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Google Facts, Rumours and SEO

September 8th, 2010

We SEO types rely on Google for some useful sets of data; things like search trends, keyword ideas, even insights into search intent. Because of this reliance we sometimes have an almost unhealthy interest in what they may or may not be changing.

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SEO Tips- Keyword Research

August 6th, 2010

Keyword research for SEO can be tough- don’t let anyone tell you different. Like most things though it can be broken down into manageable pieces, and with the right tools it can get you on the right track.

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SEO Tips- Capturing Google campaign data in form submissions, from cookies

July 27th, 2010

Back in May 2009 Google made it absolutely clear (via Myth 7) that you can use your analytics data and add it to other systems, such as CRMs. We’ve been working for a while on a few implementations of this, and its turning out well. The exception is that we don’t squirt the captured data into any other systems, rather we create the means for website owners to do this- by reporting well specified and ordered data.

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Custom Advanced Segment with Google Analytics

July 14th, 2010

So last week I wrote a blog explaining what Advanced Segments are and how they are useful. That blog only covered half of what you can do with advanced segments as there is a whole different section called Custom Advanced Segments.

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Using Advanced Segments on Google Analytics

July 9th, 2010

For me, the Advanced Segments menu on Google Analytics is an absolutely essential tool to understanding how visitors interact with the websites I manage, unfortunately, I believe it is a completely underused feature. Therefore I want to write a series of blogs on the ways that I can improve your knowledge of your sites users. First of all I will explain what advanced segments is and the way you can use the default settings.

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New AdWords Reports in Google Analytics

June 16th, 2010

In May, Google started rolling out some new Google Analytics reports based on Google AdWords. On Friday, they have announced that these reports are now available to all.

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Google Hints and Tips – Filter to Exclude Internal Traffic

June 14th, 2010

For many, this might seem like a pretty basic filter in comparison to my previous hints and tips (Filter for Obtaining SEO Rankings on Google Analytics and Real AdWords Keywords in Google Analytics) and that’s pretty much because it’s so easy to do. But I was asked this the other day how to block internal traffic on Analytics and realised that not everyone really understands that you can do this  at all.

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Google Analytics Hints and Tips – Track Visits from Google Products

June 4th, 2010

So, its been a little while since I posted a tip for Google Analytics (well a week is a long time in the web), so I thought I would post one which I have recently discovered and found very useful for some of my clients; tracking Visits from Google products on Google Analytics.

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Google Analytics Hints and Tips – Real AdWords Keywords

May 28th, 2010

In my last post on Analytics Hints and Tips I wrote about how to discover rankings in Google Analytics which I hope everyone found useful. I will now continue this series with a very useful filter I use to discover the real terms that people entered the site with from Google AdWords.

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Google Analytics Hints and Tips – Filter for Tracking SEO Rankings

May 25th, 2010

A decent Analytics package on your website can be a god send for anyone who controls a website and Google Analytics (in my opinion) is one of the best packages out there. Whilst it is very easy to use, my bet is that most people do not know even half of what it is capable of or the kind of information that it can provide. In a series of posts, I will provide below top tips on which filters can be used to pull out the most useful information.

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