The Change History Dashboard: Your Google Analytics Secret Weapon
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Although it’s been around since 2014, the Change History dashboard inside Google Analytics is one of those oft overlooked, but useful tools that can save your bacon at just the right moment…but only if you know it’s there! There are no settings to adjust, instead, the Change History dashboard is exactly what it sounds like: a list of recent changes. You can find it by navigating to “Admin > Account > Change History.” There’s a ...
Get Ready For Google Signals and Cross Device Reporting
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Throughout 2018, Google has been releasing all sorts of new and enhanced features inside Analytics and one of the most recent promises to be one of the most exciting: cross device tracking and reporting. Here’s Google’s description: Cross Device reporting in Analytics takes into account people who visit your website multiple times from different devices. Now, instead of seeing metrics in Analytics that show two separate sessions (e.g., one on desktop and the other on ...
Free Resource: Getting Started With Google Analytics
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Recently, fellow ArtsHacker, Ceci Dadisman, and I enjoyed giving a presentation to attendees of the Southeastern Theatre Conference 2018 Convention on how to use Google Analytics (GA) to make data-driven improvements to website content and layouts. The session was geared toward professionals just getting into GA. Content focused on using out-of-the-box GA features and simple to implement settings changes to provide access to must-have data. Simply put, if GA seems new and a little scary, this ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…