Untangling the world of web analytics
Let’s face it, we’re all a bit “lazy.” I admit it, I don’t check my website data every day. And when I’m on vacation it can be a bigger challenge. But that’s OK, I use data alerts to stay on top of my data even if I can’t check analytics every day. Are you using [...]
Google Analytics now contains a series of real-time reports that measure what’s happening on your site in real time. These reports will roll out in the next 1 to 2 weeks. I’ve long railed against real-time data. I’ve said that businesses don’t need real time data. It’s very hard to action on time data. I’ve [...]
Many of the projects that I’ve been working on over the last 6 to 9 months have evolved to include more and more data integration. Specifically companies are looking to import more Google Analytics data into other systems to do various types of analysis. Data integration is nothing new, companies have been doing it for [...]
When I started my job at WebShare 12 months ago I knew it was going to be a big challenge. I was joining a very talented team that was looking to expand rapidly. In fact when I talked to Corey and Dave, the owners of WebShare, about this challenge I wanted a commitment that they [...]
On this day that we celebrate love and relationships let’s think about all the analytics relationships that are so critical to our success! What? You’ve never thought about analytics relationships? Well, they abound everywhere. The life of a web analyst is very much the the same as the life of a relationship counselor. We’re constantly [...]
There’s been a lot of debate in the analytics community about campaign attribution and how to assign value to the various marketing touch-points that lead to conversions. If you’re new Campaign Attribution you should check out the book Web Analytics 2.0, it has a good, functional overview of the attribution challenge. Throughout the discussion it [...]
As web analysts we live and die by segmentation. Without the ability to segment traffic we can not isolate which segments are producing and which need improvement. Google Analytics offers many different ways to segment data. Each has pros and cons but there is always a way to get the data you need…. well, almost [...]
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