website analytics - 60% of the time it works every time
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Dear Client,
Here are some numbers for keywords, showing how well they have improved compared to last month:
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Dear Client,
I have created a custom report to highlight which keywords and landing pages have the most visits and how many of these visits are unique, bounce or exit:
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Dear Client,
Here is the second part of a custom report to highlight which keywords and landing pages have the most conversions and best conversion rates:
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Dear Client,
Here is your custom report, comparing December to January, showing the areas where improvements have been made and highlighting where we need to focus:
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Custom Reports+
Custom Dashboards=
Custom Analysis
Download this custom report: http://kooz.ai/organicga
1. Create Excel document and add list of keywords2. Export Analytics data CSV and copy to another sheet in document
3. Export ranks to CSV and copy to another sheet in document4. In sheet use Vlookup to find rank:
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A3,'Traffic - Dec11'!$A$8:$F$407,2,FALSE)),0,VLOOKUP(A3,'Traffic - Dec11'!$A$8:$F$407,2,FALSE))
=if(result is #NA(look for(keyword, traffic data table, second column, exact match)),result to show if it’s #NA,When not NA look for(keyword, traffic data table, second column, exact match))
=VLOOKUP(A3,'Rank - Dec11'!$B$2:$C$31,2,FALSE)=look for(keyword, rankings table, second column, exact match)
5. Use Vlookup, If and IsNA to find traffic and replace no data with 0
• Save time
• Increase accuracy
• Remove errors
• Get unsampled data
• Customise reporting
Why Use an API?
Now:
(Template + 60 client details) x Macro
= 60 data reports
created in 1.5 hours per month with 1 minute of human input per month
Google Analytics, $79 a yearGoogle Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, $199 a year
Next Analytics
Dan Barker on how to steal data back: http://kooz.ai/ganotprovided
Landing Pages
My explanation of first and last click attribution:http://kooz.ai/gaattribution
Standard Attribution in Google Analytics
Assisted Conversions - Query Length
• 1 Word Queries ^\s*[^\s]+(\s+[^\s]+)
{0}\s*$
• 2 Word Queries ^\s*[^\s]+(\s+[^\s]+)
{1}\s*$
• 3 Word Queries ^\s*[^\s]+(\s+[^\s]+)
{2}\s*$
• 4 Word Queries ^\s*[^\s]+(\s+[^\s]+)
{3,}\s*$
• Longtail vs. Generic
• Categories of keywords
• Core target keywords
• AdWords or email campaigns
• Organic, affiliate, paid traffic
• Types of social traffic
• Split paid traffic by search and display ads
• Click from keywords in position 1, 2, 3 etc
• Clicks from keywords on page 1, page 2 etc
Custom Grouping Ideas
• Optimise relevant keywords
• Target different keywords
• Look for ways to bring in more new visitors
• Invest more in sources that assist conversions
Review Targets
• Target different landing page
• Encourage on page interaction
• Implement CRO optimisation and tests• Instill benefits
• Create urgency
• Streamline checkout
Make On-Page Updates
Further Reading
Koozai blog for slides and related articles: http://www.koozai.com/blog/
Download Custom Report: http://kooz.ai/organicga
Dan Barker on how to steal (not provided) data back: http://kooz.ai/ganotprovided
My explanation of first and last click attribution: http://kooz.ai/gaattribution
Excellent Analytics: http://excellentanalytics.com/ and Tom Critchlow explains: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-export-google-analytics-data-to-excel-via-the-api
SEO Tools for Excel: http://nielsbosma.se/projects/seotools/functions/ and https://seogadget.co.uk/amazing-seo-tools-for-excel/
Next Analytics: http://www.nextanalytics.com/
Automate Analytics, GA Data Grabber Tool: http://www.gadatagrabbertool.com/
SEOGadget's AdWords API Excel Plugin: https://seogadget.co.uk/google-adwords-plugin-excel/
Google Analytics API Introduction: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2009/08/analytics-data-in-excel-through-our-api.html
Getting started yourself: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/gdata/v3/gdataGettingStarted.html
GA API Dimensions and Metrics Library: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/gdata/dimsmets/dimsmets.html
7 - http://www.funpeak.com/the-most-beautiful-lips-in-the-human-history/ (Lips)
20 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/possan/5361198764/sizes/l/in/photostream/
26 - http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/james-may-lego-house-sep-12-side (Lego House)
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