In case you missed it, Google recently announced plans to make mobile-friendliness an even more important part of its ranking algorithm. What that means is that it’s even more important than before for your website to display well on mobile devices.
The reason for this is sound. It isn’t just Google trying to dictate changes that it wants you to make to your website. Google is reflecting the reality of how people use the Internet. Continue reading
Did you know that you can use Google Analytics to track more than just your website traffic.
It’s true. In addition to being an enterprise-quality, free website analytics platform, Google Analytics also can be used to track activity on mobile apps and even offline devices, such as point-of-sale systems. You also can connect it up to your other Google accounts – AdWords, AdSense and Webmaster Tools – so it really can give you a very good all-around picture of how your digital programs are working.
Here’s a great free resource that everyone involved in any way with digital content or management should know about: free, online educational courses through Google Analytics Academy.
Yep, that’s right: free.
First of all, I just want to say the sky is not falling.
That’s how it seems in some circles these days when people talk about Google’s decision not to pass along searchers’ keywords in the data it sends to websites when people click on any Google’s search engine results. Continue reading
Beth Kanter posted an interesting question on Facebook today, asking people if they track referrals to their website from social media. I am amazed by how many people don’t do this, especially because it is phenomenally easy using Google Analytics. Continue reading
Google Analytics is a very powerful tool that can help you understand how people use your website. One of the more powerful options it offers is the ability to segment your audience in different ways, to see how various types of visitors interact with your site.
There are lots of ways in which this can help you. With the rising use of mobile devices to access the Internet, one segment of your audience that should particularly interest you is the subset of visitors who come to your site on a mobile device. With advanced segments, Google Analytics lets you look specifically at mobile traffic. Or you can drill down even further – to look, for example, only at visits from tablet users or those from people using iPhones. Another segment that can be especially valuable to look at is users who come to your site from search engines; Continue reading