Corunet presents The definitive heatmap where by using a combination of Apache, Ruby and JavaScript, you can create your own heatmaps to track where users are clicking on your sites. So this combination of scripts essentially give you the same results as CrazyEgg, however, by rolling your own solution you’ll probably learn something along the way! When I see tutorials that have this much utility for website owners and even bloggers who are interested in increasing conversions on their websites (regardless of what a conversion is for your site exactly) I always think that the lesson could potentially be applied to creating a product one could sell. After all, current heatmap solutions might not offer every last feature that the market would prefer; maybe you can do better…
Creating Heatmaps for Web Analytics
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