( Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced)

Web Analytics India Community: Under Construction
Web Analytics Events: Hold More Event ( once in Quarter) locally and across major cities

Finally thanks to the entire audience for active participation during the event and also for all your feedback to make Web Analytics India Site better.

Not to Forget thanks to Naveen for taking care of the logistics and also Ravi Pathak for making sure everything goes well! You guys rock!

P.S: There are still few copies of the book Web Analytics Demystifed, if you do need a copy please mail Trinadh at ktrinadhrao AT yahoo.co.in

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Author : Anil
Date : 12 July 2008
Categories : Events India, Web Analytics India

12 responses to “After thoughts WAW Bangalore July 08”

12 07 2008: Rohan Kapoor (14:11:04) :

Hi Anil,

Thanks and congratulations for organising such a great event. It was really nice to meet fellow Web Analytics Professionals and share my views with them. I hope we have more such events in the near future.

Cheers,

Rohan
13 07 2008: Anil (08:02:27) :

Hey Rohan
Iam glad you enjoyed the event! We have all plans to keep the momentum going

Thank you for your comments
13 07 2008: Praveen Kumar C (08:06:31) :

Hi,

Planned to attend but unfortunately missed this great event.. Hope I can participate when it happens again.. Thanks for your efforts, Anil…

Regards Praveen
13 07 2008: Anil (08:46:03) :

Hey Praveen
yes certainly! let’s catch up at the next event
14 07 2008: Aman (06:55:54) :

Cheers to the trinadh- Anil, Naveen and Ravi for holding the WAW. Great stuff guys!

Looking forward to the next WAW with more debates, discussions, networking and beer.

And a special thanks to the sponsors.

Aman
14 07 2008: Naveen Kumar (10:20:19) :

Thanks everyone for making it happen!

I really enjoyed it and it was worth the effort. I learnt so many new things in the forum from all the discussion we had. This forum definitely showed the interest in WA, a very good future in India and talented people too. I am very excited to be in the field and looking forward to have/attend more of these forums.

Regards,
Naveen Kumar
14 07 2008: Anil (12:57:26) :

@ Aman
Glad you enjoyed the event, Certainly more to come in the future.

@ Naveen
Thanks Naveen for ensuring the logistics were in place!
and yes everybody is excited!

Cheers
Anil
15 07 2008: jacob (13:13:33) :

Hai All,

Missed the event due to unavoidable official reasons; Was out of the City, Anyway Look forward to the next meeting.

A good word of thanks for the Organisers
15 07 2008: Anil (13:23:04) :

Jacob
Yes Certainly, Looking forward to meet you in the next event
Thank you for the comment
31 07 2008: Rajesh and Tahseen (05:18:37) :

Hi Anil,
It was wonderful to be with you guys in the magnificent event held by you people in Banglore. We were delighted with the way we were welcomed by you people in Banglore. Above all, we explored a lot on web analytics and gained knowledge on the tools used in web analytics.
We are really thankful for the book gifted to us. Thanks for your patronage.

Thanks and Regards,
Tahseen Khan
12 08 2008: Ananthnag (11:47:16) :

Hi Anil
cha…. , I am a bit late to ur blog…. i came to ur blog for a job for my frnd whos comming back to india on webanalytics….
We both work on Webanalytics…. Omniture…
I am based at blore…. Missed the event you guys organised…..Gr8 work…
12 08 2008: Anil (12:29:43) :

Ananth!
We will have something planned early next month! may be just a meet up.
The blog should have update on the same!
Staty Tuned

Anil

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