Google Analytics
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What is Google Analytics
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Why Use Google Analytics
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Signing Up for Google Analytics
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Installing Google Analytics for Wordpress
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Overview of Google Analytics Dashboard Etc
What is Google Analytics?
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Records visits to your site using javascript
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Records information about those visits and
visitors
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Visualizes this information
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It's free!
Why use Analytics?
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It's free (it's freemium – there is a pay version)
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It's the most popular site traffic tool out there
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You only need a gmail account to set it up
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If you don't use a web analytics tool, you have
to look at logs – you don't want to do that
Server Log Sample
How to Get Google Analytics
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Gmail account
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Create an account
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How to Set Up Google Analytics
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Account: Your business
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Property: Your website
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View: The display
Installing Google Analytics
Already have Analytics?
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Pick a page of your website
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Hold CTRL and click U – this views the source
code of your page
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Hold CTRL and click F – this searches the
source code
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Type: “UA-” to see if the script is already
present
Already have Analytics?
Installing Google Analytics
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Tracking Javascript must be present on all
pages you want to track
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There's a plugin for that
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Installing Google Analytics
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Filter out your IP address(es) and the IP
addresses of anyone working on the website
Using Google Analytics
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Pageviews
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Sessions
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Users
Analytics - Overview
Audience for a Year
Audience All Time
Real Time
Real Time is Dumb
Demographics
Location – Country
Location - City
Browser
Operating System
Screen Resolution
Audience Overview
Interests
Geography
Return Visitors
Browser
Mobile
Channels
Paid
Social Media
Behaviour
Behaviour
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Pageviews
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Unique pageviews
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Average Time on Page
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Entrances
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Bounce Rate
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Exit Rate
Site Speed
Search Depth
Events Etc
Events Etc
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Events
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Goals
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Custom Segments
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Funnels
Thank you
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Free online classes on Analytics:
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Make sure data is correct
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Interpret data correctly
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Set up advanced features

Google Analytics for Wordpress