Archive for May, 2010
Omniture SiteCatalyst Helpful Tip – Removing None/Unspecified From Conversion Reports
Within SiteCatalyst, you have the ability to remove none and unspecified from conversion reports to see only the items that you want to see.
Omniture SiteCatalyst Helpful Tip – Removing None From Correlation Reports
Have you, like me, ran a correlation report between two traffic variables within SiteCatalyst and got a “None” returned as the largest entry? Well, there is a way to remove that from appearing.
Setting the Sample Rate in Google Analytics
You might not be aware of this but most, if not all, web analytics packages out there sample the data that comes in. The larger the site (i.e. the larger the amount of data tracked and sent to the web analytics server) the more you need to adjust the settings to ensure that report tracking [...]
Tracking Custom Functionality via Custom Variables in Google Analytics
One of the biggest slights that I have heard recently about Google Analytics vs. a paid service (Omniture SiteCatalyst, Coremetrics, WebTrends), is that it can’t track custom variable and can only handle out of the box tracking through its ga.js file. However, this isn’t correct.
Tracking iFrames&Links Opening in New Window with Google Analytics
So you want to embed Google Analytics tracking into your iFrame so that you can capture/report on user behavior from links that go to a new window but don’t know how to do it…well you came to the right place. Below, I will explain the method that you need to use and what you need [...]
Tracking Banner Ad Clicks within Google Analytics
Are you an owner or manager of a website that publishes advertising banners on your site and you wish to track the clicks on it (and have it attribute it to the proper container established)? If you are using Google Analytics, this can be done pretty easily.
Google Analytics Helpful Tip – Adding Search Engines
Google Analytics, out of the box, does a great job in tracking and updating their list of tracked referrals for the top and smaller search engines. However, if there is an obscure engine that you are working with that GA doesn’t recognize, you can “force” the tool to track it.
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