This is a collection of links I frequent quite a bit. In general, they are useful resources in the web analytics space. I am always on the troll for good info I can archive and use as a reference in my work. Do not hesitate to send me a quick .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to let me know of any interesting links out there. Hopefully, you will find these useful as well. Enjoy!

Books

Actionable Web Analytics
Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics
Google Analytics 2.0
Web Analytics Demystified
Web Analytics: An Hour a Day
Web Site Measurement Hacks

Metric Definitions

Google Analytics Compliance with WAA Standard Metrics
Standard Metrics Revisited: #1: Visitors
Standard Metrics Revisited: #2: Top Exit Pages
Standard Metrics Revisited: #3: Bounce Rate
Standard Metrics Revisited: #4 : Time on Page & Time on Site
Standard Metrics Revisited: #5 : Conversion / ROI Attribution
Standard Metrics Revisited: #6: Daily, Weekly, Monthly Unique Visitors
WAA - Standards - Analytics Definitions
Web Analytics Definitions - WAA - IndexTools Compliance

Twitter Tools

HootSuite

User Engagement

Answers to questions about Visitor Engagement
Calculating engagement, part III - social engagement and relative content grouping
Engagement Is Not A Metric, It’s An Excuse
Excellent Analytics Tip#4: Make Your Analysis/Reports “Connectable”  Jasper
How do you calculate engagement? Part I
How do you calculate engagement? Part II
Measuring Online Engagement: What Role Does Web Analytics Play?
Measuring social activities online using my visitor engagement metric (Part V in a series)
The engagement metric, defined (part IV in a series)
Track Visitor Engagement using Google Analytics!
Visitor Engagement + comScore = Audience Engagement!

Dashboard Design

Excel Blog by Microsoft
Excel MicroCharts Software
Interactive Excel Dashboard Tutorial
Mr Excel
Sparkline Tool
Sparklines for Excel Blog
The Spreadsheet Page
You Calc

Data Visualization

16 Javascript Libraries For Visualizations
Charts And Graphs: Modern Solutions
Data Visualization and Infographics Resources
Databison - Excel Programming Blog
Many Eyes
NYTimes Visualizations Lab
Protovis
Tableau Public

Google Analytics Resources

A deeper look at Advanced Segmentation
A Guide to Google Analytics and Useful Tools
Data Feed Query Explorer
Googel API - Dimensions & Metrics Reference
Google Analytics Data API - Protocol
Google Analytics Developer Docs
Google Analytics Tracking For Adobe Flash
Google Analytics within Flex/Flash Applications
Google Analytics within Flex/Flash Applications
Google Data APIs Overview
How to Setup Goals in Google Analytics
How to track downloads in Google Analytics automatically
Track Visitor Engagement using Google Analytics!
Tracking Email with Google Analytics
Using MooTools to Track Outbound Links

Guides

Crucial Concepts Behind Advanced Regular Expressions
Essential Guide To Regular Expressions: Tools and Tutorials
How To Power Up Your Twitter Search Techniques
Regular Expressions
Web 2.0: Buzz-Monitoring and Tracking
Yahoo! Analytics User Guide
Yahoo! Web Analytics: Tracking, Reporting ...

Hacks

Twitter and Google Analytics: What to Track

Interesting Blogs

Conversion Rater
Search Engine Watch
Web Strategy by Jeremiah

Interesting Books

Complete Web Monitoring
High Performance Web Sites
Landing Page Optimization
Programming Collective Intelligence
Website Optimization

Social Media

Social Network Analysis
Twitter 101

Web Analytics Blogs

Analytics Talk
BuzzMachine
immeria by S.Hamel
inside analytics
Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik
Paul Holstein at Web Analytics Demystified
SemAngel
The Blackbeak Blog…. Arr!
this just in
Unofficial Google Analytics Blog
WebAnalytics.be Blog
WebMetricsGuru

Web Analytics Tools

Chartbeat
Clicky
Coremetrics
Google Analytics
Kissmetrics
Medialets
Mint
Nedstat
Nuconomy
Omniture
reinvigorate
Webtrends
whos.amung.us
Woopra
Yahoo! Analytics

Web Analytics Topics

Excellent Analytics Tip#4: Make Your Analysis/Reports “Connectable”  Jasper
Google Analytics Compliance with WAA Standard Metrics
Standard Metrics Revisited: #1: Visitors
Standard Metrics Revisited: #2: Top Exit Pages
Standard Metrics Revisited: #3: Bounce Rate
Standard Metrics Revisited: #4 : Time on Page & Time on Site
Standard Metrics Revisited: #5 : Conversion / ROI Attribution
Standard Metrics Revisited: #6: Daily, Weekly, Monthly Unique Visitors
The Limitations of Server Log Files for Usability Analysis
WAA - Standards - Analytics Definitions
Web Analytics Definitions - WAA - IndexTools Compliance

Web Design

Mastering CSS, Part 1: Styling Design Elements

Worth Checking Out

Project R - Free Alternative to SAS
Yahoo Pipes