I’ve been writing about Google Analytics a lot lately and think it’s time for an Urchin post. I know Urchin isn’t as new and exciting as Google Anlytics, but it is a fantastics web analytics package. It can process huge chunks of data quickly and provides great reporting at an amazing price. One of my […]
Page Titles Report for Urchin
I created a new ‘Page Titles’ report in Urchin. This report is similar to the ‘Content by Titles’ report in Google Analytics. The new report compares pages by HTML title tag rather than the path and file name. The only requirement for using this report is that you must use the UTM tracking method. You […]
How to Import MSN Cost Data Into Urchin
Everyone talks about Google Analytics and its integration with AdWords. Sure, it’s really cool. But what about other CPC systems? People seem to forget that you can track AND import ALL CPC campaigns and cost data in Urchin. Yahoo!, AdWords, MSN… You can import cost data for all these services, that’s a feature that currently […]
More Urchin Reports for Daypart Tracking
Yesterday I posted a custom Urchin report for tracking the success of Google AdWords ad scheduling (aka dayparting). Last night I decided to take the report one step further. The new report allows you to drill down from a campaign, to the Keywords within that campaign and finally to the hour of the goal conversion. […]
Urchin Report for Daypart Tracking
Last week Google announced that AdWords would support ad scheduling. This means that you, as an AdWords user, can schedule exactly when your ads display. Here’s the official post from the AdWords team: Ad scheduling (also known as “dayparting”) lets you tell Google exactly when you want your ads to run, and more importantly — […]
Set Your Data Free
One of my rants is about web analytics data. Not how accurate it is, but where it belongs. For the majority of people the default reports in a given web analytics package are completely adequate. New visitors, returning visitors, campaign tracking, click path analysis… they’re all very helpful and can be used to optimize your […]