Introducing Woopra. You’re Gonna Want It.
Posted on: March 30, 2008
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Posted by: Cali Lewis
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At WordCamp Dallas today, I was introduced to a live analytics tool called Woopra. It didn’t make me cry, but it did awaken my inner Scoble. We whipped out the camera and went to work.Unlike the stat service you might be using to analyze your Web site traffic data, Woopra provides exciting, LIVE data about your visitors as they explore your site. Web site stats might be interesting to those of us who have Web sites, but Woopra makes stats addictive and quite frankly, entertaining. It’s sticky, and if you own a Web site, you’re going to want to have it running on a screen, the same way a day trader keeps a stock ticker and CNBC running non-stop.The rich, client side Java application installs on a Mac, PC or Linux machine supporting the latest version of Java. And data streams to the interface in the form of lush looking maps, charts, graphics and text. Woopra logs details what pages your visitors look at, where they came from and what keywords they searched for to lead them to your site. Reading back the description I just wrote, it doesn’t seem like anything new. The excitement comes from the visual nature of the application. I guess, then, it’s a good thing we do video. Have a look…
We used Vimeo’s flash player so the shots of the screen would be crisp. Feel free to embed. :)
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March 30th, 2008 at 8:50 am
@ Cali, I just recently started using Google Analytics to track the users visiting my blogs. Woopra seems to have a good GUI with real-time tracking capabilities. I might have to check it out if I ever get more viewers!
March 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
p.s. New comments system, huh? Isn’t it a little biased to rate your own comment though? I will try my best to write comments that are constructive!
March 30th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I signed up for Woopra, and it looks really cool. I want to register a website, but I need an invitation code. :(
March 30th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I am haveing some issues here. First and it is explained in the cast that I will need a invitaion code but I put in my site and there is no way of knowing I am in the list to someday get a invitation code. Next is that Leopard needs to have Java 6 and I cannot find any download for any version past 5 for Leopard. Where the heck do I find it?
Good going Cali get me all excited to play with what looks like a great program and then I find out I am hobbled in two ways from using it :)
Signed very unhappy I cannot play
March 30th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Same issue here…I have no way of knowing if I’m on a list to get an invitation code. Hopefully they will just come in time.
March 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Yes, you can sign up for the service, and you’ll need an invitation code to add a website. As he mentioned on the show, they’re rolling out slowly to make sure their servers can handle it and to make sure everything goes smoothly. My understanding is that when you sign up, you’re requesting a code and are in line for it.
For Mac users: Java 6 is currently available for developers only, but is due out of beta any day. Follow me on Twitter.com/calilewis – I’ll announce when it’s out so we can all download it. :)
March 30th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Tank Ewe Cali,
I already follow your twitter, but thanks for the update! As per usual you are extremely helpful.
Best
Ben
March 30th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Okay, now I have a reason to update my Java. I am so bad about that. Also, a reason to keep juggling two laptops! And way to go breaking the news! You definitely deserve the top spot on Techmeme for this nice piece of Action News reporting.
March 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Ben, you can download the Java 6 beta from ADC here – http://developer.apple.com/java/download/ — just log in with your Apple user ID (you’ll end up signing up for the online-only version of ADC, but it’s free).
Once you get logged in, click on Downloads, and then “Java” on the right side of the page.
Once you’ve installed it, you’ll also have to go to Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences and set the Java version to Java SE 6, and make Java SE 6 the first one in the list under runtime settings…
March 30th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
FYI The Java 6 that is almost out of beta from apple is for 64 Bit Intel Macs running leopard only, so it won’t work with any power pc macs or even the original intel macbook pros prior to the core “2″ duo models.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I know you guys are off to Vegas and all however I noticed that the “Small” link has a double quote at the end which makes it invalid:
http://…geekbrief-105889-03-29-2008.mp4“
March 30th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Fixed. Thanks for the heads up!
March 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
How do I get an invite?? PLZ???
March 30th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
This is wicked cool!
And it’s only “controversial”
for voyeuristic viewers
(aka: your competitors
stalking your site trying
to steal YOUR ideas)
I luv it!
Let’s talk about incorporating
this into the Blogi360 system
Send my invite ASAP
I’ll review it on
Entrepreneur Mag blog
March 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Looks like we crashed their site LOL!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Wow, this software looks really cool, thanks for the heads up!
March 30th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Cali,
First of all, thanks so much for the attention. We are absolutely thrilled that you are enjoying Woopra, and truly appreciate your enthusiastic support.
Elie and Jad, Woopra’s original founders, were delighted to see our interview and also really got a kick out of seeing your Qik post this morning. They’ve invested well over a year of their lives bringing the application to this point, and they shared with me that getting to witness your excitement while using Woopra was extremely gratifying.
For all of the readers who are looking for an invite, please know that we want you to have one! Our original intention was to make the invitations available for Beta testing to the participants of the WordCamp Dallas event this weekend, but the response has been overwhelming (all kicked off as a result of Cali’s impromptu interview).
We are currently working to bring up new server capacity in order to meet demand, so if you’ll please register on Woopra.com we promise to send you an invite as soon as possible!
Thanks again,
John P.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
i think its very super cool, i might do my undergraduate project on something like that!
March 31st, 2008 at 2:51 am
i’m also having the invite issue.
registered with no problems to find out i also need an invite code once i’m in. is this silly, or is it just me ?
looks like a great service, but it’s the first time i’m allowed to register for a beta and can’t do anything once i’m inside. great.
thanks for the tip, anyway.
March 31st, 2008 at 3:55 am
Really love to have a live statistic service running again. But will only get excited once I tested it. I have run many live tracking services in the past and most of them either killed page loading times or bogged down the server.
I really applaud the effort, but hardly think a startup can hold up to traffic demands as Google does. I hate the 24 hour wait for my Google stats, but at least my website is not getting much slower using it.
So hopefully we can see invitations going out soon, so that we can test live how well performance is and how well the service scales.
Cheers
Alexander
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 am
Strange, I was just looking for new stat-tracker services to use with my sites. I’ll check this out, thanks!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:58 am
Cali & Neal,
Thanks so much for coming out and speaking to everyone at WordCamp Dallas as well as the link love you gave John. For those of you who weren’t there, Mashable livestreamed video from most of the presentations, and more professional videos were taken of all the sessions as well, and they’ll be released any day now. (I think John P. prefers <Viddler.)
- Charles
P.S. I’m looking forward to your release of the behind-the-scenes, how-to DVDs.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Hi Cali,
Sorry if this has been discussed before but I’m wondering if there is something you embed into the iPod version of your show as it appears on my iPod touch as a TV Show AND a Video Podcast. I can see why you’d want it to appear as many times as possible, but I don’t need any encouragement to watch!
Thanks,
purplejoolz
March 31st, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Love to give this a try. Can someone send me an invite code or approve my website?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I can not wait to prove it! Woopra seems to be very cool and useful.
Congrats
March 31st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Hey Cali and Neal,
Woopra is totally cool! We’ll be installing it on realcookn.tv this week. Like I told you earlier, this thing looks to rock the web stat world.
Thanks for letting Kat and I help with the brief.
John… You rule buddy!
Everyone…. Register at Woopra! Your eyes will be opened!
-DaveCurlee
realcookn.tv
March 31st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Hi Cali,
I was one of the fortunate ones able to attend WordCampDallas last weekend to hear all the wonderful speakers, and meet some great people I admire and respect, and received my Woopra invite code.
I’m amazed at how well this works! Bravo to it’s creators. I’ve been Tweeting it up big time, and some have signed up and were dismayed about the delay in being approved, but I told them it is well worth the wait.
I do hope there won’t be any problems with page loading times etc, but I’m not going to prejudge this application before its had plenty of testing time. So far, I’m thrilled with it!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:47 am
Wow! I immediately added this to my blog. I am in a web analytics class at Brigham Young University and the entire class was stunned when I showed them this video. Hopefully woopra will be able to expand its server capacity soon because I am so excited to try this on my own sites.
In only a couple weeks I will be graduating and starting a job with Omniture as part of their search engine marketing team. Honestly, since I haven’t started my job with them, I do not know if they are investigating similar functionality in their analytics suite. Although Omniture SiteCatalyst is more powerful and the data is updated almost instantly, I would love to have that data automatically refreshed in the interface in real time like Woopra!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Sorry to be “that guy” but the Podcast name is the description, not “GBTV #0337 (HD) | GeekBrief.TV”….and that’s just messing with my OCD something fierce!!
;)
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 am
Cali,
i am using GA already. but have signed up for Woopra also. and waiting for the confirmation mail.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 am
Is it just me, or is this just the most lame episode ever. This Woopra, that isn’t even yet available for crying out loud, is just a pimped up webalizer. This was totally not worth geeking over. (Unless he paid for the exposure, I suppose.)
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I wanted to stop back by and give everyone an update on where we are at with Woopra…
First of all, thanks to everyone for the kind comments and enthusiasm regarding the application. Now, a few updates:
As Portalzine mentioned, many Web stats providers lack the infrastructure to keep up with Google Analytics. As a result, Web page load times are affected while attempting to track stats. But Woopra has been architected completely differently.
– Woopra was built to run on Layered Technologies’ Grid Hosting infrastructure. This cloud computing model will scale to meet any level of demand. Furthermore, we just announced today that LT has pledged 100 Grid Servers to Woopra immediately to help us scale up for the high demand we are experiencing.
– Woopra will be deploying a CDN (Content Distribution Network) within the next week to ensure that the JavaScript required for every page loads on every site in 40 ms or less. I am not aware of another stats provider using this level of sophistication.
– Since Woopra uses a client/server system, our service simply run faster than anyone elses. We offload much of the processing to the client application, allowing us to ensure fast page delivery times – and ensuring stats have absolutely zero effect on the Web site.
We’ve had many thousands of requests for access to Woopra, and I know it’s hard to wait patiently without updates. However, as you can see from above we are putting enough infrastructure in place to accomodate all of the current requests plus more. So, please give us a little time and as the servers begin coming on line we’ll start releasing them when we can.
In the meantime, I’ve supplied Cali with a fresh batch of invites to do with as she sees fit, so keep watching and commenting on GeekBrief and you might be one of the fortunate few who end up with an invite sooner rather than later!
Finally, for those of you who doubt that Woopra can be as revolutionary as everyone is making it out to be, can I just ask one small favor? It’s hard to judge an application like this based on a short video or write up on the Web. I would ask that you just give it a try, and allow us the opportunity to change your mind. It’s free, so there is no harm in trying.
If it turns out that Woopra fails to impress, there will be no hard feelings! But if you take the time to share with us ideas for how we could improve it to meet your expectations, you’ll find us working tirelessly to implement the changes.
Thanks again,
John Pozadzides
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
i NEED an invite!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Very interesting stuff. Surprised google tracker not all over it already…
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
This looks really cool and incredibly useful. Great find.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
Woopra show was one of my favorites so far. I am very interesting in analytics and this new tool is like everlasting gobstopper of analytics tools.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:11 am
I’d love to test out Woopra on MacMerc.com.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 am
Very cool software.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 am
It would be nice to see and know more accurately what people are enjoying/ viewing on my website. Are they checking out new features? It would be kinda funny to chat with them as they navigate through the site. Boing
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:42 am
Woopra looks like a very cool thing for the wordpress users out there. Very COOL!
-Mike
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:01 am
I’ve signed up,
It looks amazing I can’t wait to see it running on my site,
Hopefully Cali will help me with that :)
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
This looks great! I use google analytics right now but seeing it in real time would be amazing! I wish I had a code :(
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
@ Sarah, I agree. I also use Analytics and like to browse through the statistical analyses from time to time, but a live version would be cool.
@ Cali, I was interested in the live chat feature that was mentioned in this video. I am assuming that you would have to unblock pop-up windows?
April 4th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Neal, Cali… I owe you my life… all of it, but the gayness. ;) Thank you! I love Woopra!! It’s up and running on http://www.jeffmccord.org so I hope to see you all there some day! :)
Again, thank you!!! I gave you 2 all the credit. You’re wonderful.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:09 am
How does the Woopra map react is someone has a website opened, but walks away from the computer? Does it only show a dot on the map when the user is actively clicking links?
April 4th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Wow it looks nice..
I relly like a invite too :)
April 4th, 2008 at 10:54 am
This looks awesome – any idea when this will truly be live?
April 4th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Just watched this demo this am – the product has some very interesting potential. I have signed up for the beta but need some Woopra juice! (Cali?)
April 4th, 2008 at 10:55 am
This looks AWESOME! So much better than similar, older systems.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Woopra seems like something that I could sit and just watch for hours! Matrix’y like ..kinda…
April 4th, 2008 at 11:09 am
VERY AWESOME TECHNOLOGY!!!! Can’t wait until it is freely available! :)
April 4th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Cali, did you remember to reserve the study room?
:^)
April 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Looks like a way cool tool. I would love to try it out – just to be able to see the traffic and frequency of visitors could be very powerful.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I got a small Woopra competition, the rewards are Woopra invitations :) check out my blog for more info.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
I have Woopra Now, thanks Cali for bring us this kind of information :)
May 21st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Please give me an invite. I am dying to try this. I want woopra so much. I hear it is brilliant. Kepp up the good work Cali.
June 4th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Whos that sexy guy in the back??
WOOF!!
August 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Indeed, Woopra is an innovative business tool. I am happy to find your review here. In fact, I just got approved by Woopra and posted a review myself. As you say, the best feature is indeed the chatting.
I guess chatting feature has never been in any other statistics analytics tool yet. So, it indeed makes a difference. Woopra should have opened its testing to various bloggers without limiting it to only low traffic people. What are your thoughts about that.
Thanks for the review, and you may wish to check out my screenshot review of woopra.
Lenin Nair
Creative Writing expert
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