Very informative post from Vicky Brock recently where she writes about the growing importance of the mobile device. In a survey of 22 UK ecommerce sites, Vicky reveals that up to 7% (with a median of 3.5%) of the traffic to these sites is now coming from mobile devices. And what is surprising is that these are figures for general websites – not mobile specific sites or apps. (more…)
$ Index Value is the key to quickly evaluating every page on your website.
Web analytics feature in the current edition of the Irish Marketing Journal. In his article “Web Analytics – the New Kid on the Market Research Block“, John D Byrne opens with a great quote from Hugh Hefner, who when asked about the success of the Playboy Magazine website said: “Well we had over one million hits in the first couple of days. Problem is, we don’t know if that was a million individuals visiting our site once – or one, visiting us a million times!” (more…)
Econsultancy have published an interview with web analytics guru Eric Peterson. Here are just a few quotes from Eric:
The only company really serious about web analytics anymore is Google with their Google Analytics offering. (more…)
A new Econsultancy survey indicates that Google Analytics is making strong inroads in the analytics industry:
To get the most from Google Analytics you need to be sure it is installed and functioning correctly. In 12 Useful Tools for Google Analytics Administration, Brian Clifton advises that adding Google Analytics Tracking Code (GATC) to your website should not be a “set it and forget it” measure. He stresses the importance of monitoring pages frequently to ensure that tracking code is in place and working correctly. (more…)
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Welcome to the Analytics.ie blog! My name is Paul Grealy and I’m a web analyst based in Ireland. I’ve worked in the information technology sector for about 18 years, the past 10 of which have been in web design, development and analytics.
In this web analytics blog I’ll be concentrating primarily on Google Analytics as this is one of the most popular analytics tools for small and medium sized businesses. I’ll also write about other free and inexpensive web analytic tools which are also useful. (more…)