Since Crazyegg and other heatmap services  received a lot of media attention, David and some of his friends built their own heatmap solution.

 Heatmaps

The solution is completely free and is released under a MIT license. That means that you can do whatever you want with it. If you are interested read their blog and download the heatmap solutions here.

Amazon closed today?

August 21, 2006

Amazon seems to be down in the US, UK, France and Germany: 

amazon closed 

Comscore qSearch  released the share of online searches numbers by engine. Google dipped one percent, but no dramatic change.  

Share of Online Searches by Engine
    July 2006 vs. July 2005
    Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet Users
    Source: comScore qSearch
                                                                    Pt Chg vs.
                                          Jul-05       Jun-06       Jul-06       Yr Ago
    Total Internet Population    100%         100%       100%     N/A
    Google Sites                     36.5         44.7         43.7          7.2
    Yahoo! Sites                     30.5         28.5         28.8         -1.7
    MSN-Microsoft Sites          15.5         12.8         12.8         -2.7
    Time Warner Network         9.9          5.6          5.9           -4.0
    Ask Network                      6.1          5.1          5.4           -0.7