Apr 03 2009

How to Track Your Users’ Behavior

Friday’s SEO tip is by Alexander Villamizar of LatamSEO.com

Not long ago I read the post called “Website Usability Equals Better SEO” and here’s a quick tip to improve your site usability!

By using click recording software, you can learn a lot about your site usability and user behavior: which elements of the site attract more clicks and if the users do what you want them to do.

ClickTale is web analytics software providing click maps for any page you install it on. To get it working on your website, you just need to register, generate the tracking code and then place it in the pages you want to track – pretty much the same as Google Analytics.

It has a number of packages, one of them is free, so you can check how the tool works.

Ann’s note: Another similar software is Crazy Egg (see the screenshot above) which also offers basic / free package.

Do you use click recording software? Please share your thoughts!

12 Responses to “How to Track Your Users’ Behavior”

  1. seobag says:

    Another list of similar tools:

    ClickHeat
    CrazyEgg

    The choice very big, everyone can choose for itself what tool looks nice for him.

    seobag Reply:

    and
    clickMap
    ClickDensity

    ps: sorry for reply, but I can’t submit a comment with 4 links at one.

  2. Barry Welford says:

    Google Analytics can do a reasonable job of showing you how visitors are moving around your website and you should make sure you are using this effectively. The advantage of the tools mentioned is that the outputs are often easier to understand. However GA can do a good part of this work.

    Barry Welford’s last incredible blog post..Getting Links With Twitter Hashtags

  3. Gerald Weber says:

    Sounds like a pretty cool tool to have. I’ll give it and try and let you know how I like it. Thanks :-)

    Gerald Weber’s last incredible blog post..Automatically Perfect Your Blog’s SEO

  4. geobak says:

    Can it be used together with google analytics or those 2 don’t go together?

    Ann Smarty Reply:

    Sure, you can install both

    Ann Smarty’s last incredible blog post..Search Cloudlet Adds Twitter Tag Clouds

  5. iCan't Internet says:

    I am currently using Google Analytics, and must say I am still very pleased with the info it gives me.

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  6. Oliver says:

    I currently use google analytics and it provides me with plenty of information about visitors but I will will have to have a look at this and see how it compares to google.

  7. Salon Clearwater says:

    I use only Google analytics tool for my site. I’ll try crazy Egg analytic tool. Thanks.

  8. nitin says:

    great stuff thanks for sharing.

  9. Aloe says:

    I use G analytics and statcounter. I get more from the Statcounter.

  10. funpages says:

    thanks for the tip. will give it a try.

    without the ability to track your users’ behavior, you are essentially operating in the dark. at least in mortar and brick stores, you can get feedback from your interaction with your customers/clients.

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