Alec Cochrane

I am a web analytics person who likes new media. Yes that means blogging, tweeting, erm... facing? And everything else fun on the internet

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Hi @eon_next, my fixed tariff is coming to an end on Oct 3rd. The renewal tariff of Next Flex (SVR product) recommended on the site has rates of e:53.16p g:14.72p, much higher than the EPG scheme price. Is this a regional thing? Not updated your website? Not worked it out yet?

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Reminder for those of you who are London based - we're starting Web Analytics Wednesday again next week - if you are in the office please free to drop down for a drink or two. Any recommendations for a preferred talk? #WAW #Analytics

https://t.co/DXDvM6MFPe

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I know #EcomChat hasn't been gone long, but if you do want a London meet up for digital folk, then we're resurrecting Web Analytics Wednesday on 6th July in Pimlico https://t.co/DXDvM6MFPe

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@JamesGurd @danbarker Thanks! Didn't want to just gatecrash the hashtag

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I’m also trying to resurrect some in person meet ups as well. Trying to make London Web Analytics Wednesday happen again on 6th July at the Warwick in Pimlico @danbarker @JamesGurd: https://t.co/OBpJ8RNpIm

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@mrdipeshashah Too early to tell. I think NZ have a couple of dodgy decisions in terms of their selection & choosing to bat first at Lords. 1st innings at Lords showed the fragility of the Eng batting. Avoiding a super fast, but injured fast bowler has worked, albeit by accident.

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Trying to resurrect Web analytics Wednesday in London - can you help us out by filling in this doodle on your preferred day: https://t.co/QI0Yy60j5u (would you prefer Wednesday or Thursday?)

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🎵But baby it’s cold outside🎵 @annatlewis

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#MeasureCamp the question that was asked 10 years ago at MeasureCamp1 is the same question at MeasureCamp15: “Yes, but how is the company going to use this data/dashboard? What decisions are they making and how do you get them to use it rather than gut instinct”

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@pablomiguezdm @Rich_Mace @JamesHenryChard @paulsinha @TheKnowledge_GU Bergomi was in the 1998 squad with Cannavaro at opposite ends of their 4 world cups. They’re in the same team v Austria, giving you the 24 years.

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@Rich_Mace @JamesHenryChard @paulsinha @TheKnowledge_GU Actually, on Boxing Day 1992 Giggs' Man U played Viv Anderson's Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-3 draw. Viv Anderson won the league in 1978, so this will trump that.

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@Rich_Mace @JamesHenryChard @paulsinha @TheKnowledge_GU In addition to that Giggs won the league in 2013, but in Jan 1994 he scored against Bruce Grobbelaar in the famous 3-3 draw. Grobbelaar of course winning the league in 1982.

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This is a reminder why I need to write blog posts on things I've done so I don't have to try & recreate from scratch: solving the campaign overwrite issue in SPAs in GTM without cookies: https://t.co/o2zugcI63y

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@mrdipeshashah @SachinNakrani There are Jan signings who did well in their career & Jan signings who did well that season. Suarez got 4 goals in 14 that season, Liverpool missed out on Europe losing to Spurs. Fernandes had a greater impact - kept Solskjaer in a job for far longer than he should have been

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I've just spotted that my site seems to have a lot of pages indexed for drug related terms, each with a title in Google, text underneath and generating traffic. None of the pages exist (and haven't ever) so end up at 404s. Anyone seen this happening before?

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I was expecting today to be the day that Adobe Audience Manager's sunset was announced, not Google's UA's. Just did some training on UA where I told the client not to use GA4 because it wasn't finished yet.

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@sipryor @TheKnowledge_GU Of course in 1872/73 they got a bye straight to the final, but that was at Lillie Bridge, but I'm not sure whether that can count as a home ground for them or not.

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@sipryor @TheKnowledge_GU The Wanderers played at Kennington Oval by 1871/72 & the 1st FA cup. A w/o v Harrow Chequers, away at Clapham Rovers, home v Crystal Palace on Clapham common. Semi (0-0) at the Oval v Queens Park who subsequently withdrew. Beat the Royal Engineers in the final. 10 mile round trip

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Listening to the @AdobeSummit & @VancityReynolds talking about turning off to be able to do 'thinking'. I spend half my life telling clients I came up with a solution to their problem in the shower in the morning. Sometimes it isn't making time, but finding time you already have