Analytics ‘Publisher’ Report Gives AdSense Insights

The ‘Publisher’ report in Google Analytics is a great tool for website publishers who use AdSense and want to maximize the potential revenue.

Google doesn’t seem to offer any details about the existence of the report. The report is available by going to Behavior / Publisher in Analytics. The “Behavior Reports” topic under Analytics Help mentions most of the other reports but not the Publisher one.  (more…)

Landing Page Best Practices Convert More Visitors

The best practices for landing pages come in two forms. The first is understanding why a particular landing page does so well. The other is getting better performance.

What is a landing page? It is the destination page of a click from another website, an ad, a search engine result or a social media account, among other possibilities. (more…)

How to Understand Unique Visitors in Google Analytics

Users in Google Analytics, also known as unique visitors, is an invaluable tool for measuring, tracking and understanding a site’s audience.

The official Google Analytics definition of this Web metric is: “Unique Visitors is the number of unduplicated (counted only once) visitors to your website over the course of a specified time period.”

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Use Analytics Goals to Sharpen Site Focus

Google Analytics has a tool that is effective in helping anyone who wants to build an online business.

The Analytics goals report allows user to set specific goals for how visitors interact with a site. It also tracks how effectively the site delivers on those goals. (more…)

Online Audience Measurement: An Introduction

Online audience measurement is fundamental to managing and growing a Web business.

Knowing your audience will improve your revenue and readership in short order. (more…)

Direct Traffic Results in Brand and Site Loyalty

Direct traffic may be the second most important source for Website audience after search engines and SEO. However, it doesn’t get that kind of respect.

How often do site publishers brag about their direct traffic numbers on the various blogs and forums dedicated to online publishing? The answer is, not very often. (more…)

Pages Per Visit Overlooked and Vitally Important

Pages per visit is one of the most overlooked and under-discussed metrics in website analytics.

Most discussions about analytics focus on unique visitors, visits and page views. (more…)