tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post1227191753603880357..comments2024-02-27T07:06:31.494-05:00Comments on Google Analytics Solutions: Web Analytics TV #12 - The power of the APINickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298613952446925742noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-21006865945854295602010-10-11T19:59:21.583-04:002010-10-11T19:59:21.583-04:00For those of you who are interested I just posted ...For those of you who are interested I just posted a tute on how to set up a Custom Report for Unique Visitors from all your Direct Traffic sources.<br /><br />http://makethemclick.com.au/library/google-analytics/better-marketing-with-google-analytics<br /><br />PS took me 12 attempts to get past the captcha barricade.<br /><br />Would help immensely if we could refresh another image or even have the audio version.mdg33https://www.blogger.com/profile/12172412265944556302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-10942772453699991472010-10-11T05:19:20.583-04:002010-10-11T05:19:20.583-04:00At one point I think you're saying that when t...At one point I think you're saying that when the referral comes from an https site, then the referring link will not be transfered across. <br /><br />Are you sure about that? I get a lot of referrals from sites than run under https only. Or is it just the page path that is not being transmitted?Lukas Oldenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725429984824484516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-27379802343547446332010-10-01T09:32:06.949-04:002010-10-01T09:32:06.949-04:00@Avinash Question for you on PII. Does this mean t...@Avinash Question for you on PII. Does this mean that an individual cannot use GA to re-target email traffic (e.g. looked at X product pages after clicking through an email, or even an abandoned cart).<br /><br />Seems like this would require a GA key to match to the email, thus PII. Is this one of the limitations that GA has compared to other WA tools like SiteCatalyst?TheCakeScrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058325507384492065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-52148413455094452932010-10-01T05:27:23.859-04:002010-10-01T05:27:23.859-04:00Avinash,
thanks again for answering my question.
...Avinash,<br /><br />thanks again for answering my question.<br /><br />It proved remarkably easy to set up a custom report to get exactly what I wanted.<br /><br />(I must be getting good at GA, ha. )mdg33https://www.blogger.com/profile/12172412265944556302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-10988595465852651232010-09-25T02:28:45.788-04:002010-09-25T02:28:45.788-04:00JD: Americans tend to use z, the Brits tend to use...JD: Americans tend to use z, the Brits tend to use s. Either why same thing. : )<br /><br />Mdb33: No biggie, please don't worry.<br /><br />Oh and I am totally with you on the captchas!<br /><br />Pandu: There is no scalable to solve the problem you are highlighting. If they are going to shorten and share then that data is away from you. <br /><br />You could possibly use something like topsy to see how often this is happening. For example this is how I check it: http://goo.gl/SJSn<br /><br />But try to provide an incentive for people to use your sharing links (by making them visible, easier to use etc). If you use the Sociable links at the end of my posts the awe.sm tracking automatically gets added to it!<br /><br />-Avinash.Avinash Kaushikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06436677286506594771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-78199782762042462082010-09-25T01:38:22.407-04:002010-09-25T01:38:22.407-04:00My question (last one - 34:15) got covered yay! Th...My question (last one - 34:15) got covered yay! Thank you<br /><br />Unfortunately, it was a bad way to phrase the question so it didn't get answered. I would appreciate it if Nick, Avinash, Rod or anyone here can answer it<br /><br />I know about shortening a tagged link when sharing. However what I was asking how to track links that are shared from the desktop app by other people (outside of my business).<br /><br />For instance, I am managing a smoking cessation campaign and people like it a heck lot. We provide sharing mechanism from each page, but a lot of people find it inconvenient to use. THey prefer to just copy the URL in address bar and shorten it themselves in their desktop app. <br /><br />And apparently there seems to be a lot of people doing that and it really inflates the count of direct visit. <br /><br />What to do?<br /><br />@Caleb<br /><br />I agree with you. I was also thinking of ._setDomainName("none")<br /><br />CheersPandu Truhanditohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606155724663432333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-57170405949568006422010-09-24T20:33:51.567-04:002010-09-24T20:33:51.567-04:00Avinash,
thanks for the reply on Unique Visits an...Avinash,<br /><br />thanks for the reply on Unique Visits and Custom Reports.<br /><br />Sorry if my Aussie bluntness came across as impolite. Was unintended.<br /><br />But I'd been scouring the GA forum for some explanation and couldn;t find any satisfactory answer.<br /><br />Sometimes it's to easy to type in a comment in the heat of the moment.<br /><br />I'll try to be more retrained in future.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for the response.<br /><br /><br />PS Can you please tell someone at Google to use captcha codes that humans can read?<br /><br />The current ones are completely illegible.mdg33https://www.blogger.com/profile/12172412265944556302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-74353030310451023822010-09-24T12:25:18.380-04:002010-09-24T12:25:18.380-04:00Great video!
The first question that Rod addresse...Great video!<br /><br />The first question that Rod addressed is an important one. However, there was a BIG part left out. Common cases were addressed, however the MOST common case is not a missing tag or lack of addIgnoredRef, but <i><b>inconsistent</b></i> tags. <br /><br />If you use setDomainName("none"); on some pages and a generic tag without that value on other pages, you'll get big data problems.<br /><br />If you use setDomainName(".site.com"); on some pages and don't use that same setting on ALL pages, you'll get internal referrals.<br /><br />So, the causes aren't simply just untagged pages but usually inconsistent tags.Caleb Whitmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288879095050941000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580069.post-6577618727767131342010-09-24T09:30:17.660-04:002010-09-24T09:30:17.660-04:00It was really an informative session. One question...It was really an informative session. One question from my side it such a basic question. Some people are using optimization and some are using optimisation, what is the right way to write this word???Jhoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260724253426612125noreply@blogger.com