Comments on: Making Google Analytics Content Reports more Readable http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/ Untangling the world of web analytics Tue, 15 May 2012 19:06:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jon Miller http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 Jon Miller Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:27:22 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-2873 Excellent post and subsequent replies, Just what I was after - thanks alot everyone! Excellent post and subsequent replies, Just what I was after – thanks alot everyone!

]]> By: Justin Cutroni http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 Justin Cutroni Tue, 04 May 2010 04:31:06 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-2798 @Phil: That's a good idea. You could try to use an advanced filter to do it. Could be tricky, but try something like this: Filed A: Request URI Extract A: ^(/[a-z][a-z]/)$ Field B: blank Extract B: blank Output to: Request URI Constructor: $A1index.html Field A Required: Yes That should work, but I would TEST IT ON A TEST PROFILE! Just to make sure :) Hope that helps, Justin @Phil: That’s a good idea. You could try to use an advanced filter to do it. Could be tricky, but try something like this:

Filed A: Request URI
Extract A: ^(/[a-z][a-z]/)$
Field B: blank
Extract B: blank
Output to: Request URI
Constructor: $A1index.html

Field A Required: Yes

That should work, but I would TEST IT ON A TEST PROFILE! Just to make sure :)

Hope that helps,

Justin

]]> By: Phil http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-2771 Phil Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:41:53 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-2771 Hi Justin, arriving late in the game to this discussion - I hope you can help! I have one site on 20 directories, one per language. I have some pages with duplicate URIs, eg '/hu/' and '/hu/index.aspx'. I still want to report the separate languages - so keeping the directories the same - Can i create a filter to replace the blanks with 'index.aspx' without creating 20 search and replace filters? How would you go about it? Best, Phil Hi Justin,
arriving late in the game to this discussion – I hope you can help! I have one site on 20 directories, one per language. I have some pages with duplicate URIs, eg ‘/hu/’ and ‘/hu/index.aspx’.
I still want to report the separate languages – so keeping the directories the same –

Can i create a filter to replace the blanks with ‘index.aspx’ without creating 20 search and replace filters? How would you go about it?

Best,

Phil

]]> By: Justin Cutroni http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Justin Cutroni Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:28:10 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-247 Hi Shane, Thanks for your comment and no need to appologize. it sounds like you have a simple issue, to eliminate unneeded query string parameters. This is fairly easy in GA. Check out <a href="http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/09/21/google-analytics-configuration-mistake-2-query-string-variables/" rel="nofollow">this post about removing the parameters</a>. Also check out this post about <a href="http://www.epikone.com/blog/2007/11/06/make-ga-data-quality-suck-less/" rel="nofollow">making GA data quality suck less</a>. Thanks for the comment and thanks for reading. Good luck, Justin Hi Shane,

Thanks for your comment and no need to appologize. it sounds like you have a simple issue, to eliminate unneeded query string parameters. This is fairly easy in GA. Check out this post about removing the parameters. Also check out this post about making GA data quality suck less.

Thanks for the comment and thanks for reading.

Good luck,

Justin

]]> By: Shane http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Shane Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:41:18 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-246 Thank you for this blog and the help you have provided. I have looked all over for help with Advanced Reports, but haven't found adequate help, so I apologize for abusing this blog and using it as a helpdesk. I am new to GA and am trying to implement it in my Oracle Application Express applications. The URLs of pages of my applications are dynamic and fit a generic pattern. I need to apply a particular advanced filter to the URLs to remove parameters in the URL. I am also not familiar with regular expressions, so I'm lost due to that as well. I do not wish to presume that you will fix my problem. Do you know anyone who has attempted to implement GA into Oracle's Application Express tool? I would be happy to provide more details if you are interested yourself. Thanx. Thank you for this blog and the help you have provided. I have looked all over for help with Advanced Reports, but haven’t found adequate help, so I apologize for abusing this blog and using it as a helpdesk.

I am new to GA and am trying to implement it in my Oracle Application Express applications. The URLs of pages of my applications are dynamic and fit a generic pattern. I need to apply a particular advanced filter to the URLs to remove parameters in the URL. I am also not familiar with regular expressions, so I’m lost due to that as well.

I do not wish to presume that you will fix my problem. Do you know anyone who has attempted to implement GA into Oracle’s Application Express tool? I would be happy to provide more details if you are interested yourself. Thanx.

]]> By: Justin http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Justin Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:50:20 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-245 Hi Christian, Try changing your filter pattern to: /_layouts/ That should fix the problem. Thanks for reading. Justin Hi Christian,

Try changing your filter pattern to:

/_layouts/

That should fix the problem.

Thanks for reading.

Justin

]]> By: Kince http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Kince Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:39:01 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-244 Hello, I m trying to edit a filter in order to exclude all item (URL) which contain a string like /_layouts/ I have tried a lot and didnt'work ! Filter Type : Exlcude Pattern Filter Field : request_uri(AUTO) Filter Pattern : */_layouts/* I schould be grateful if someone can help me. In advance thank your for your help I m looking forward to hering from you. Fred. Hello,

I m trying to edit a filter in order to exclude all item (URL) which contain a string like /_layouts/
I have tried a lot and didnt’work !

Filter Type : Exlcude Pattern
Filter Field : request_uri(AUTO)
Filter Pattern : */_layouts/*

I schould be grateful if someone can help me.
In advance thank your for your help

I m looking forward to hering from you.

Fred.

]]> By: christian http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-243 christian Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:24:49 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-243 thanks it works. thanks it works.

]]> By: Justin http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Justin Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:07:09 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-242 Hi Christian, If your country pages all have distinct URLs then yes, you can create a filter based on the URL structure. My guess is that there is a query string parameter or a sub directory that identifies each country. Create a filter based on that, and then the data in your Top Content report will be specifically for that country. Hope that helps, Justin Hi Christian,

If your country pages all have distinct URLs then yes, you can create a filter based on the URL structure. My guess is that there is a query string parameter or a sub directory that identifies each country. Create a filter based on that, and then the data in your Top Content report will be specifically for that country.

Hope that helps,

Justin

]]> By: christian http://cutroni.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/comment-page-1/#comment-241 christian Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:44:41 +0000 http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/08/21/making-google-analytics-reports-more-readable/#comment-241 Hi!, your filter for the page title was exactly what I was looking for.thank you for sharing,we are now using it and it works.it is really a big help.but i have problem,we have a site called www.globalpropertyguide.com.its a real estate property guide of all countries.Each country page has 11 main menus.You can check the site if you want. My problem is there a way to set a filter to display which country pages has more traffic? or maybe list of top country pages according to its country.I hope you get my point,because i know in analytics,it only display the top page or content that has most number of visits.i want it in order of according to its country page name. hope you can help us..thank you again for the great post.. christian Hi!, your filter for the page title was exactly what I was looking for.thank you for sharing,we are now using it and it works.it is really a big help.but i have problem,we have a site called http://www.globalpropertyguide.com.its a real estate property guide of all countries.Each country page has 11 main menus.You can check the site if you want.

My problem is there a way to set a filter to display which
country pages has more traffic? or maybe list of top country pages according to its country.I hope you get my point,because i know in analytics,it only display the top page or content that has most number of visits.i want it in order of according to its country page name.

hope you can help us..thank you again for the great post..

christian

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