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Web developers: 4 chart widgets you can use for free

Posted by Robert S.

I have been looking for some free and fancy charts to spice up web application I’m building for a client. The four most useful tools I came across were: Open Flash Charts, Google Chart API, Yahoo! UI Library Charts, and Sparklines.
Open Flash Charts
Open Flash Charts by John Glazebrook takes the top spot with the […]

Piwik: Open-source web analytics

Posted by Robert S.

Piwik is an open-source web analytics project worth keeping an eye on. I suspect as it evolves it will become a great alternative to Urchin, the self-hosted edition of Google Analytics.
The problem that many have with Google Analytics is that you lose control of your data to a third party. Most existing alternatives […]

Q4 American Customer Satisfaction Index published, customer satisfaction declining

Posted by Robert S.

The University of Michigan has published the American Customer Satsifaction Index for the fourth quarter of 2007 (PDF). In a nutshell: Companies are caring less about satisfying their customers.
The fourth quarter results were lower than the first three quarters of the year, falling 0.4% to 74.9%.
Of particular interest is Progressive Auto Insurance, which surged […]