Analytics – 2010 Winner

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2010 SEMMY Award in the Analytics category is … drum-roll, please …

Google Analytics For Local Search: Tracking Traffic From The 10 Pack
Mike Belasco, SEOverflow | 6/30/09

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

Traditionally URL parameters such as those found in your tracking URL come after a ? in the URL. However we replaced the ? with a # remember? The reason we did this is search engines such as Google don’t consider URLs with # in them as ‘duplicate content’, saving us from any future problems.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. Track SEO rankings with Google Analytics
   Andre Scholten, Yoast.com | 1/5/09
2. Google Analytics Maximized: Deeper Analysis, Higher ROI & You
   Avinash Kaushik, Occam’s Razor | 1/6/09

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!