This document discusses understanding your audience and emphasizes empathy. It recommends determining who your visitors are, where they come from, how they interact with your site, why they behave how they do, and what tasks they need to complete. Web analytics can provide data on visitors like IP addresses and page views. Canned reports summarize basic statistics, while data mining allows custom reports. User testing and personas help focus design on audience needs and priorities. The matrix framework cross-references user roles, tasks, and the AIDA model of attention, interest, desire, and action.