Comments on: Track your Google Analytics Changes

By: this just in » Want to see Trending in your Google Analytics Reports?

this just in » Want to see Trending in your Google Analytics Reports? — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:13:17 +0000

[...] So, why is this cool? Well, image you’ve seen a huge increase in traffic to your website in the past month and you need to figure out why. Robbin Steif blogged how you can trouble shoot an issue with your data by narrowing your date range. This is a fantastic method for finding out when your traffic changed. And if you’re tracking your online changes (advertising/site design) or configuration changes with a changelog then you can easily determine what may have altered your traffic. [...]

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:48:28 +0000

Hi Mike,

That’s a great idea, using Google Calendar! I haven’t found a way to tie GCal and GSpreadsheets, but I like that idea.

Thanks for contributing.

Justin

By: Mike Samec

Mike Samec — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:29:03 +0000

Justin:

I use Google Calendar to track changes made to the Website and to advertising but strangely enough, the search function is a little clunky (wouldn’t expect that from Google).

Especially when trying to track updates that go back further than a few weeks. I wonder if I can tie in G. Calendars to G. spreadsheets.

By: Manoj Jasra

Manoj Jasra — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:15:33 +0000

Good implementation tip Justin. Until GA adds this functionality this a good way for implementation specialists to keep themselves safe if the client comes back pointing fingers.