If you’ve been using Google Analytics to monitor your website’s performance for a while now, you may have recently received an email similar to the one below asking you to update your email reports. You will have received this because you are being emailed scheduled reports, and as Analytics migrate to their new reporting system (as part of a wider upgrade [...]
If you run a business that relies on your website then its absolutely critical that you know what’s going on in your website. Just knowing how many visitors you have is not enough. Website metrics can tell you if your visitors are engaged, how are your visitors finding your site and where do they come [...]
Click New Version next to your Google ID (top left hand corner) to see what the new Analytics looks like Ill do a review when I get a micro-second spare…
The new update to Rank Trackers ver 5.1 now displays Visits using API integration into Analytics Of course this means that you need to be tracking the site in Analytics, but frankly I think that’s a no-brainer. What this means is you have a single console that you can see #searches KEI & how many visitors [...]
A dilemma that I am encountering more frequently arises when good meaning web developers create and deploy Analytics sub-accounts (Analytics calls them a ‘profile’) for their clients. The ‘issue’ only arises after the clients engage an internet marketer, who will want to access the site’s Analytics information to better understand the website’s history and traffic [...]
Yep, Analytics is 5 years old! Its 5 years ago that Google acquired Urchin & so Analytics was ‘born’ Read more on the Analytics blog
During the prehistoric internet days, when dial-up was the only way to connect, page load speed was a critical issue. Now with high speed broadband connections and fast wireless access there’s less focus, even complacency about page load speed (by web devs). Never the less, page load speed is important As an Internet marketer I’m [...]
Google WebMasters Tools recently updated its Top search queries If you’re not a WebMasters Tools user, this capability enables you to see the terms and number of searches that your site ranked for in Google for up to the last 6 months. Very useful data if you are trying to win some business online. The [...]
Google has upgraded Analytics to V4 with a host of new features to enable even closer scrutiny of your website’s performance. This industrial strength yet surprisingly free website metrics system can help you understand more about how your site is performing and give clues on how to improve it to ultimately make it a viable [...]
My stock answer to nearly all website measurement queries is to recommend Google Analytics. Its easy to install; gives great reports; can plot a sales funnel and so much more. Unbelievably its free! What is even more unbelievable is the amazing array of Analytics tweaks and custom tracking ‘extensions’. For example, Analytics doesn’t report a [...]