COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR WEBSITE ANALYTICS

• US 20100017737A1
• Filed: 11/23/2007
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nedstat BV (comScore, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Nedstat BV (comScore, Inc.)
• Inventors: Berger, Michiel
• Application Number:
  US12/516,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017737A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A statistical data item is retrieved for hyperlinks of which source anchors are shown on a page of a website about the activation of these hyperlinks. The statistical data is displayed as a circular shape of which the area represents respective values of said statistical data item.

Claims

1. A computer program for displaying statistical data of a website, comprising computer-readable instructions for performing:

retrieving for each of two or more hyperlinks of which the anchors are shown on a page of a website a statistical data item about activation of the respective hyperlink,

displaying on a visual display at least part of said page of said website,

displaying, for each respective one of said two or more hyperlinks, on or in the vicinity of the source anchor of that hyperlink on said visual display said item of said statistical data that relates to that hyperlink,

wherein

said computer-readable instructions are adapted for displaying said item of said statistical data as an essentially circular shape of which the area represents a value of said statistical data item.

2. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein said area is proportional to the value of said statistical data item divided by the total sum of the values of said statistical data item over each of the at least two hyperlinks of the displayed part of said web page.

3. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein said area is stepwise proportional to the value of said statistical data item divided by the total sum of the values of said statistical data item over each of the at least two hyperlinks of the displayed part of said web page.

4. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein, for each of said at least two hyperlinks, at least one statistical data item is retrieved and displayed as at least one visible property other than the area of said essentially circular shape.

5. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein said visual display comprises a semi-transparent shield provided over said page that reduces the visual impact of said at least part of said page, and wherein said essentially circular shapes are shown as if they are in front of said semi-transparent shield.

6. A computer system for displaying statistical data of a website, comprising

a visual display adapted for visually displaying information to a person,

data storage adapted for storing data,

a data processor adapted for executing computer-readable instructions obtained from said data storage and for displaying data from said data storage on said visual display,

in which said data storage contain computer-readable instructions for performing:

retrieving for each of two or more hyperlinks of which the anchors are shown on a page of a website a statistical data item about activation of the respective hyperlink,

displaying on a visual display at least part of said page of said website,

displaying, for each respective one of said two or more hyperlinks, on or in the vicinity of the source anchor of that hyperlink on said visual display said item of said statistical data that relates to that hyperlink, wherein said computer-readable instructions are adapted for displaying said item of said statistical data as an essentially circular shape of which the area represents a value of said statistical data item.

7. A method for displaying statistical data of a website on a visual display, comprising:

retrieving for each of two or more hyperlinks of which the anchors are shown on a page of a website a statistical data item about activation of the respective hyperlink,

displaying on said visual display at least part of said page of said website,

displaying, for each of said two or more hyperlinks, on or in the vicinity of the source anchor of that hyperlink on said visual display said item of said statistical data that relates to that hyperlink,

wherein said method further comprises the step of displaying said item of said statistical data as an essentially circular shape of which the area represents the value of said statistical data item.

8. A web page comprising a plurality of hyperlinks, wherein, for each respective one of at least two of said hyperlinks, on or in the vicinity of the source anchor of that hyperlink a statistical data item relating to the activation of that hyperlink is displayed as an essentially circular shape of which the area represents the value of said statistical data item.