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ROCK GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Presented by:
Jenny Halasz
JLH Marketing
(LIKE A PRO)
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Jenny Halasz
• In SEO since 2000 – 17 years!
• Speaker at Pubcon, SMX, SES, StateofSearch,
InternetSummit, Conversion Conference…
• Writer for Search Engine Land & Search Engine Journal
• Contributing Author “SEO Now” and “SEO Like I’m 5”
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Measurement: Goals vs. Events
What do you
want them to
do?
What is
engagement?
How do you
make money?
What went
wrong?
Why did they
stay/leave?
What do they
need?
Goals
Events
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Measurement: Channels & Channel
Grouping
Default
Channels
Private
Channel
Grouping
Custom
Channel
Grouping
Modify
Default
Channels
We’ll come back to
this…
Not for the
faint of heart.
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Measurement: Tagging
Default
Campaign
Medium
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Measurement: Filters
Filters in reports
Filters in views
Filters at
account level
Use anytime you like
Use with caution
Be afraid, be very
afraid.
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Measurement: Filters
Filters in reports
Filters in views
Filters at
account level
Internal IP addresses
Fix stupid errors
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Measurement: Filters
Filters in reports
Filters in views
Filters at
account level
Exclude known bots
Require hostname
Fake browsers and
Fake network domains
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Measurement: Custom Channel Grouping
Default
Channels
Private
Channel
Grouping
Custom
Channel
Grouping
Modify
Default
Channels
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Custom Channel Grouping
?
Email
?
Paid
Offline
Direct
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Custom Channel Grouping: Referral
Affiliate
Affiliate
Affiliate
Affiliate
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If Custom Channels Work…
Default
Channels
Private
Channel
Grouping
Custom
Channel
Grouping
Modify
Default
Channels
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Your Ultimate Weapon
bit.ly/ga-dashboard-JLH
To use:
1. Login to GA
2. Paste in the browser
3. Select the account to apply it to
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Metrics: Things
you want to
measure
Dimensions:
Containers
you want to
use
Filters: Things
to include or
not include
Metrics & Dimensions
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Metrics:
Things you
want to
measure
Dimensions:
Containers
you want to
use
Filters: Things
to include or
not include
Metrics & Dimensions
@jennyhalasz
#DFWsem
How Did
People Get to
Your Site?
What Did They
Do While They
Were There?
How and Why
Did They
Leave?
WHERE TO START?
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How Did People
Get Here?
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What Did They
Do?
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Why Did They
Leave?
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Edit the Title, instead
of “Pages/Session”
Choose a Layout
Even Customize Your
URL!
Add Filters
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CHANGING DISPLAY OPTIONS
Choose different
Dimensions or Metrics
Change
row
display
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USING FILTERS - SIMPLE
“Only
show” or
“Don’t
show”
Selection
criteria
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USING FILTERS - REGEX
Selection
criteria
 Use | to separate items – creates “OR”
 Use .* as a wildcard
 .*/category means match anything before /category
 category/.* means match anything that comes after category
 Test your expressions on the actual report
http://bit.ly/regex-for-marketers
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CUSTOM REPORTS
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Segments – Mobile/Desktop
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Google Analytics Update
December 22, 2016
Data studio access added to reports
Available globally (21 countries)
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Google Analytics Update
December 22, 2016
Templates now available
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Google Analytics Update
December 22, 2016
Added DoubleClick Campaign Manager as Source
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Google Analytics Update
December 22, 2016
And finally… Property Moving!
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Google Analytics Update
December 22, 2016
And finally… Property Moving!
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That useful link again:
bit.ly/ga-dashboard-JLH
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Jenny Halasz
@jennyhalasz
jlh-marketing.com
Download this deck: http://bit.ly/ga-rockstar
Thank You!

Rock Google Analytics Like a Pro with Jenny Halasz