This Google Tutorial on Google Analytics Interface is part of a Google ecosystem that includes products such as AdWords, AdSense, Website Optimizer, DoubleClick, Internal Site Search and many others. If you have a blog or website you will find that this is an important tool to have.
Consider this a Free Spy tool of sorts. I will later post about other great tools for marketing campaigns.
Google Analytics is easy to use, if you have a Gmail account already you will need to log in or register. Google Analytics help improve your site and increase marketing ROI. Understanding your traffic for your blog or Ecommerce store is critical for your growth. With this tool you can even integrate with your AdWords campaigns. Calculate ROI metrics from automatically imported cost and keyword tracking data. You can access all your campaigns, regardless of search engine or referral source.
If you are a blogger using WordPress you can download the Free Plug-in.
“Author: Joost de Valk
The Google Analytics for WordPress plugin automatically tracks and segments all outbound links from within posts, comment author links, links within comments, blogroll links and downloads. It also allows you to track AdSense clicks, add extra search engines, track image search queries and it will even work together with Urchin………….
At first glance, the Analytics Dashboard may seem overwhelming. Take your time and navigate through out the site. It can take about 24 hours for the information to be transferred.
Some of the information made available to you will be:
Traffic Sources
Visitors
Content Overview
Site Search
Custom Reporting
That is only the basics. To help you understand what Google Analytics can do for you and how to get started you can watch this Google Tutorial.
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Thanks, nice tutorial.
Ok how did you know I was going to need this. Joe has wordpress so he has the status built in there as well as his host stats, but blogger doesn’t
I set i up today and will be referencing back to this post a lot! lol
@Mobic – and I thank you for visiting and thanks to Google for the info … lol
@Betty – I use WP and have both running.
for my eCommerce store I have Google Analytics and two others. I will be sharing with yall.
BTW – Betty, your blogs is looking great!
Everyone at Delicious Monster has been hard at work for the past several months on Delicious Library 1.5, a free upgrade that will be made available on April 29th
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http://www.delicious-monster.com/blog/2005/04/announcing-delicious-library-15.html
Thanks for the tips. Its not very easy to find blogs like yours. Really enjoyed reading and will certainly bookmark this post. Will also subscribe to feeds.
Hi Laura, I love your new look to your theme, design, fonts, and set up are really great! The whole blog looks really professional and easy reading… as usual you provide us your readers a bountiful amount of information that is easy to read and understand. I will be back for sure to read up more on this “google tutorial”. Thanks for the info and I’ll make sure I get back here more often. I’d love to see you over my way when ever you’re not so busy. Have great day! jj