July 2014 22/07/2014 (Game): Defend the NHS Against the Privateers Game I built using phaser.io, where you can defend the NHS against some of those trying to privatise it Topics: Games, Visualisations March 2014 07/03/2014 Visualising Ministerial Lobbying in the UK: May-Oct 2010 Visualisation of 6,393 meetings between 100 ministers and 3,533 organisations over 240 days. Data provided by the Guardian and Who's Lobbying Topics: D3, Visualisations February 2014 12/02/2014 Processing & Visualising Analytics Data with Python, Django & Celery Details of a tool I wrote that takes data from Google Analytics API, processes it, and produces data visualisations, including motion charts Topics: Analytics, Visualisations July 2013 24/07/2013 D3: Book, Demo and Talk Slides Various D3 related activities: book, a complex demo, and some slides Topics: D3, Visualisations June 2013 07/06/2013 D3: Attention Hungry UK Government Cabinet Ministers - Explained Detailed breakdown of a #D3.js application, built using reusable D3, incorporating force layout, sound, timers, components, modules and more. Topics: D3, Visualisations 06/06/2013 D3: Preview of a Refined Practice Visualisation and Chart Tool Built using reusable D3, we're in the process of crafting a tool to enable non-technical editors and authors simply create visualisations and charts Topics: Analytics, D3, Visualisations 05/06/2013 D3: Building and Using Reusable Modules, Components and Structures An in-depth explanation of the code behind the Reusable D3 Demo, involving The Queen, Princes Charles and William, a Corgi and a Pie Chart Topics: D3, Visualisations December 2012 21/12/2012 Bounce Rates: What Are Hard and Soft Bounce Rates in Natural Search? Bounce rates can reveal visitor (dis)satisfaction on a web page. We discuss how hard and soft bounce rates provide greater detail and understanding Topics: Analytics, Data Mining, Search Optimisation 20/12/2012 The Conversation at Google That Led to the "Not Provided" Fudge How did "Not Provided" actually happen? It's a dreadful fudge, and is full of holes. Here we examine the conversation that led to its implementation. Topics: Analytics, Search Optimisation 14/12/2012 Why Analyse Searchbots Visits? Answer: They May Not Find All Content We discuss how to analyse and visualise searchbots visits, how they can become distracted, and how to help searchbots be more effective. Topics: Analytics, Data Mining, Search Optimisation, Visualisations November 2012 06/11/2012 How Does the UK Search For Nadine Dorries, AKA, The Jungle Queen? Digging into 2.5 million search queries to examine how the UK populace search for Nadine Dorries, no doubt soon to be the "jungle queen" Topics: Data Mining, Relevance Analysis, Visualisations October 2012 01/10/2012 Understanding 2.5 Million Searches: Reality TV, Politicians & Death A research project commissioned by the BBC into how people search for news and politics in the UK, including visualisations and recommendations Topics: Data Mining, Relevance Analysis, Talks, Conferences, Seminars, Etc, Visualisations August 2012 21/08/2012 A Little Interactive Visualisation of Team GB's London 2012 Medals Exploration of the team gb medals via a pie chart, a bubble chart, and via animations of their growth over time and of which sport won which medal Topics: London 2012, Team GB, Visualisations May 2012 13/05/2012 The Horror of "(not provided)", Google Analytics Premium and Chrome How much does "(not provided") affect our websites (data from Hitwise UK)? Does it impact Google Analytics Premium (yes)? And what of the future? Topics: Analytics, Search Optimisation 13/05/2012 Optimising for Mobile: Feature Phones, Smartphones, Subdomains & More Serving content for mobiles can seem a little confusing: feature phones, smartphones, subdomains, etc. Brief introduction to mobile optimisation Topics: Mobile, Search Optimisation April 2012 24/04/2012 Key Phrases From 163 Pages of Adam Smith and Fred Michel Emails A visual analysis of 163 pages of email correspondence that were released to the Leveson inquiry today (24/4/12) as part of James Murdochs testimony Topics: Leveson Inquiry, Visualisations 23/04/2012 ionSearch April '12: Searchbots, Keyword Research, Relevance Analysis Just after #BrightonSEO I was invited to #ionSearch where I spoke about keyword research and relevance analysis and presented on searchbots Topics: Search Optimisation, Talks, Conferences, Seminars, Etc 23/04/2012 Brighton SEO April 2012 Presentation: Searchbots, Lost Children & More I was lucky enough to speak at #BrightonSEO, talking about visualising searchbots visits, and how we actually know what they request and do Topics: Search Optimisation, Talks, Conferences, Seminars, Etc 11/04/2012 Speaking at Brighton SEO, 13/4/2012: Visualising Searchbots, Googlebot I'm discussing what factual data we have that tells us what searchbots actually do, how we can visualise their visits, and we can help searchbots. Topics: Search Optimisation, Talks, Conferences, Seminars, Etc 11/04/2012 Speaking on "Killer Keyword Research" at ionsearch, April 18th 2012 I'll be discussing sources of search data, how to cost-effectively use this data to increase relevance, and non-ranking measures of success Topics: Search Optimisation, Talks, Conferences, Seminars, Etc 11/04/2012 Django - Why Use the Django Framework? Django - Why Use the Django Framework? Topics: Django