Why That Popup You Want So Badly Is Probably Hurting Your Search Rank
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Rarely do I encounter a web client that doesn’t want some sort of popup to capture email addresses, push an advertisement, or serve up some sort of call to action. Often, the need is genuine but how they envision implementation often risks hurting their search ranking. Here’s what you need to know in order to get past that learning hurdle. Traditional popups tend to force web visitors to interact with the popup before they can ...
Tracking Clickthroughs with Custom Links [2017]
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Just over two years ago I posted about tracking clickthroughs with custom links made using a super simple tool provided by Google that integrates perfectly with Google Analytics. Since Google has recently updated their documentation it’s an excellent opportunity to bring it up again with the updated link, as it’s still as useful as ever! To recap: The Google URL builder helps you create custom URLs that allow you to track up to five parameters ...
Using Data to Make Your Website Better…Stronger…FASTER
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Recently, fellow ArtsHacker, Ceci Dadisman, and I enjoyed giving a presentation to attendees of the Institute of Outdoor Theatre 2016 conference on how to use Google Analytics (GA) to make data-driven improvements to website content and layouts. The session was a huge hit and unlike our other GA oriented sessions over the past year (NAMPC2015 and ArtsMidwest2016), this one focused more on using out-of-the-box GA features, which made the material more readily usable for professionals ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…