Comments on: Competitive watch with Google Analytics http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/ A companion in your Web Analytics journey Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:32:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Exciting new features for Google Analytics « Web Analytics .be Blog http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Exciting new features for Google Analytics « Web Analytics .be Blog Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:13:07 +0000 http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/#comment-694 [...] location segmentation! Yes!! I was so disappointed when my previous post on competitive analysis was derailed by the notion of content vs Ad Content. Now you can segment your ISP by whatever field [...] [...] location segmentation! Yes!! I was so disappointed when my previous post on competitive analysis was derailed by the notion of content vs Ad Content. Now you can segment your ISP by whatever field [...]

]]> By: Julien Coquet http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Julien Coquet Wed, 02 May 2007 09:19:01 +0000 http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/#comment-691 <b>Update</b>: I had a chat with a GA support rep who told me this was not the intended use for this "Content". As it turns out, this "Content" really refers to <b>"Ad Content"</b>, i.e. the content of your <i>utm_content</i> variable, as defined in the URL. In Google Analytics's current state, this "Content" segmentation label is <b>misleading</b> and should be changed to avoid such confusion. For now, the only alternative is to take a reverse report: get a Content by Title or Top Content report and cross individual items by Network Location. Update: I had a chat with a GA support rep who told me this was not the intended use for this “Content”.

As it turns out, this “Content” really refers to “Ad Content”, i.e. the content of your utm_content variable, as defined in the URL.

In Google Analytics’s current state, this “Content” segmentation label is misleading and should be changed to avoid such confusion.

For now, the only alternative is to take a reverse report: get a Content by Title or Top Content report and cross individual items by Network Location.

]]> By: Julien Coquet http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Julien Coquet Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:18:52 +0000 http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/#comment-693 Hi Ton and thanks for your feedback, there is more than one response to your comment. 1- GA is a free tool which, for the time being, has to accomodate thousands or users. Despite the time it takes to get reports sometimes, I still think it's one of the best tools out there in terms of price/features ratio. One trick here to avoid the wait is to download your report as Excel or CSV. That way you see the download window fill gradually and you can go do something else in the meantime ;) So for the time being, accept Google Analytics as it is. 2- I face the very same issue and am experiencing with a workaround. I'll keep you posted ;) As a GAAC, I like to think that no, Google doesn't truncate data after a given volume. I use a workaround which is really seeing the report the other way around: first, select a content report THEN segment by network location. Not the best solution I agrre but when you get a 'no data' report, you got to find where the data is ;) I recommend reading the following two blogs by fellow Google Analytics experts: - <a href="http://epikone.com/" rel="nofollow">Epikone.com</a> - <a href="http://lunametrics.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Lunametrics</a> by Robbin Steif Cheers, Julien Hi Ton and thanks for your feedback,

there is more than one response to your comment.

1- GA is a free tool which, for the time being, has to accomodate thousands or users. Despite the time it takes to get reports sometimes, I still think it’s one of the best tools out there in terms of price/features ratio. One trick here to avoid the wait is to download your report as Excel or CSV. That way you see the download window fill gradually and you can go do something else in the meantime ;)
So for the time being, accept Google Analytics as it is.

2- I face the very same issue and am experiencing with a workaround. I’ll keep you posted ;)
As a GAAC, I like to think that no, Google doesn’t truncate data after a given volume. I use a workaround which is really seeing the report the other way around: first, select a content report THEN segment by network location. Not the best solution I agrre but when you get a ‘no data’ report, you got to find where the data is ;)

I recommend reading the following two blogs by fellow Google Analytics experts:

- Epikone.com
- Lunametrics by Robbin Steif

Cheers,

Julien

]]> By: Ton Wesseling http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Ton Wesseling Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:40:46 +0000 http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/#comment-692 Hi, using this for some time already (also a way of finding future competitors, scanning refs is also an good thing to do), but GA is causing problems when i perform a cross segmentation lookup on larger websites (over 50.000 uniques a day) with a date range for 2 weeks or more. Data will show up, but first i can take a shower, drink some coffee, take the dog for a walk, walk by my neighbour, do the groceries and finally return to see the results... Am I the only one, or is GA just not capable of handling big sets of data? This cross segment by content lookup also almost always has "(no data)" as the number 1 content. Does this mean that Google drops details after a certain number of new visitors? Hi, using this for some time already (also a way of finding future competitors, scanning refs is also an good thing to do), but GA is causing problems when i perform a cross segmentation lookup on larger websites (over 50.000 uniques a day) with a date range for 2 weeks or more. Data will show up, but first i can take a shower, drink some coffee, take the dog for a walk, walk by my neighbour, do the groceries and finally return to see the results… Am I the only one, or is GA just not capable of handling big sets of data?

This cross segment by content lookup also almost always has “(no data)” as the number 1 content. Does this mean that Google drops details after a certain number of new visitors?

]]> By: Luke Newton http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Luke Newton Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:45:23 +0000 http://webanalytics.ox2.eu/2007/04/16/competitive-watch-with-google-analytics/#comment-690 Awesome walk-through! A very insightful article on competitive analysis using Google! Awesome walk-through! A very insightful article on competitive analysis using Google!

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