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Scott Borowy replied to McGee's discussion Meaningful google analytics reports in the group Google Analytics Users
McGee replied to McGee's discussion Meaningful google analytics reports in the group Google Analytics Users"Thanks for suggestions. All have been helpful. I am trying to work with leadership on setting goals for site but right now we don't have a set of business goals so it is hard to set up goals/funnels if no one can decide what they would like…"
Tim Schneider replied to McGee's discussion Meaningful google analytics reports in the group Google Analytics Users"I find much of the useful reporting comes out of custom reports. However, there are still some standard reports in GA that can give you valuable insight:
Landing pages (as per Michael): where do users enter your site. Drill down into sources and…"
Michael J. Powers replied to McGee's discussion Meaningful google analytics reports in the group Google Analytics Users"If you are tracking campaigns, from e-mail or ads for instance, the campaign report is very useful, especially when combined with the size of the campaign. As in, we sent out 300 e-mails and received 30 site visits. If you also track…"
Justin Gatewood replied to McGee's discussion Meaningful google analytics reports in the group Google Analytics Users"two reports that have greatly helped me are event tracking (which you have to set up, but it is very helpful) and goal funnel visualizations - which can give you tremendous insight as to where site visitors might be dropping out of a pre-defined,…"
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Meaningful google analytics reports
I am curious what other reports have been presented to stakeholders within an institution. I have provided reports on the twelve metrics but this seems less than meaningful to make strategic decisions. Any best practices for google analytics reports that anyone can suggest?See More
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- At 10:12am on September 5, 2008,
Susan said… - Sorry...I mistook this for a social networking site. Guess I took the social part too seriously. :-)
I posted them b/c THAT is what was on my mind this week. Not web, not Chrome, not CMS. Many of those on this site share experiences with each other outside the realm of web development.
However, I have removed all offending blog posts.
- At 5:25pm on July 18, 2008,
Sveta said… - Do you use Stellent for your website?
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