Comments on: Alerts Help You Stop Obsessively Checking Web Site Stats

By: Derek del Barrio

Derek del Barrio — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:23:40 +0000

Mint can do text/email alerts based on spending thresholds.

Mint is awesome, I use it to monitor my financial activity, daily. It is part of my end of the work day routine — sure I have to login — but it’s just one site instead of eight or so. And it’s been a good replacement for MS Money.

By: Ray Bentz

Ray Bentz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:18:45 +0000

I use ga:pi() (the Google Analytics API PHP Interface) in a couple custom command-line PHP apps I’ve written. I run these from cron on my web server every night. They collect the data from GA that I’m interested in and email the results to me. I can browse through those emails real fast in the morning without having to go to GA directly and dig down into the stats by hand.

By: Gina Trapani

Gina Trapani — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:22:33 +0000

Cool thanks Jason, I’ll check out that plug-in.

By: Jason Berberich

Jason Berberich — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:54:19 +0000

Hi Gina. As a long-time user of Mint, I just wanted to let you know that while notifications aren't built-in to it, there is a third party notification pepper that might meet your basic needs. If/when you get Mint, this is the direct link where you can get the latest version of that plugin.