Omar Kattan » Site Side Analytics http://www.omarkattan.com search in a nutshell Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:28:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Google AJAX Results – Death of Analytics? http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/06/google-ajax-results-death-of-analytics/ http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/06/google-ajax-results-death-of-analytics/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:03:53 +0000 Omar Kattan http://www.omarkattan.com/2009/02/06/google-ajax-results-death-of-analytics/ Google AJAX Results - Death of Analytics?

Google has been experimenting with AJAX search results meaning that referal strings from Google will no longer show the keywords typed by a user to find a website. What does this mean for Analytics programmes such as Omniuture, WebTrends et al?

If Google's experiment becomes reality, Analytics programms mentioned above will no longer be able to provide accurate and/or insightful data to users. 

Why would Google introduce AJAX results?  Three reasons..

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Google Webmaster Tools is a free service provided by Google which allows webmasters to have an insider's view on how Google views a website.   Google Webmaster Tools also provides webmasters with a commnication channel with Google to provide them with info such as reporting spam in the Google index, reporting paid links (eg by competitiors ;-)) and most crucially,  submitting a site reconsideration request  (if your site has been penalised by Google!)

Setting up a Google webmaster tools account is very easy, follow these simple steps: 

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Google Analytics is by far the most robust free site side analytics program out there.  Now owned by Google, Google Analytics started out its life as a small analytics company called Urchin.

Google Analytics is used by millions of sites (hobby as well as ecommerce) to measure the amount and quality of traffic to a website. 

Moreover, if configured properly, Google Analytics can also measure predefined KPIs and Goals such as purchases, downloads, subscriptions, thereby showing you which keywords convert to business.

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Do you know what's your website's bounce rate? Do you know what bounce rate is?  If you don't then you should learn what bounce rate is as soon as possible and this is the best place to start.

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