Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you've read my first book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, you know that I've advocated this strategy since 2008! If you don't stink completely, things on the the web always go up and to the right over time – the argument is simply about the slope of the line and short term fluctuations. See Page 269. :).

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Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

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). The best practice I recommend in Web Analytics 2.0 The conversion rate between our two main PPC keywords is 1.33% and 1.94%. Never Compare Apples to Watermelons.

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Salary Analytics Green eCommerce 130

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

This is all the way from Aug 2009: Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World! Or a subsequent post about how to build a successful career: Web Analytics Career Guide: From Zero To Hero In Five Steps. SEO & PPC, Because You Should! You spend money on SEO and PPC. Play with Enhanced Ecommerce Reports.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics eCommerce PPC 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

I normally ask people to look at the Path Length report in the Multi-Channel Funnels standard report in Google Analytics (or equivalent tool if you are using SiteCatalyst or WebTrends or other web analytics tools). This is the standard attribution model in all web analytics tools. It is not possible to force people down that path!

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Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 161

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Part of the reason is that even if you work for a multi-channel company you are likely in the "web," "interactive," "internet," or "digital" division. As is common in these types of educational companies, aggregators rule the roost. The answer is simple: Aggregators. They do everything.

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Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

Best Web Metrics / KPIs for a Small, Medium or Large Sized Business. I'll share the same advice with you I'd shared about choosing a web analytics tool in Sept 2006… Get the nicest free tag management tool you can find. If you have a lot of them, aggregate them up. Bonus: Web Analytics Data Sampling 411.

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Analytics Marketing Campaign Metrics 131

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The web rocks!]. You can measure this at an aggregate level, or you can measure it just for your campaign traffic. Web Analytics. Perhaps you'll consider ordering my * new * book: Web Analytics 2.0. Measurement Recommendations for Desired Branding Outcomes. Traffic Differentials. If it did not, why not?

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Campaign Analytics Metrics Search 128

Occam's Razor

MAY 18, 2010

I have said: All data in aggregate is "crap" Because it is. Many paid web analytics clickstream analytics tools, even today (!), Web Analytics , the other wonderful free WA tool, had advanced segmentation from day one. Tons of data "puking", all just aggregates. Of course Yahoo! The Problem.

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Analytics Web Acquisition Metrics 123

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Traffic attribution identifies which sources drive visitors to a web property. Aggregate costs and results in a tool like Google Data Studio or BigQuery. A web-based tool to build, share, and sync UTM parameters. A web-based tool to define, manage, and enforce UTM naming conventions. Plus, it doesn’t apply retroactively.

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Analytics Campaign Email Channel 118

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 30, 2012

It is painfully heartbreaking to realize that a very small tiny number of people who have access to web analytics tools actually use them. Matched Query Type, Keyword Position, Day Parts: Sexier PPC Analytics. #7. Pledge to shift away from a one-size-fits-all data puke, and use your web analytics tool to create a customized dashboard.

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Analytics Metrics API Web 145

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 6, 2007

It is quite likely that your company is spending tons of time, energy, and dollars on web marketing efforts yet conversion rates (or ROI) are stuck in the two to three percent range. It is almost instantly accessible in any web analytics tool. Web Analytics, CoreMetrics etc etc etc. Bounce Rate to the rescue!

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Metrics Analytics PPC Campaign 120

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Competitive intelligence, the "what else", is one of the core tenets of Web Analytics 2.0. The reason is simple: The ecosystem within which you function on the web contains mind blowing data you can use to become better. challenge : Monitoring software (overt or covert) was built when the Web was static and page-based.

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Analytics Securities and Exchange Commission Search Engineer 123

ConversionXL

AUGUST 14, 2019

For example, we wanted to demonstrate to a client that the keywords we tracked in Advanced Web Ranking (AWR) correlated with an increase in organic traffic: Our blended data combined organic sessions from Google Analytics with AWR’s Visibility Score. As their PPC agency, we had to justify this dip. Date was our join key.

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Analytics Metrics eCommerce Search 123

Occam's Razor

APRIL 6, 2009

The first source of the data are the logs that store the queries that are done by users on google.com (logs that have this data in aggregate, not by individual histories – you'll see the latter is not necessary). The second source of data are the logs from googlebot that indexes the world wide web and all the pages (and your site).

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Search PPC Matching Analytics 103

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2020

Another great example of linkable assets are pages that aggregate industry stats, like this one. Other than making your web pages look swell , images have a role in acquiring new links as well. Find your images across the web and ask the website editors to add linked credits. Growth Design does an amazing job at this.

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B2B Social Media Email Campaign 142

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

11: Close to zero aggregated analysis exists, everything's segmented. #10: An example is: "We should add these 80 keywords to our PPC portfolio with a max bid of $14." Most companies hire a Web Analyst, Sr. Digital Analyst, Web Analysis Guru, Digital Marketing Analyst, so on and so forth. Total revenue.

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Analytics Web Metrics DC 140

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Half-way through this post, you'll seriously wonder why you've spent so much time obsessing with Adobe/Google Analytics/Chartbeat or other web analytics tool. CIA also formed one of five foundational elements in my best-selling book Web Analytics 2.0. On the web we can infer a person's intent using their actual behavior.

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Metrics Analytics Non-Compete Search 60

Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

If it take ten days to make a decision to change bids on our PPC campaigns, let's go with that data cycle. " Universal search for example means that personalized results will not only look for information from web pages, they also look for YouTube/Vimoe videos, social listings, images of course, and so on and so forth.

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Metrics Marketing Search SEO 166