Time Saving Shortcuts Inside Google Analytics

Time Saving Google Analytics Shortcuts

Did you know that the standard browser version Google Analytics (GA) offers a series of keyboard shortcuts? Surprise! They currently come in two types: application shortcuts and date range shortcuts. If you use GA, you know the pain of click overload in order to get where you’re going and these shortcuts will help marginalize that impact. Date Range Basics Just in case you’re new to GA, let’s do a quick overview of what the date ...

Using Internal Search To Optimize Your Website

Using Internal Search To Optimize Your Website

Drew eloquently described how to easily activate internal search tracking in Google Analytics. Let’s look into how you can use the data from the report. [box] Do visitors use the search function? Unless you have a specific site or section of your site that lends itself to searches (i.e. a large ecommerce site, a huge archive or catalog, many articles, or anything else that requires many database entries or lots of content), don’t expect a ...

How to Create Custom Dashboards

How To Create Custom Dashboards

Do you have specific pieces of data that you always want to see when you’re checking your Google Analytics? (Because I know you are checking  your Google Analytics regularly, right? Yes. Yes, you are.) A super handy way to streamline the process is to create a custom dashboard. You can take almost any data set that is in Google Analytics and put it into a dashboard.  Let me show you! Step 1: Login to your ...