Jun 28 2010

10 Hacks to Mine Your Google Analytics Data Deeper

Google Analytics was developed in order to help Web developers gain in-depth statistics regarding their Web site. However, sometimes it is necessary to take it a step further and get more information. There are several plugins and hacks available to increase the power that Google Analytics has to offer. Many of these may require GreaseMonkey for Firefox to function. Social Media Metrics - This Greasemonkey plugin automatically takes social media metrics and directly places it into the Content Detail report that Google Analytics produces, and it also will include links to the submission pagan Mixx, Digg, Reddit, Sphinn, Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon. Google Analytics Report Enhancer - As the name suggests, this allows for the reports produced by Google Analytics to be enhanced, allowing users to segment...

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2 Free SEO Tools EVERYONE Should Be Using

Google has a couple of free tools that you can use to help trick out your SEO efforts.  Yes, I said they’re free and in most peoples’ opinions (mine included), they are best in class.   Yet it seems only the geeks and dorks are using them.  I’m talking about Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics. You might have installed some analytics code or loaded webmaster tools, then went on...

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A Time to Tweet

*This is a guest tip by Caliban who can typically be found at his Mobile SEO blog* The Problem So you’ve just created the most amazing link bait for your site, pat yourself on your back...but you’re not done just yet. Promoting your content is the next step to make sure you generate the traffic and links to your site you want. Twitter is a great tool for getting your message...

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10 SEO Tools Every Blogger Must Use

The following guest post was written by Anil Gupta from ScopeForMoney.com blog Every blogger wishes to find his blog coming at the top rankings in various search engines when keywords related to that are entered. However, this cannot be achieved without doing anything. You need to acquire as much knowledge about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and use best SEO tools for promoting your blog. Here...

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What You’re Missing on your Website or Blog: A Secret for Content Creation

Some days, it's nearly impossible to come up with fresh content for your blog. Other days, you're brimming with ideas. Or maybe you think your website is as perfect as can be - all of your visitors find exactly what they came for. Regardless of which camp you're in, your website and blog probably have some form of site search. Ever take advantage of it using Google Analytics? If...

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How to Discover the Pages on Your Site With the Most Search Traffic

*This guest tip was provided by Dee Barizo from Celebrific* Once you've been running a site for a while, your analytics stats become a great source of information for improving your search optimization. One simple way to leverage your stats is to figure out which pages or posts are attracting the most search traffic. For this tip, you'll need Google Analytics. First, go to Content and then...

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Google Analytics: How to Track Image Referrals

*The guest tip was provided by Gaurav Sharma* Google Analytics classifies traffic from Google Images as referral traffic. Websites which get a lot of traffic from Google Images are not able to analyze the keywords they get the traffic from. There is a way to force GA to treat Google Images as a search engine. Below is how GA code will look like:

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Dig Your Top Content for Keywords with Great Potential

Sometimes the most genius ideas are just at your finger tips. You just need to go ahead and take them. For example, don't waste hours of your precious time wrecking your head over new post ideas. When you are stuck, look for inspiration within already published content. Google Analytics is the perfect tool for that: Go to your "Top Content" section: Click on each link and then go to "Entrance Keywords": now you've got the whole list of...

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Set Up Google Analytics IP Filter to Exclude Internal Traffic

The following tip was contributed by Chelsea Blacker. Google Analytics accounts for all visitors to a site, and it’s important to catch accurate data by excluding visitors who don’t count.  Visitors who “don’t count” may include: marketers & developers working on the site visitors who work at the company/organization the website is promoting First, look up your IP address using an IP lookup tool. http://ip-lookup.net/ Next, access analytics and click on...

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