Archive for 'tutorials'
Social Media Metrics Plugin
I recently stumbled (ho ho!) upon a useful plugin for Google Analytics that displays social media related metrics. Such metrics include Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon counts, and they are displayed on the Content Detail report at page level. To the left of each social media count is an interactive icon that takes you to the [...]
Full StoryModifying Scheduled Reports In Google Analytics
If you have dabbled with scheduling reports in Google Analytics, you’ll know how frustrating it is to keep receiving reports you are no longer interested in. A couple of months ago I tested out the scheduling feature myself and set up a schedule to send two reports to myself daily. Since then, I’ve been receiving [...]
Full StoryHow To See Traffic Varying Over Time
I was asked recently if it was possible to see how traffic to a site varies over time during a particular day in Google Analytics. The dashboard in Analytics provides a quick view of how it varies by day within a date range, but sometimes getting a feel for how traffic is distributed along a [...]
Full StoryWhy Time On Page Is Inaccurate
When considering the time on page that Google Analytics reports, you have to remember that this can be a very inaccurate metric. Let’s first understand how Analytics calculates the time that a user spends on a page.
How Google Analytics Calculates Time On Page
Each time a page on your site loads, Analytics records the timestamp. If [...]
