Website stats are an obsession for some people. How many visitors? What age are they? How long do they spend on the site? The list goes on. Here is my idea to take this statistical obsession one step further. A doorbell with built in home visitor statistics display. (C) Dominic Wilcox
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Love it. This explains the fallacies of Website stats better than any explanation I have used in the past 10 years. Thank you!
You’re welcome…
This is probably going to be commonplace in the future, with our computer-outfitted houses and cyborg implants which identify us and communicate with all surrounding electronics. (see “Kevin Warwick”)
well, what of privacy?
if this is a real thing, i bet lots of ppl would buy it.
kinda fun just to look at it.
I’m sure the guards at gated communities already have this technology. I wonder what one could do with that information in a public sphere though. Tailor their apartment to get the most “hits” possible?
Yes there will be blogs about how to improve your home stats through home decor improvements. And even how to hack the doorbell to bump up the numbers.
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This kinda doorbell would work once we all have RDIF implants like animals, but in security these stats are available where everyone entering a building has to use a swipe card.
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simple communication 🙂 rocking post
Haha nice post, i rly like it.. where can i buy this thing? 😀
Go into my mind, take the second left and its a shop on the corner.
I would want to add referrer details (“who told you where I live?”) and bounce rate (“hi, can I come in?” “no”) and also set up a conversion funnel to measure drop-off between front door and bedroom.
Er, the last bit is a slightly creepy idea, but there’s no other room in the house that it makes sense for; who would measure door-to-kitchen conversion? So, for the sake of the joke, I am willing to look slightly creepy.
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Funny idea 😀
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I want one! So awesome! Plus: Helps to keep your visitors in shape!
What about the name? I say: Homestats©
WTF are the Referrers?
Does it upload to a website? I’d have an embarrassingly small number of “followers.”
That facility is on the pro model.
great ideas. I always follow your ideas and apply them.
Just one question though. Have you made writing this blog as your profession or do you do this in your spare time?
Just curious..
Well, this blog is one thing I do but i also do lots of other things, you can see some of my projects on http://www.dominicwilcox.com. Thanks Dominic
I think I must marry you.
but we’ve only just met. 🙂
I dit not get the same out of the articel, but i still like it:)
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I want one! I’m proud of the 100 unique visitors to my appartment, so I want to share my stats!