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Mar 10

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics: Bringing it all together

by James Fairweather
We recently completed our online guide to Google Analytics, and we thought it would be a good time to provide you with links to every single post in the series – that way you can bookmark this page and use it as an online contents sheet. Read more >
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Feb 10

Coast Digital Blog Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (9): Advanced Segmentation

by Darren Bond
Advanced segmentation is a relatively new feature of Google Analytics. It’s very powerful and can help you unearth some really specific information about your site's visitors. Read more >
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Jan 10

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (8): Some Filter Examples

by James Fairweather
In this post, we’re going to look some examples of how filters can be used to make Analytics much more powerful. Some are quite straightforward and will be suitable for most Analytics installations, but others are more specialist and will appeal to the proficient and data-hungry analyst. Read more >
18th Jan 2010

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (7): Advanced Setup Process & Filters

by James Fairweather
One of the great strengths of Google Analytics is its adaptability, allowing you to press it into service when you need to measure metrics in complex or unusual situations. Read more >
5th Jan 2010

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (6): 404 Tracking

by James Fairweather
One of the most useful ways of using Google Analytics to identify potential problems on your website is by implementing 404 tracking. A 404 page indicates that your server could not find the resource requested by your visitor, but only tracking can tell you why. Read more >
18th Dec 2009

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (5): Dashboards and Automatic Reporting

by Darren Bond
After the technical detail of the last few posts, I’m quite relieved to tackle a couple of more straightforward topics – dashboards and automatic reporting. Read more >
16th Dec 2009

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (4): Tracking External Sources & Tagging URLS

by Darren Bond
Google Analytics makes our lives very easy when it comes to dividing our traffic sources into easily manageable chunks. It automatically splits out non-paid search traffic and paid traffic from Adwords. It also tells us about keywords from all the search engines, plus referrals and direct traffic. Read more >
11th Dec 2009

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (3): Event Tracking

by Darren Bond
When you’ve got your Analytics account up and running, you can start tracking the more advanced features on your site. Read more >
8th Dec 2009

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (2): Goals & Funnel Visualisation

by James Fairweather
Google Analytics ‘goals’ allow you to measure specific actions that users carry out on your site. They can track events like a submitted enquiry form, a brochure download or a completed transaction. That’s why it’s important to set up sensible and comprehensive goals from the outset – only then will... Read more >
4th Dec 2009

Unleash the Power of Google Analytics (1): Basic setup and account access

by Darren Bond
Welcome to the first post in a new Coast Digital series designed to help you unleash the power of Google Analytics (GA), the enterprise-class web statistics service. Read more >