I had javascript off when I got there and didn't realize I was missing something until I read the parent comment.
Also - the service looks useful to someone like me who isn't much of a web designer but has a vanity site and a blog. I should say I am allergic to javascript bloat that slows down load times, so you'd need to keep speed your top priority for me to use it. I used to have adwords on one of my pages but took it off b/c it was the slowest thing on the page.
Re page load time: I'm using asynchronous loading of the scripts. This allows the page to load fully, and the JavaScript is loaded in the background.
It's not completely cross browser, but speeds things up for people with modern browsers. There may be a similar approach for adwords, but I wouldn't know for sure.
I started with a basic real-time stream of common events, used it in a few projects, and gained some valuable information from it.
If there's enough interest for this type of tool, I'll build it out and launch it.
The long term vision is to visualize individual user sessions.
Thanks!
I think your right though. Being able to watch 20ish user sessions for particular flows would really help you understand how to tweak things to improve conversion rates.
The difficulty lies in replaying activity for web apps with logins, sessions etc.
Anyway, great job implementing this, I think it's a great idea and you should carry it forward!
One note: after I filled out my info and clicked submit it kept the "what are you looking for" field on the page.
Another note: I included the referrer which I think is going to be pretty useful to know.
I thought it may be nice to keep it there, so people can fill it in if they left it blank, or maybe edit it.
Turns out, people don't expect it to be there, and I saw several people hitting "Send" multiple times to (I assume) get rid of that box. :)
Really like what you're doing, can't wait to replace my dodgy little hack job!
However, one quick design point is the "Discover how people interact with your website" header is extremely hard to read since it's basically black on gray. Not sure if this is just my monitor's brightness levels or browser (Firefox 4.0.1), but I would recommend changing that up to be easier to read.
Other than that, I'm looking forward to checking it out more!
I'll use the data I get from this test and decide whether I should support older browsers or not.
Yes, for now it's very basic. It'll be better fleshed out when I launch it (grouping on the backend instead of the front end, for instance)
I'm using the latest version of Chrome on Windows 7 if that helps.
