Jun
13Google Analytics, getting the most from it?
Tags : analytics, Google Posted in: Search Engine Optimisation
Thats a question, my answer is no.
I find it really complicated, sure I can understand the basics, but I’m sure theres a lot more I can gain from it.
I’d like to be able to look at it and find out which keyword areas can be improved. I find it difficult to keep track of how I was doing before I made improvements. It looks like I’ve been improving but I can’t say for sure.
I haven’t used my trial period or download iBusinessPromoter but I have the web page pinned in firefox and I keep glancing at it and wondering whether it really could make my life easier and help wit all my keyword problems.
I may be making a mountain out of a mole hill, with regard to keywords, but I guess I’ve got to value my time against the £194. I have that priced pinned to my shelf on top of my monitors. I keep thinking wow thats a lot of money, when I’m not sure I will benefit.
Anyways, this post was about Google Analytics 
So have you setup goals?
Whats your experiences with it?
How often do you look at it?
What do you look at?
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by JM
I’m afraid I take quite a simplistic view of Google Analytics and simply look at the rise and fall in the previous 30 days of:
visitors/ day
unique visitors/ day
bounce rate
Traffic sources - google, yahoo, live, msn etc.
I don’t use any of the more sophisticated analysis tools, in part because 90% of the pages on my site don’t seem to work with the Google Analytics script. I know from AWStats that these pages get visits although not that many.
I do look every day though but I have a nagging suspicion that the visitor count is always a bit lower than AWStats would lead me to believe. Whether this is because Analytics is better at filtering out robots I do not know.
I think we need a page on how to use analytics, do you fancy writing one?