February 2nd, 2007 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Google Analytics users,There is a temporary reporting delay within your Google Analytics accounts due to system maintenance. You are still able to log in to accounts and please note that no data will be lost – data will continue to be collected and pro…
January 23rd, 2007 | by Christian | published in Google Analytics
Last post, we told you about a way to use Google Analytics to see your Google Checkout transaction data. Today, we’ll show you the alternate method of posting Checkout API requests,Method 2 for posting Checkout API requests into Google AnalyticsIn this…
January 18th, 2007 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
We occasionally get questions from our new users of Google Checkout. They’ve read all about how to track e-commerce transactions with Google Analytics; now they would like more specific details for implementing tracking.Merchants can use Google Analyti…
January 2nd, 2007 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Happy new year! For our first post of 2007, we’d like to add clarity to the difference between two reports that you are probably already using.Among the vast array of reports that Google Analytics provides, “Absolute Unique Visitors” and “New vs….
December 6th, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Google Analytics users,There will be a planned system maintenance today, Wednesday, Dec 6 from 10:00pm to 10:30pm Pacific Time. Please note that you will be unable to log in, however, your data will continue to be collected and processed during this ti…
December 1st, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Adding the Google Analytics tracking code to your website is easy—simply add the JavaScript snippet to the source code. But what happens when you make changes to your website and start to see browser error messages? Don’t panic. Check these issues to…
November 27th, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Every now and then we will share updates from other Googlers about the products they’re working on if we think that info will benefit Google Analytics users. Google Apps for Your Domain is similar to Google Analytics in that it offers simple and useful…
November 20th, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Google Analytics allows you to easily configure, filter, and focus your site’s traffic data in powerful ways. And we want you to avoid the few pitfalls that we have seen around configuration of filters, goals, and e-commerce. For example, when a filter…
November 13th, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
A few people at the Emetrics Summit told us they’d like to learn more tips and tricks for implementing Google Analytics. So in the next few weeks we will begin including tips straight from various members of the Google Analytics team. And we’ll kick it…
November 6th, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
There are some pretty fantastic resources on the web for people who use Google Analytics, and those interested in learning more. We want to mention a few blogs on web analytics generally and on Google Analytics that we’ve been reading. We highly recomm…
October 27th, 2006 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Do you use both Google Analytics and Google AdSense? If so, we’d like to get your feedback on two questions: Which Google Analytics reports do you use most often in conjunction with your AdSense account? And which reports or metrics would you most like…
October 18th, 2006 | by Alden DeSoto | published in Google Analytics
Today, in a speech to the entire Emetrics Summit audience, Brett Crosby from Google announced the beta launch of a new tool, Website Optimizer.Website Optimizer is a free tool that helps AdWords advertisers test different landing pages and determine wh…
October 12th, 2006 | by Alden DeSoto | published in Google Analytics
Big news today for e-commerce site owners: you can now use Google Analytics with Google Checkout. Simply add a JavaScript call and a hidden field to each page that displays the Google Checkout button and you’ll be able to see conversions and revenue me…
October 6th, 2006 | by Alden DeSoto | published in Google Analytics
“Discover where your site visitors come from, what pages they visit, how long they stay, what they buy, what makes them give up, and where they go”Google Analytics, by Mary E. Tyler and Jerri L. Ledford (Wiley Publishing) has just come out, the first o…
September 29th, 2006 | by Alden DeSoto | published in Google Analytics
How do you track online lift from an offline campaign, such as a promotional event, coupon campaign, or TV spot? Check out this article by Melissa Campanelli for DMNews : “Careerbuilder.com Uses Web Analytics to Track Online Lift.” To sum it up, onlin…