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offline demographics and behavior. visualizations and useful reports.
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“Wakoopa understands what people do in their digital lives. In a privacy conscious way, our technology tracks what websites they visit, what ads they see, or what apps they use. By using our online research dashboard, you can optimize your your digital strategy accordingly. Our clients include research firms such as TNS and Synovate, to companies like Google and Sanoma. Essentially, we’re the Lonely Planet of the digital world.\n
Kamek is a server created by Wakoopa that makes metrics (such as bounce-rate or pageviews) out of millions of visits and visitors, all in a couple of seconds, all in real-time.\n
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