It’s dead to say that saying stuff is dead is dead. Follow me?

Let’s have a look at some Google searches.

“death of the page view” = approximately 5,500 hits.
“marketing is dead” = approximately 52,000 hits.
“seo is dead” = approximately 14,000 hits.
“web analytics is dead” = approximately 900 hits.
“cpm is dead” = approximately 600 hits (I’m one of the guilty people here).

Phil Gomes has had it with death.

Some interesting news in the web analytics world.

WebTrends lays off 40
Web Analytics Industry Shoots Self in Foot
IndexTools might just fill the void
Web Analytics Level of Advancement in the UK, Benelux and Scandinavia
Taking the Pulse of International Web Analytics Presentation Now Available
The WAA Blog has been launched

Take the WAA survey.

Web Analytics Association Survey: Outlook 2008

And finally, a bonus post about writing.

What Web Writers Can Learn from the Writer’s Strike

Web analytics bloggers in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seattle.

Scott Baldwin, Vancouver
Braden Hoeppner, Vancouver
Manoj Jasra, Revelstoke
Anil Batra, Seattle

ZAAZ is also in Seattle, but according to their website blogs are so 2006.

Speaking of Seattle, Eddie Bauer is looking for someone to start a web analytics program for them.

Internet Marketing Conference is coming to Vancouver in 2008. The conference will be about subjects such as web analytics, multivariate testing and on-site behavioral targeting.

Web Analytics in Canada, Part I (Quebec)
Web Analytics in Canada, Part II (Alberta)