I saw today that WebSideStory just debuted some active dashboard for not only tracking things but also for changing those statistics on the fly in ways that will create projections of certain trends for better determining marketing strategies.

Now, I don’t pretend to understand exactly what they are doing, although I did use WebSideStory several years ago to track stats on my home web site, but I did notice that they use Ajax technology.

I found it interesting that they used it in such a way that people either knew what it meant already, or they thought that it was enough of a buzz word that they would use it anyway, just because it was the thing to do.

I have mentioned it in articles previously that I first started noticing it on Google, for reloading lists based on current form fields, and, during March Madness, on ESPN’s site to modify scores and comments on currently running games without refreshing the pages.

Currently, I think it is such a little known technology, that I don’t know if either “well-known” or “buzz word” applies. I do find it good that it is being used more and more, because I think it is such a useful technology, in a wide variety of web applications.

I’m just hoping to see online games start using the AJAX technology soon. If anyone has written a game using AJAX, let me know. I’d love to see it, and I’d be glad to publish a link to it on Lavaball in an upcoming blog.

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