Google Analytics goes Premium!!

Google has just announced the immediate availability of Google Analytics Premium.

Importantly, there is no impact on the Standard version of Google Analytics i.e. the free version that most busiensses use today.

Google continues to show commitment to the no-cost product  as demonstrated by the many new features that Google continues adding in to the Standard version.

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Tracking traffic to your Facebook Page

So your business now has a presence on Facebook with its own customised Page, and you’d like to know how popular it is!

Facebook provides plenty of useful statistics through the Insights panel, which is available to the Page Admins. This includes -

User information (tracked daily):

Active Users
New Likes
Demographic split by age and gender

Page Activity:

Page views and [...]

Will you opt out of Google Analytics?

Over the past few years, Google Analytics has become very popular with website owners wishing to track website usage and visitor statistics. It has everything most businesses need, its easy to use and free.

Privacy is an issue with any tracking or monitoring mechanism, whether its web analytics or video surveillance cameras. The collection of data by [...]

Why Bother with Web Statistics?

With the shift of marketing budgets towards online activities, more and more companies are adding collecting visitor data, using technologies such as Google Analytics.

However a recent survey in eMarketer reports that while 79% of companies are capturing data, only 30% are then using that data to improve the perfromance of their internet marketing and website!

This is [...]

Why Web Analytics are important!

Web Analytics are vital for any business as they provide a window into your web site to examine how well it is doing its job.

Every business should have a goal for its web site. It should define what actions you want visitors to your site to take - Complete a form, buy something, sign up for the newsletter etc. 

Without [...]