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Google analytics is a a google services that allows insights into website traffic with Advanced Segmentation, Custom Reporting, Motion Charts, and more.  
Google analytics is a a google services that allows insights into website traffic with Advanced Segmentation, Custom Reporting, Motion Charts, and more.  


See also [[Google webmaster tools]] which is based on a different mechanism, i.e. its is data based on the google search engine.
See also  
* [[Google webmaster tools]] which gives you very different information, i.e. its data is based on the google search engine.
* [[Google website optimizer]] which allows to create so-called A/B or multivariate tests (i.e. some kind of light-weight quasi-experimental playing with variants of landing pages)


To move on further, you also could install [http://www.google.com/support/websiteoptimizer/ Google Website Optimizer] tools.  
To move on further, you also could install [http://www.google.com/support/websiteoptimizer/ Google Website Optimizer] tools.  
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics Google Analytics] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics Google Analytics] (Wikipedia)


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Revision as of 11:26, 10 April 2011

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Google analytics is a a google services that allows insights into website traffic with Advanced Segmentation, Custom Reporting, Motion Charts, and more.

See also

  • Google webmaster tools which gives you very different information, i.e. its data is based on the google search engine.
  • Google website optimizer which allows to create so-called A/B or multivariate tests (i.e. some kind of light-weight quasi-experimental playing with variants of landing pages)

To move on further, you also could install Google Website Optimizer tools.

Tool overview

The services includes several groups of tools, e.g.

  • Visitors
  • Traffic Sources
  • Content
  • Goals

How to

  • Get a Google account and sign up to analytics
  • Modify all your web pages to include a javascript fragment

Links

At Google
Videos made by Google

There are many videos about Google Analytics. A good short list of videos is [http://www.squidoo.com/ultimate-google-analytics-guide The Ultimate Google Analytics Video Guide

Introductions