Thursday, August 16, 2012

3 posts you've got to see on Google+ this week

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Here are the top 3 posts for you on Google+ this week.
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NASA's Hubble Space telescope has caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging!
NASA - Hubble Watches Star Clusters on a Collision Course
Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging.
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You've seen the excitement of the Olympic sprints now check out how the competition is shaping up in the men's T44 100 metres – set to be one of the highlight events of the Paralympics! http://l2012.cm/OkBPGu
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

3 posts you've got to see on Google+ this week

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It's National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!

What's your favorite kind of ice cream sandwich? This photo with cherry ice cream and chocolate cookies looks pretty good to us!

http://goo.gl/znAkN
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Family of Chinese gold medalist withheld news of grandparents' death.

"Congratulations on your gold medal! Oh, and your grandparents have both been dead -- for a year!"

Chinese diver Wu Minxia started heavy training at the age of 6, and was sent off to a full-time training camps at the age of 16.

Her grandparents died a year ago, and her month had a long battle with breast cancer. Both facts were withheld from her so she wouldn't be distracted from her training. 

Her father told a Chinese newspaper: ...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Google Analytics Product Update: Remarketing, Better Content Experiments, and Page Value

Google Analytics July Product Update
  July 2012
See what's new in Google Analytics, and learn how WBC used advanced segments to improve conversion rate. Access Analytics
 
What's New
Use your web insights to power remarketing and win more customers
Remarketing with Google Analytics lets you tap into rich insights about your website visitors who show an interest in your products and services--and then show them targeted ads across the Google Display Network that respond directly to their preferences. It's an effective tool to turn your visitors into customers. Learn more
Remarketing
Content Experiments
Optimize your content with Content Experiments
Content Experiments is now in 100% of Google Analytics accounts. Plus, we've made some exciting improvements: you can now copy experiments, use relative URLs, and see Site Usage, Goal Set, and Ecommerce tabs in the Experiments report. Learn how well different versions of your pages work in getting visitors to complete your goals, and use this insight to make your site more effective. Look for the Experiments report in the Content section of your account. Learn more
Learn the value of your pages
Use the Page Value metric (formerly $Index) to learn how much revenue has been contributed by a page or set of pages in comparison to the rest of your website. If you have goals set up, go to any Content report, and you'll see Page Value in the last column. Learn more
Page Value
 
Case Studies and Education
Case Study: WBC used advanced segments to increase conversions by 12%
By tracking micro-conversions and using advanced segmentation, Periscopix (WBC's SEM marketing agency) found that a high conversion rate for loyal customers was hiding a very low conversion rate for new users. After A/B testing of subtle updates that made their homepage more accessible to new users, they found a winning combination that drove a 12% increase in conversions. Learn More


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To gain insights about Analytics and learn from industry leaders, check out our popular posts:
• Move beyond PageViews and look at Conversions
• Why you must measure Social
Search Attribution: do more with AdWords Search Funnels
Next Chapter of Analytics: retiring the old version


This intermediate level webinar covers the basics of what attribution is and how you can better value your marketing investments. Watch and enjoy.
 
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

3 posts you've got to see on Google+ this week

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Attention PLEASE

Today is a glorious day for those of us riding the #BoycottApple train! This is possibly the funniest thing we've heard all year. Go ahead and give Apple the finger by +1'ing and sharing this post.

Let them know that you will NOT be a sheep!

#Payback
UK Judge Deals Apple an Embarrassing Blow in Galaxy Tab Infringement Case
Before I get started here, I'm just going to go ahead and say one thing. This is definitely the laugh of the week -- and possibly even the whole damn year. It appears that Apple has been dealt a devas...
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Take that grammar police.
8P
re-share if you can read it.
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Is Facebook toast?

It's been an "septimana horribilis" (horrible week) for social networking giant Facebook.

First, Facebook got its keister handed to it by Google+in a customer satisfaction survey. Then another report showed that Facebook is bleeding users.

This isn't the end of the world for Facebook. There's still hope for the company. But a radical shift is needed now to stop Facebook from declining into irrelevancy.

http://www.datamation.com/feature/is-facebook-toast-1.html
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Monday, July 2, 2012

Google Analytics Product Update: Mobile Analytics, Intelligence Alerts Widget, & Browser Size Analysis

Google Analytics Monthly Product Update
  June 2012
With mobile becoming an important communication and sales channel, we're excited to integrate even more mobile tools into Analytics this month. Download the new Analytics App to view your Analytics account on your mobile phone. We hope you discover even more ways to use these new reports and features to improve your business. Access Analytics
 
What's New
Measure your mobile application with Analytics
Mobile App Analytics provides end-to-end measurement of the entire customer journey within a mobile application. It enables mobile developers and marketers to create more successful apps and user experiences by measuring metrics at all stages: from acquisition metrics such as new/active user; engagement metrics such as visitor flow, loyalty, and app crashes; and outcome metrics such as goal conversions and in-app purchases. We're slowly rolling out this feature, and it will be available to all by the end of summer. Learn more
Measure your mobile application
Intelligence Alerts Widget The Intelligence Alerts Widget makes it easier to spot unexpected changes on your website
Your automatic and custom alerts are now in your dashboard! No need to click on the Intelligence tab or check your email to see alerts. In your dashboard, you can see a timeline graph of the number of automatic/custom alerts. If you are curious for more details or there is spike in the number of alerts, click on the widget, and it will lead you to the appropriate reports.
Learn more
Browser size analysis: find out what your visitors actually see
What is actually "above the fold" on a webpage is a significant factor in conversion rates, so we've created a visualization that lets you quickly determine which portions of your page are visible to which percentages of visitors. Find it in your Analytics account in the Content section under In-Page Analytics.
Learn more
Browser size analysis
Google Analytics App Data at your fingertips: the Google Analytics app for Android
With the Google Analytics App, you can access the same accounts and profiles you see when you open Analytics from a desktop browser, but you'll see reports that are optimized for your phone. Swipe through these reports to see the essential data about your websites and apps anywhere, anytime.
Learn more
 
Insights & Case Studies
Case Study on BuildDirect, how Analytics helped them to increase sales by 50%
By importing AdWords data into Analytics, they found long-tail keywords that worked well. Adding campaign tagging led to a doubling of their email-conversion rates, as they could provide a more targeted message to users. And the In-Page Analytics report helped them improve their site usability and their checkout process. Learn More

Read tips, trends and industry news on the Analytics Google+ Page
Here are a few of our most popular posts for this month:
Making the most of Social Media Measurement
Google Analytics Campaign Tracking Duct Tape
What is your favorite Web Analytics blog?

This new video series features our Analytics Advocate Justin Cutroni. He provides insights into how to use goals, AdWords, and Multi-Channel Funnels within Analytics to make better decisions for your website. Watch and enjoy.
 
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Google Analytics Product Update: Content Experiments, Social Sharing, Global Site Speed, & Next Generation Measurement

Google Analytics Monthly Product Update
  May 2012
Hello -

This month we've released more great Google Analytics tools, including Social Trackbacks, and Custom Dashboards. Plus you can now find us on Google+. Be sure to add us to your circles. We'll be sharing the latest and greatest tips, trends and news about Google Analytics and digital marketing to help you become a better practitioner, and achieve more with your efforts.
Access Analytics
 
What's New
Test and improve your website with
Content Experiments

With Content Experiments, site owners can create A/B/N experiments to measure how effectively different versions of a page get visitors to convert. Optimize towards the goals you have already defined in your Google Analytics account to learn which page design and content is most effective. Set up tests in your Google Analytics account under Experiments in the Content section. Learn more
Content Experiments
Export and share reports Learn who's sharing your content with
Social Reports Trackbacks

You publish new content, we scour the web for pages that link to it, and we build automated reports for you right within Google Analytics Social Reports. Find it under the Social Sources report, and click on Activity Stream. Trackbacks help you learn which content gets shared, and keep track of conversations generated from those sites. Learn more
Create custom dashboards with the
Easy Dashboard Library

Want to quickly build a dashboard for reporting across multiple profiles that is custom tailored to your business? Previously you'd have to learn the API, and decide how to integrate this data with a visualization library. Thanks to the Google Analytics Easy Dashboard Library, custom dashboards are now quick and require very little coding. Learn more
Easy Dashboard Library
 
Insights & Case Studies
Case Study: Nissan, measuring product interest through ecommerce tracking.
Google Analytics' Ecommerce Tracking allows online merchants to measure items sold and tie those results back to their digital marketing activities. But did you know that it can also be used to track non ecommerce activity? By implementing ecommerce tracking Nissan is now able to pass additional information to their Google Analytics account, such as the category, color, and model of car the visitor was interested in. Learn more

How fast are websites around the world? An overview of Global Site Speed.
There are many factors that play a role in overall speed of web pages as experienced by users. The browser, the network connection, the client hardware (processing power), the content of the web page, and the hosting location of the web site relative to the user all impact the speed of an individual page load. Japan, Sweden, & Canada had faster page load times, while India, Egypt, & Kenya were much slower. Learn more

What does Next Generation Measurement look like?
Amy Chang, our Global Head of Product, shares her thoughts on what's to come for marketers and analysts. Technology is now advancing to help decision makers understand their customers across channels and devices; plus more advanced analysis tools are making massive amounts of data accessible and more actionable. Learn more
 
Education & Events
Learn to navigate the new Google Analytics with our interface map.
Find your favorite reports and features in the new Analytics interface in a snap - the interface map in the Help Center offers a visual guide to the new UI.

New Webinars: Learn how to measure your digital programs with these beginner and advanced sessions.
We just hosted and recorded two new webinars that are now available on our YouTube Channel. Watch and enjoy.
Getting Started with Analytics (level: Beginner)
Marketing Attribution Insights (level: Intermediate/Advanced)

Meet us at these upcoming events:
BlogWorld in New York, NY June 5-7
Google Analytics User Conference in Seville, Spain June 14th
Google IO in San Francisco, CA June 27-29
 
Reminder: In June, we are sunsetting the old Google Analytics report emailer, so be sure to set up email delivery for your reports in the new version of Analytics.

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