About
I'm Matt Clarke and TechPad is my blog covering web analytics implementation.

I originally trained in freshwater biology, fish taxonomy and bioinformatics and spent a decade working at Bauer Media where I edited specialist consumer and business magazines about aquarium fish and the pet industry.
I'd always been a keen user of web analytics tools and an advocate of their benefits to editors, and my interest in the subject led to me moving from publishing to retailing so I could work with analytics full time.
I now work as an e-commerce manager in Manchester, where I manage a team of developers and content editors and use Google Analytics to help grow the business.
I'm also currently on the Econsultancy MSc in Internet Retailing at Manchester Metropolitan University and write occasionally on web analytics for Econsultancy.



Recent comments
A week or so to go and the analytics providers are still tight-lipped on a solution... There's be...
techpad: 8:08 AM May 17th, 2012
Thanks, joeyonetime. Glad you found them useful. If I get a spare moment this week I'll bundl...
techpad: 20:20 PM Apr 28th, 2012
Hi Matt, Spent the last couple of hours following above closely, but I think I have really mucke...
joeyonetime: 22:22 PM Apr 27th, 2012
Juts wanted to stop back and tell you that your two articles are the best, most helpful I have re...
joeyonetime: 21:21 PM Apr 27th, 2012
Thanks for the kind words, GA_dev! One handy tip for debugging API queries is to grab the URL ...
techpad: 10:10 AM Apr 19th, 2012