Google Analytics - My Nemesis!
Last Update: July 04, 2012
I am really struggling with something that I can do nothing about it seems, so if you have any advice I would be grateful.
Google analytics is by and far the most popular analytics system used by people. Its free and good.
However, ever since G+ came out, Google has made some changes and the one that annoys me most is the fact that if a person is logged into Google when they do a search and land on your site, the keyword is not there, instead you get:
(not provided)
Now Google said this should only affect 5-10% of searches. Yeah right!
50% of my searches this year are (not provided).
The only work around I know so far is to add a secondary dimension: Landing page. This is useful as it gives a general idea to what they were searching for (i.e. if they land on my Elegant Themes review, im 99% certain they were looking for it) BUT it still doesnt tell me what they were exactly looking for!
50% is a lot of keywords to be missing out on.
Google analytics is by and far the most popular analytics system used by people. Its free and good.
However, ever since G+ came out, Google has made some changes and the one that annoys me most is the fact that if a person is logged into Google when they do a search and land on your site, the keyword is not there, instead you get:
(not provided)
Now Google said this should only affect 5-10% of searches. Yeah right!
50% of my searches this year are (not provided).
The only work around I know so far is to add a secondary dimension: Landing page. This is useful as it gives a general idea to what they were searching for (i.e. if they land on my Elegant Themes review, im 99% certain they were looking for it) BUT it still doesnt tell me what they were exactly looking for!
50% is a lot of keywords to be missing out on.
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mama2karsten
Premium
Google is much like Facebook... they do behind the scene things to harvest info, etc.
they do not always announce these so called "system upgrades" in advance. hmmm...
they do not always announce these so called "system upgrades" in advance. hmmm...
Apina
Premium
I had a good look at the Cpanel stats. Some of it is perhaps useful, but the keyword section for July (minimal visits) only showed a variation of 2 keywords that wasn't on GA. Combined with the inability to filter the results in any way, means that it isn't a viable alternative for me.
But I do appreciate the suggestion, it was definitely worth a look at.
But I do appreciate the suggestion, it was definitely worth a look at.
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