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Measurement, attribution, and the data practice behind smarter marketing decisions. 1,464 articles
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New in Google Analytics: Real-Time Conversion Report

Google has added goal conversions to its real-time reports. The Conversions report shows a list of the most recent goals, sorted by the number of conversions (highest to…

By Thom Craver · 05 May 2013

Analytics

New Google Analytics Interactive Tool: Customer Journey to Online Purchase

The new Google Analytics Customer Journey to Online Purchase tool lets you interactively explore the typical online buying behavior of your site's…

By Thom Craver · 25 Apr 2013

Analytics

Driving Consumer Insights With Mobile Analytics

Visitor behavior on mobile devices is often different than on the desktop. Learn which mobile metrics matter for mobile websites, how to…

By Amman Badlani · 19 Apr 2013

Analytics

Google Site Speed Study Says the Web is Getting Faster

The average size of web pages has increased by 56 percent. Desktop page load times have decreased slightly. However, mobile page load…

By Thom Craver · 18 Apr 2013

Analytics

Unruly Launches Real-Time Analytics Dashboard for Social Video

Unruly Analytics is a real-time gauge for brands and agencies who want to know how well they're doing in social video. Users…

By Greg Jarboe · 16 Apr 2013

Analytics

Top 5 Reasons Against Implementing a Tag Management Solution

Have you been considering the use of a tag management solution for your business? The toughest-fought battle will be with your own…

By Garry Przyklenk · 10 Apr 2013

Analytics

Landing Page Optimization: How to Identify Testing Opportunities

Why landing page testing is important for your business; how to identify testing opportunities through data; the different elements on a page…

By Amman Badlani · 09 Apr 2013

Analytics

Reaching the Golden Mean of Branded to Non-Branded Traffic

Traffic Marketers from strong brands pursue the 60/40 percent ratio of branded and non-branded traffic. They recognize the value of long-tail visitors,…

By Raj De Datta · 05 Apr 2013

Analytics

How to Kill Self-Reported Data

Companies must strive to create a more accurate picture of the channels and campaigns that are creating engagement and revenue. Here are…

By John Lynch · 05 Apr 2013

Analytics

Big Data – Has It Blinded Us With Science?

There is never a scarcity of data in paid search. While that presents incredible opportunities for ongoing optimization, it can also present…

By Dave Schwartz · 04 Apr 2013

Analytics

Using Multichannel Funnels in PPC

While fancy attribution modeling is a reality today, most companies aren’t using it. It’s expensive, and marketers don’t understand it. Multichannel attribution…

By Melissa Mackey · 02 Apr 2013

Analytics

Google Analytics Adds 2 New Reports: Data Hub Activity & Trackbacks

Google Analytics has revamped its social reports. The Data Hub Activity report shows a timeline of activities and offers filtering by network,…

By Thom Craver · 27 Mar 2013

Analytics

How to Turn Your Failed Tests into Winners!

Change can by terrifying. But great testing results can sometimes be a result of a series of bad or "failed" tests. Embrace…

By Noran El Shinnawy · 26 Mar 2013

Analytics

Google Universal Analytics Now Open to Everyone

Google's Universal Analytics aims to help you understand how customers interact with your business across devices, give insights into mobile app performance,…

By Thom Craver · 25 Mar 2013

Analytics

The Truth About Bounce Rate: Why Context Matters

If your website has a high bounce rate, you shouldn't panic – it doesn't mean your marketing campaign has failed. Here's how…

By Thom Craver · 21 Mar 2013

Analytics

SEO Diagnostics: Proactive and Reactive Diplomacy

When analyzing your SEO world, it's important to make a non-biased diagnosis of your progress. Use search engines to proactively study your…

By Chris Boggs · 20 Mar 2013

Analytics

2 Deceiving Facebook Insights Metrics

Facebook Insights metrics relating to Reach and Talking About can be misleading unless you know what the data represents. Here's what to…

By Nathan Linnell · 19 Mar 2013

Analytics

Why Competitive Benchmarking is Integral to Paid Search Success

Benchmarking means analyzing the performance of your competitors’ and industry’s paid search efforts to monitor, adjust, and improve the relative performance of…

By Gregg Hamilton · 14 Mar 2013

Analytics

Pinterest Web Analytics Launches for Verified Websites

Verified websites can now find out what people are pinning with Pinterest Web Analytics. The new tool will give brands a better…

By Lisa Lacy · 13 Mar 2013

Analytics

Top 5 Arguments For Implementing a Tag Management Solution

Tag management systems have matured and offer a wealth of new tracking capabilities beyond basic functionality of simply centralizing your tags. If…

By Garry Przyklenk · 13 Mar 2013

Analytics

Mining Social Data to Create a Content Strategy

You can apply a smorgasbord of social data – from Facebook, Twitter, Google, Pinterest, and tools – in your strategic work to…

By Simon Penson · 11 Mar 2013

Analytics

Top 5 Google Analytics Changes You Might Have Missed

These five changes to Google Analytics that you might have missed can lead to a more efffective and accurate use of the…

By Greg Habermann · 07 Mar 2013

Analytics

Align These 3 Creatives to Drive More Conversions

There are three types of creative involved in a typical campaign – the ad unit, the landing page, and the retargeted display…

By Ben Plomion · 07 Mar 2013

Analytics

How to Configure & Track Google Analytics Goals for SEO

There's much more to tracking SEO success than rankings and traffic. In Google Analytics, there are three basic types of goal tracking…

By Josh Mccoy · 04 Mar 2013

Analytics

Conversion Rate Optimization the Right Way: Tying in Qualitative Data

The benefits of conversion rate optimization (CRO) are obvious, but testing is expensive, costing you not just media dollars but with an…

By Purna Virji · 04 Mar 2013

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