Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

" ~ Web Metrics: "What is a KPI? " + Standard Metrics Revisited Series. "Engagement" Is Not A Metric, It's An Excuse. Defining a "Master Metric", + a Framework to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Web Analytics. Aggregation of Marginal Gains: Recession Busting Analytics!

Analytics 124

Analytics Metrics SEM Web 124

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Conversion rate is one of those metrics that I strongly encourage you only create benchmarks for from your own data. … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis.

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

An obsession with SEO and PPC is pretty much warranted in most companies, across platforms (desktop, mobile – it is particularly heartbreaking how poor most companies do on mobile platforms). Yet your magnificent search strategy (SEO + PPC) resulted in you capturing such a small percentage of the demand!

Search 135

Search Analytics PPC Green 135

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 25, 2021

Digital means having a fully functional website, engagement through PPC ads, maintaining a social media presence , and pursuing digital strategies to build the law firm brand image. Pursue Long-Term Law Firm SEO. Digital marketing experts think that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the best strategies to follow for law firms.

SEO 119

SEO Social Media Search Audience 119

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 31, 2011

I love that the analyst is segmenting the data rather than showing the aggregate trend ("all data in aggregate is essentially crap" – me). It artificially inflates the importance of a change in the metric might not be all that important. And we recommend doing more SEO. Never Compare Apples to Watermelons.

Salary 130

Salary Analytics Green eCommerce 130

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1. Best Metrics For Digital Marketing: Rock Your Own And Rent Strategies 2. Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business. If you have a lot of them, aggregate them up. The post provides more detail.

Analytics 131

Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

At ZQI U, a vast number of students enroll into online-only courses (just like our analytics, PPC, mobile, and SEO Master Certification students at my awesome Market Motive ). As is common in these types of educational companies, aggregators rule the roost. The answer is simple: Aggregators. They do everything.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 30, 2012

When it comes to data analysis, you are usually more likely to see me share guidance on advanced segmentation or custom reports or advanced social metrics or controlled experiments or economic value or competitive intelligence or web analytics maturity or one of an infinite number of difficult, if hugely rewarding, things. Not today.

Analytics 145

Analytics Metrics API Web 145

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 6, 2007

So what is this mysterious metric? In Adobe's Site Catalyst bounce rate is not a standard metric, but you are able to create a special custom metric. If you don't fall into those two categories you need to pay very careful attention to this metric. It is almost instantly accessible in any web analytics tool.

Metrics 120

Metrics Analytics PPC Campaign 120

ConversionXL

AUGUST 14, 2019

Select dimensions and metrics you want to compare. The correlation wasn’t a surprise, but it confirmed the success of our SEO campaign. As their PPC agency, we had to justify this dip. Similarly, as Morgan Jones details in a post for Practical Ecommerce , data blending can help calculate new metrics, like net profit by SKU.

Analytics 123

Analytics Metrics eCommerce Search 123

Occam's Razor

MAY 18, 2010

I have said: All data in aggregate is "crap" Because it is. You can imagine then how absolutely heartbreaking it is for me to note that nearly all reporting that I see is data in aggregate. Tons of data "puking", all just aggregates. My love for segmentation as the primary (only?) All visits. Total revenue.

Analytics 123

Analytics Web Acquisition Metrics 123

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

If you are analyzing data for your SEO or PPC campaigns and you find the search engine providing the data then you should instantly embrace it and immediately propose marriage! #5: Many vendors now aggregate this real customer data and present it in the form of benchmarks that you can use to index your own performance.

Analytics 123

Analytics Securities and Exchange Commission Search Engineer 123

ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

“Umbrella terms” are when you aggregate multiple features and benefits under one vague term, like “powerful” or “easy-to-use.” Use PPC to promote content cost effectively (choose keywords nobody’s bidding on). All PPC channels will work for you if you stop using brute force.

PPC 48

PPC Analytics Video Non-Compete 48

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

. + Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Onsite Behavior Key Metrics Analysis. The two exceptions are… I tend to dip in and out of my Raven subscription (primarily because I tend to dip in and out of SEO analysis needs). Traffic Trends Key Metrics Analysis. Visitor/Audience Type Profile Analysis.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

Many used some data, but they unfortunately used silly data strategies/metrics. And silly simply because as soon as the strategy/success metric being obsessed about was mentioned, it was clear they would fail. 1 Search Results Ranking = SEO Success. It is a really good metric. Silly not in their eyes, silly in my eyes.

Metrics 166

Metrics Marketing Search SEO 166