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Web Analytics TV #5 with Avinash and Nick

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 February 2010 12:21 Written by TheAutomator Monday, 1 February 2010 01:49

This is the fifth installment in our Web Analytics TV series in which you share your most burning questions via the Google Analytics Google Moderator site and we answer them.

Here is the list of this week's questions. You all are keeping us on our toes!

In this episode we discuss:
  • Tracking online conversions and success for small, local, businesses
  • Tracking the number of times a visitor converts in one visit
  • How the e-commerce conversion rate can be greater than 100%
  • How you can change the duration of Google Analytics campaigns
  • How you can differentiate between paid and organic search in Google Analytics
  • What is the recommended % balance between branded and category terms
  • Why is time spent 0 for visits with 1 page/visit
  • Why unique visitor numbers are higher than visits
  • How visits and unique pageviews are calculated
  • Would survey and qualitative help measure "engagement" ?
  • How to best track mailto: links on your site
  • What are the best practices for using virtual pageviews, event tracking and custom variables?
  • How to see dimensions and metrics by location
  • Where to find custom variables reports Google Analytics


Here are links to resources we discussed in the video:

We hope you found episode helpful, and we'd love to hear your comments and have your questions. Please use the comment form below.

In case you missed them, here are our previous videos:

Episode #1
Episode #2
Episode #3
Episode #4

If you have a question you would like us to answer, please submit a question or vote for your favorite question in our public Google Moderator site. Avinash and I will answer your latest questions in a couple of weeks with another video. We can't wait!

Please add your thoughts about the Q&A via comments below. Thanks!

Posted by Nick Mihailovski, Google Analytics Team
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Episode # 3 – Rapid Fire Web Analytics Q and A with Avinash and Nick

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 November 2009 03:57 Written by TheAutomator Wednesday, 25 November 2009 03:35

This is the third video in our recent Rapid Fire series where you share your most burning questions via the Google Analytics Google Moderator site and we answer them!

Generally we want to focus on your questions about key metrics and analysis techniques, but this week we get a little technical.

In this episode we discuss:
  • How to group referrals from common sources
  • How to setup Google Analytics to track multiple web sites and view all the aggregate data in one profile
  • Strategies to track websites that support different languages
  • The value of using Google Analytics on You Tube partner channels
  • Troubleshooting discrepancies in Google Analytics Data
  • Best practices for implementing E-commerce tracking for E-commerce sites
  • Simplifying customizing the date range in GA
  • How to track segments of users who interact with internal referrals/cross sell campaigns
  • Tracking Social Media campaigns



Here are links to resources we discussed in the video:
If you found this helpful, we'd love to hear your comments.

If you have a question you would like us to answer, please submit a question or vote for your favorite question in our public Google Moderator site. Avinash and I will answer your latest questions in a couple of weeks with yet another entertaining video.

Please add your thoughts about the Q&A via comments below. Thanks!

Posted by Nick Mihailovski, Google Analytics Team
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