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SociafyQ is an analytics tool that measures growth across numerous major social network presences, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, and includes tracking tools for blog keywords. Desktop data widget connections coming in a matter of hours.

All, I thought this analytics tool is especially relevant to your work. Please let us know if there are additional features that would be helpful, as we developed it to inform our own work (mainly on the nonprofit side) and thought it would be relevant to others. Cheers, --Dave

All website analytical tools have their pros and cons, and many people use more than one to track their website's visitors and gather other important data. With that in mind, I've put together this list of some of the best. All of these web applications offer a free service; while some are completely free, others offer a premium account as well. There is an exception. I've included the Mint and Yahoo analytical software packages in this list due to their popularity, although they are not free.

As I mentioned last year - as well as on many posts since - analytics is a critical facet of your web strategy not only because it provides measurement, but it is one of the most valuable research tools you have at your disposal. Most people install analytics on their website and never look at the data again. There are many reasons for this. Some people don't have time and most just don't know what the data means.

While some put a lot of stock into websites such as these, I would encourage you to not do so. As they may offer one point of reference to figure out the worth of a website you own, are selling, or would like to buy, they should just be one of many other statistical references to gather data from. If nothing else, they offer a form of entertainment, and you can grab a nifty website badge from some of them to impress your friends and co-workers.

Stay in touch with your readership with open-ended questions to find out what they REALLY want!