Analytics

  • Google Analytics Academy

    Google Analytics Academy

    I’ve recently completed the Google Analytics Academy, Google’s course on analytics. Six units of video and text lessons with links to further information, with a number of tests and a couple of hands-on activities, net you this bold certificate. You can go on from here to take the Google Analytics Individual Qualification exam, which both…

  • New Google Analytics Admin Screen

    New Google Analytics Admin Screen

    The new admin screen at your Google Analytics account has everything accessible at a glance. This is particularly helpful for those who only visit this area occasionally — it was hard to remember where everything was in the old admin interface if you only went in occasionally to add or filter out a user. What’s…

  • A Deeper Look with Google Analytics

    A Deeper Look with Google Analytics

    Some things in Google Analytics are obvious at first glance. Google even helpfully puts the good stuff, like increasing traffic, in green and the things to worry about in red. Some things are not so obvious. We had a couple of great examples of that recently. Example 1: falling search traffic During a recent site…

  • WHYAnalytics from Visual DNA

    WHYAnalytics from Visual DNA

    Google Analytics is our go-to here at Haden Interactive. We’ve run into an interesting new analytics tool, though, which does quite different things from GA. WhyAnalytics doesn’t tell you how many visitors you’ve had with anything like accuracy, and it doesn’t tell you where your visitors come from or what they do at your website.…

  • Graph Search, EdgeRank, & Your Brand

    Graph Search, EdgeRank, & Your Brand

    A guest post by Craig Robinson Contrary to popular belief, one doesn’t need to be a computer expert to leverage things like EdgeRank, a ranking algorithm, and Graph Search on Facebook. While even the mere words “algorithm” or “protocol” might cause your eye to twitch, the good news is that you won’t need to immerse…

  • Your Online Presence and Feedback

    Your Online Presence and Feedback

    One of our clients is an industrial engineer who works with servo motors. The big thing about servo motors (and the place where they intersect with your online marketing) is that they don’t just make machinery go. They also get information that tells them whether they should go a little faster or a little slower…