Apollo Hosting July Newsletter

Keep Them Coming Back!

Greetings from your team at Apollo Hosting,

The heat of July gets us thinking about heating up our web traffic. Thinking about it and getting it done are two different things, though. How do we keep them coming back again and again. Well, it always helps to know who "they" are. Sure, you can just read a hit counter, cross your fingers, and hope it's accurate. Or you can utilize a professional, in-depth web analytics tool to find out where people find your site and what they do when they get there.

If they never make it past the front page, then maybe it's time for a change. Learn more about Urchin below. Urchin is a stats package that will give you the info you need to optimize your site for your valuable visitors.

The A-Team

Site Tool Spotlight- Urchin

Some of you might be thinking, "Urchin? That doesn't exist anymore." You're right, of course, Urchin was purchased by Google, and has since been reborn as "Google Analytics." It's also been reborn with a long waiting period before you can actually use it. Google, somewhat surprised by the success of their free offering, had to close the open sign-ups and institute a "sign-up list" that parcels out "invitations" on a limited basis.

What do you do if you want that power now? We can help. We offer Urchin 5, a stable, elder version of the Urchin Web Analytics package that became Google Analytics. We can get you up and running a lot faster than Google.

Urchin 5 features:

Business Ready(sm) SVG-Powered Charts and Graphs
Easily copy/paste any Urchin graph into PowerPoint, Word, etc. SVG vector-based graphics are interactive, super-fast to load, and re-render nearly instantly.
E-commerce Reporting
Analyze your shopping cart usage in conjunction with normal web traffic analysis - discover the true value of search terms and much more (E-commerce reporting is an optional Module - $10.00/mo.).
Easiest to Use
100% browser-based administration and reporting, step-by-step configuration wizards, and more.
Most Accurate
The UTM2® "sees through" proxies and caches to deliver the most accurate visitor and path reporting, new Client Parameters reports, and much more with no security warnings or concerns.
Fastest and Most Efficient
Legendary performance and resource efficiency, automatic backups, fault tolerance/recovery, and more.
Built-in Help
Every screen of the Admin and Reporting GUIs includes pertinent help information.

These powerful features can be yours a one-time $35 installation fee. Learn how people are using your website and optimize the look and feel based on that information. Keep your visitors happy and informed, by staying informed about your visitors.

Learn more about Urchin Web Analytics from Apollo Hosting.

Hosting Help Article - "Keep Your Family Together With A Family Website "

Hosting Help Graphic Madison Lockwood, our customer relations associate, presents the first of a series of articles suggesting ways to get more out of your hosting. You may already have a website, but what about those additional domains on your plan. Consider some suggestions that may not have occurred to you with these articles.

Keep Your Family Together With A Family Website - by Madison Lockwood
As families grow and fan out across the country, and matriarchs and patriarchs become unable to handle the responsibility of holding everyone together, it becomes more and more important to maintain communication. Life is busy. There are responsibilities of work, school, hobbies, dreams and goals. It's easy to get caught up in your own life and lose touch with cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, great aunts, grandparents, et cetera. When you start a website for your extended family, you can keep the lines of communication open and updated with ease.