Google Certified Analytics Professional

I am happy to share with my friends and readers that I have just passed my Google Analytics Certification exam, so I am pretty much excited. It was not very tough but the at the same time not so easy. The questions were MCQs with focus on Web Analytics concepts. I will advise reading the Google Analytics Course and reading the various questions and problems in Help Center before attempting the exam. The exam had 70 questions and the time allowed was 90 mins. Check out the various resources for preparation at: http://www.google.com/analytics/education.html

Turn Off Google Buzz ! How and Why ?

I have turned off Google Buzz, if you have not find a reason good enough for this, let’s firs read this article on BusinessInsider and then read the rest of this post. The article mentioned above is a bit technical, let me explain the threat in simplest words and then I will show you how to remove it. The privacy threat behind Google Buzz: Consider the snapshot beow: I you have enabled Google Buzz and when you will click on anyone of your contacts you will see this a screen like above, pretty innocent, hmmm, No! If you click on the link on the “following” link, you will instantly get all my contacts! Imagine all my contacts, family members, business contacts,friends and foes etc. Everything exposed! and the best part is that all of this has...