It may be time to update your Google Analytics. As always Google is upgrading their products and services.  Google analytics has gone through a couple upgrades.  Below is an example of some older code along with the newest version that should be on your websites. 

The main reason to upgrade is that the new Google Analytics more accurately reports referring traffic when the proper campaign tags are assigned to the URL.

Here is the old Urchin code on the many sites now:

<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
                _uacct = "UA-193XXXX-1";
                urchinTracker();
</script>
 
Here is the new code that should be on your site:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www." <http://www.> );
    document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    try {
        var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-193XXXX-1");
        pageTracker._trackPageview();
    } catch (err) { }</script>

As reported on the Google Analytics blog:

"We are also rolling out the new ga.js page tag which we recommend you use for all new accounts and new profiles for new domains. Although your existing urchin.js page tags will continue to work, you may wish to update them to ga.js anyway. This will allow you to take advantage of the most up-to-date tracking functionality as it is added to Google Analytics."

Read about the upgraded GA tools here.

Sincerely,

Jim Adams - CEO
New Homes Directory.com

Columbus, OH - The largest city in both population and area, Columbus is the Ohio state capital.  With classic older suburbs to restored classic neighborhoods, Columbus affords a variety of lifestyles through a variety of communities located here.  As a major commercial, distribution, and cultural center and home to Ohio State University, Columbus is a great place to live whether you’re just starting out, raising a family or enjoying your retirement.  Columbus was voted “Best Place to Raise a Family” in 2009, by Business Week.  

The Columbus New Homes Directory is excited to serve the home buyers of Columbus Ohio.  The Directory is designed to be a simple and easy to use resource for finding Columbus homes for sale, new home builders, and new home communities in Columbus, Ohio.  The Columbus New Homes Directory is the easiest place for home buyers to find new homes in Columbus Ohio, and the most efficient means for Columbus new home builders to connect with Columbus home buyers.

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The Charlotte New Homes Directory is proud to now serve the Charlotte real estate market.  With simplicity and easy of navigation in mind, home buyers can easily find Charlotte homes for sale, new home communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, and new homebuilders building in that market.  Just click on Regions, Builders, or Price and quickly find new homes, new condos, and master planned communities.

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The Raleigh New Homes Directory is designed to be the most simple, easy to use real estate resource on the web, for finding Raleigh homes for sale, new home builders, and new home communities in Raleigh, North Carolina. You may search for new homes and new condos in Raleigh by Price, Location, Builders, and by Master Planned Community by just clicking the links.

Pittsburgh, PA - Nestled among the forested hills of southwestern Pennsylvania at the point where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers form the Ohio River, Pittsburgh is a city of skyscrapers, parks, fountains, more than 700 bridges, and neighborhoods with a vibrant cultural life. The city has over 70 miles of urban riverfront, more than any other inland port city in America. The second-largest city in the state, it is the center of an urban industrial complex that includes several neighboring cities. There are more than 150 industrial research laboratories in the area. The transformation of Pittsburgh from an industrial center to a leader in science and technology and the success of its rehabilitation efforts make it a top technology market.

The Pittsburgh New Homes Directory is happy to serve the consumers of Pittsburgh.  When looking for Pittsburgh homes for sale, new home builders, and new home communities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, NHD is the quickest way to click and find new homes and new condos by price, location, and builder.

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Social media has all the attention today.  The number of users is phenomenal and the growth rate is what we all hope for in our businesses. Check out the Facebook growth rate.  If Facebook were a country, it would now have the 4th largest population in the world.

@techcrunch reported yesterday that MSN's new search engine Bing is incorporating Twitter posts into the search results.  

With social media becoming such a large part of our lives, doing a search for someone is becoming increasingly easier.  Now if I want to find someone I just have to search 'name and twitter', or 'name facebook' and if that person has an account, guess what?  I've found them.

I did a Bing search and a Google search for 'Jim Adams twitter'.  Much to my surprise, the @bing search gave me more social results than Google.  I actually preferred the Bing results.  It appears after several years of playing third fiddle in the search space, Bing is onto something that will make our lives better.  It looks like if you want to find social info, Bing is the place to go.

If this is an indication of what is to come, our Twitter and Facebook posts will have a strong influence in search.  In order to maximize visibility in the search engines, we will need to write our posts and tweets with SEO in mind.

Jim Adams - CEO
New Homes Directory.com
www.JimAdams.me