20. Website Analytics
Benefit 2: Shows us how visitors talk
about (or search for) our issue
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21. Website Analytics
Benefit 3: Avoids the HIPPO* method of
decision-making - use data to guide
* HIPPO stands for „Highest Paid Persons Opinion‟
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22. Website Analytics
Benefit 4: Involve decision-makers in your
organization through Reports
1) Track monthly - the 5 metrics, and add your own
2) Benchmark - compare your #s with your peers
3) Test - change buttons, colours, content, text every
few months and compare results
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23. Website Analytics
3 Great things from Google
Site Overlay: Under “Content > Site Overlay”
Website Optimizer: google.com/websiteoptimizer/tour.html
Google Insights for Search: google.com/insights/search/#
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Editor's Notes
Explain how it works
What pages people are visiting on your site How many people visit your site: new, returning visitors How much time people spend on your site, how many pages they see per visit What links are sending traffic to your site Where are your site visitors coming from: search engines, direct, from referrals What keywords do people use to find your site Where do they enter and leave your site
What are the key metrics we want to monitor?
What do people do while visiting your site? What content is working for you, and what is not? How can you improve navigation through your website? How do different visitors, from different sources, use the site?