Over the past year, I’ve been in numerous meetings with advertisers, agencies, and online media vendors, and I’m often amazed at the confusion surrounding how local search campaign analytics are reported, and sometimes twisted, to create a desired story. In today’s local & mobile search column, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics,” local search expert Gregg Stewart lays out the basics you need to know to implement useful Web analytics for your local search campaigns.
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