Count Me Out: GA.JS Version

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

A while back I wrote a post called Count Me Out! that explained how to exclude Google Analytics data based on the custom segment value. My previous post was based on the old, urchin.js tracking code, and a lot of people have been waiting for an update. It's taken a ...

Find Out When Your Campaigns Suck with GA Custom Reports

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

One thing that I like about Google Analytics custom reports is the ability to actually do analysis with this feature. Sure, custom reports is a great way to change how data is displayed (for the annoying manager that only wants to see visits), but the reporting framework also ...

Twitter and Google Analytics: What to Track

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I decided to start Twittering. I've had a Twitter account for a while, but never really got into it. But after observing some friends for a while, and reading up on how others use Twitter, I started to see some value in the ...

Three GA Changes that Predict the Future

Friday, August 29th, 2008

There has been a modest buzz this week over some leaked screen shots of the Google AdSense integration into Google Analytics. I don't think this addition is a surprise to anyone, but it is very exciting to see Google pulling more data into GA. As I've said in ...

“Enterprise” Google Analytics

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Is Google Analytics an "enterprise" class analytics solution? That's debatable, and in fact, it has already been debated. In my opinion, it depends. It depends on your analytics needs. We've worked with plenty of "enterprise" class organizations that were new to web analytics. They had very simple needs and ...