Hey W3Counter ..when exactly is "early 2007"?
BlogPatrol was down again today so while well and truly pissed off I thought I'd try sign up for what looks to be an excellent offering from W3Counter. Hey what do ya know, it's invitation only.
Despite the then black text in the form heading I filled out the usuals and clicked Submit, only to find the text gleefully turn RED (about the same time I did!) and I could almost hear it say "I cant let you do that Dave".
Answer me this W3Counter, just what do you call "early 2007" eh? And how do you choose who to invite? You have a great looking service, if only people could use it. If I'd tried to buy a pig in a bag and chosen the $4.95 a month Personal Account offering at signup would we be having this problem? I think not.
Shame how something great can be so easily ruined by lack of insight. How can you expect people to shell out for paid offerings before taking the test drive? Alienating customers at signup...pathetic.technorati tags:W3, Counter, Web, Traffic, Stats, Analysis, Blog, BlogPatrol, Metrics, Visitors, Measurement
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Hey Jim,
Why don't you try out my service at branica.com. We have had over 99% uptime and we try out best for the best support.
-Arthur
Posted by
Anonymous |
3:11 p.m.
My stats used to be from BlogPatrol,too. I signed up with Counterspot.com's free stat counter (stealth) a couple of days ago. I get the familiar BlogPatrol-like details minus the nationality of my visitors. My recent blog deals with BlogPatrol's problem, if you have the time to visit.
Posted by
S@RZI |
3:45 p.m.
"Alienating customers at signup...pathetic."
Hi Jim,
It was a totally customer-centric decision. There were too many thousands of users for the server to handle, so I stopped allowing free signups so that those that *are* using it (99% of them paying nothing) don't have their sites start dropping because the javascript loads too slowly.
Posted by
Dan Grossman |
4:13 a.m.