Posts Tagged ‘web analytics’
Five ways school boards can benefit from Google Analytics
Posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 5:23 PM by Sara Chappel | Comments (0)
School boards and other public organizations can benefit from analytics tracking—even if they don’t emphasize sales and marketing
Your customers lie (so beware survey data)
Posted on Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 5:54 PM by Simon Smith | Comments (0)
With the ceaseless launch of new websites and technologies, it’s easy to get caught up in hype—but beware self-reporting, and trust what people say rather than what they do.
The one analytics metric you can’t live without (and one you should avoid)
Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 4:59 PM by Jebadiah Roberts | Comments (0)
If the questions our analytics clients ask serve as any indicator, two of the most commonly misunderstood analytics reports are bounce rates and exits. But you can’t really blame anyone for conflating these reports. After all, both measure the number of times someone leaves your site. But when and why they left—and, more importantly, whether they were satisfied upon departure—is where the similarities usually end.
Why web analytics goals are worth the time
Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 10:23 PM by Simon Smith | Comments (0)
When we provide web analytics services, we know that one of the biggest wins is simply configuring goals and goal funnels. By doing this, you can evaluate metrics according to objectives, giving you insight rather than just information.
Are your visitors absolutely unique?
Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 PM by Jebadiah Roberts | Comments (0)
Not all tools are equal, and not every tool offers this complicated and (mostly) accurate metric. Your “Absolute Unique Visitors” report is the result of extremely complex and time—consuming calculation. It’s an extra mile that lazier tools with their “additional” metrics have simply avoided—much to the user’s detriment.
How will these “web 3.0” trends affect your business?
Posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 7:33 PM by Simon Smith | Comments (0)
According to Marc Pincus of Zynga and Tribe.net fame, the next phase of the internet involves apps, measurement and (believe it or not) people paying for digital content.
Is Kanye sending YOU traffic?
Posted on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 12:41 PM by Sara Chappel | Comments (0)
Remember that whole Kanye-West-Taylor-Swift-VMA thing, with Kanye seizing the mike at the MTV Video Music Awards in the middle of Swift’s acceptance speech? It was fodder for endless Facebook memes and YouTube spoofs for, oh, about two days.
Five points of web analytics failure
Posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 9:09 PM by Simon Smith | Comments (0)
A few days ago, I wrote about a recent report on enterprise web analytics. The report discussed sentiments and statistics on enterprise web analytics tools and practices. To complement those scientific stats, here’s my unscientific, gut feelings on the most common web analytics points of failure that we see.
Recent entries
- Three ways Google Analytics can improve sharing
- Social media: An effective lead generator?
- Five ways school boards can benefit from Google Analytics
- Setting up your AdWords campaign for improved ROI
- Your customers lie (so beware survey data)
- The one analytics metric you can’t live without (and one you should avoid)
- Why web analytics goals are worth the time
- How SEO can lose you sales
- Are your visitors absolutely unique?
- How will these “web 3.0” trends affect your business?
