Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A Tour of Google Analytics


If you know how to use it - Google Analytics can save you a lot of time and money. This free tool offers users features such as: visitor trends, traffic sources, content guides, goals and reporting. Here are the top tips to think about when using Google Analytics...
  1. It is important to look at your landing pages. See where visitors are navigating to most.
  2. Determine what percentage of visitors arriving by mobile device pushes your association to create a mobile website.
  3. When looking at your content by title, make sure to eliminate administrative pages so data isn't skewed.
  4. Your top exit pages don't necessarily mean people don't like what they are seeing. Exit pages might suggest visitors are getting the information they want, then leaving.
  5. You can include Google Analytics in your marketing plan by placing unique URLs and tracking visits.
Other resources:
  • Great article on measuring time with Google Analytics, click here.
  • Search keywords and phrases for any website as well as display search activity for those words. This will also search the competition across the internet, click here.
Here is a video tutorial to help as well...

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