Comments on: 5 Lesser Known Google Analytics Features

By: Matthew Hunt

Matthew Hunt — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:50:42 +0000

Great tips!

The one I forgot to do was filter out my own IP. Just doing it now.

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By: TraiaN

TraiaN — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:00:12 +0000

Hi Thomas, I also wrote an article about Google Analytics tips. It's called Google Analytics Tips and Tricks. Please, take a look.

By: Thomas McMahon

Thomas McMahon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:32:38 +0000

Hi Svetlana Google doesn’t track which links are clicked on so they are not going to be counting anything twice. Google is more concerned with what pages people go to and how they navigate around the site.

By: Svetlana

Svetlana — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:22:04 +0000

Question: if you use js to track specific link won’t it appear twice in your report? That might be an issue, isn’t?
And if that’s the case, do you have a handy solution to avoid that?

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By: Thomas McMahon

Thomas McMahon — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:00:32 +0000

Hi Naruto. Google Analytics tracks per page. What you could do is add custom JavaScript code to links to track where people are clicking. See: http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55529

By: Naruto

Naruto — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:51:51 +0000

Hey all … I have a question and i really wish someone can answer me … I’m working on a website that has only one page, but it has many DIV’s in it … can i add google analytic to each DIV separately ??
Thanks

By: Scott Walker

Scott Walker — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:23:13 +0000

I use Google analytics for all my client sites, but haven’t been using a few of the advanced (javascript) features. Additional tools are always welcomed.

Scott

By: Yolanda

Yolanda — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:33:45 +0000

I don’t use all the features in Google analytics, but never the less it’s good to read about them.

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By: Scott Walker

Scott Walker — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:56:01 +0000

Some exellent points here. Filtering out your IP and others who might be coming in frequently, like site designers, other employees is an essential to eliminating
a lot of junk and skewing the stats.

And, the pricing is right, too.

Scott

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Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:55:51 +0000

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By: Jeffrey Michaels

Jeffrey Michaels — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:13:57 +0000

Ok, I’m a bit of a laggard – But I got to having conversations on Blogging with Matt Bradley of SnapBomb and we were talking about Google Analytics – that conversation coupled with this article have fired up my mind on how to use Goog Analytics to measure skunkworks web site traffic and “how to tips” blogs to drive traffic to said skunkworks website to to build a database and analyze the traffic. Thanks Thomas for your civil service.

By: Navin

Navin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:19:52 +0000

nice article!

By: Trace Johnson

Trace Johnson — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:25:52 +0000

The issue with filters no longer working, and having to use the “user defined” variable are being addressed by Google. Many advanced custom filters stopped working on January 15th, and Google will be reprocessing the data to fix these issues. Expect the reprocessing to take about two weeks after the fix is implemented.

Great post, I would recommend setting up a test profile to try some of these features out. Also, hold your breath for some of the new features that will be coming out in the next couple of months. They are stellar.

By: Thomas McMahon

Thomas McMahon — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:37:31 +0000

I don’t think Google makes this obvious enough and I really wish they’d find a way to track each link individually. That’d be more valuable.

Doesn’t ClickTracks do this? Or possibly CrazyEgg?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:14:55 +0000

Hi Thomas,
I just tested your theory out by doing a test and you’re absolutely correct.

Now I feel like an idiot.