From time to time an interesting “referral” source in Google Analytics like googleadservices.com bears some investigation. First, googleadservices.com is not spam. If you see referral traffic (and for me, conversions) coming from googleadservices.com, I’d recommend not filtering it out in Google Analytics, at least for the …
Video: What is the value of Google Analytics to Attorneys?
Matt answers the question “What is the value of Google Analytics to Attorneys?” This interview was conducted by Steve Fretzin for The Origination Station, the top business development e-training for attorneys. Transcript: Steve: One of the mysteries of websites and …
5 Important Insights from HBR’s 2016 Analytic Services Report
Google and the Harvard Business Review partnered on a fantastic white paper titled “Marketing in the driver’s seat: Using analytics to to create customer value.” The paper features excellent case studies from companies including Lenovo, Netflix, Harrah’s Entertainment, MetLife, and …
Google Analytics is Now Automatically Filtering Spam!
This is great news for anyone who uses Google Analytics. Spam traffic in Google Analytics has always been an annoying issue for digital marketers. Referral spam works like this: there are spammers out there that send out bots to crawl websites. …
How to Create Brilliant Website Reporting With Little Effort
Google Analytics is a powerful platform to analyze your website’s traffic data, however creating custom dashboards to track key metrics requires a lot of know-how and time. However, there’s a way to track the important data for your site without being …
Apple’s App Analytics Beta is Finally Live!
I launched my iPhone app DecideGuide Chicago a little over a year ago. Until now the metrics App Developers had access to regarding their app and its usage was extremely limited. You could access high-level data like # of Downloads …
How to Set Up Google Analytics for Your Website
Setting up Google Analytics, which allows you to track the key metrics related to visitors and conversions on your website, can seem like a daunting task to people with no coding or web knowledge. It’s actually quite easy. 1. Create …
Tracking Macro vs. Micro Conversions
Most marketers and webmaster are familiar with the concept of website conversions: the desired actions taken on your website. However, I see many people make the mistake of not differentiating between “micro” and “macro” conversions or grouping these conversions together. …
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