Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google analytics'

A week later, Google added Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, to Google Analytics. Last week we reported that webmasters were frustrated that Bing was not available in the search engine referral reports within the free Google Analytics immediately. It seems...

Posted on June 8, 2009 7:59 AM

Bing launched a couple days early, yesterday morning and Google Analytics users are confused as to why it does not show up in the search engine reports. The day Google released Chrome, their new browser, Google Analytics supported the new...

Posted on June 2, 2009 8:51 AM

Earlier this month, we noticed Google Analytics changed the graph to display only day counts selected. In the past, it faded out the rest of the month when you selected a few days. In addition, if you selected just a...

Posted on May 26, 2009 9:05 AM

eWhisper, WebmasterWorld moderator said that he sees a new feature in his AdWords account. The new feature allows him to link up his AdWords account with his Analytics account and bring in the tracking conversion data from AdWords directly into...

Posted on May 12, 2009 8:41 AM

A week ago, Google Analytics fixed a bug with content data reports, now they need to fix issues with Google Analytics users logging into their accounts. There are several threads in the Google Analytics Help forum discussing how Google is...

Posted on May 5, 2009 7:58 AM

Starting a few days ago, it appears Google Analytics changed the behavior of the display graph based on your date selection criteria. In the past, if you selected a specific date criteria that was less than 30 days, Google would...

Posted on May 4, 2009 8:30 AM

Google Analytics was experiencing an issue with the "Content Data" reports where it would not show information in some cases. Specifically, if you selected an individual date from the date selector and then viewed the Content Data reports, it would...

Posted on April 30, 2009 8:24 AM

Google announced the public availability of the Google Analytics API this week and SEOs are very happy about it. SEOs thrive with data and even better SEOs have ways to automatically build software that uses this data to improve their...

Posted on April 24, 2009 8:39 AM

An hour or so before I went offline for Passover, the Google Analytics blog announced a very significant change to how Google search will be passing along referral data. In the past, a search for flowers and a click on...

Posted on April 17, 2009 8:28 AM

Technically, Google has agreed to store your Google Analytics data for at least 25 months. We ran a poll the other week, asking you if that is long enough. Most of you said, no it is not. Of the 190...

Posted on April 10, 2009 6:56 AM

About a week ago, many Google Analytics users and Google AdWords advertisers began noticing that the AdWords cost data was no longer being sent to the Google Analytics reports. We said that Google sent a warning that this may happen,...

Posted on April 8, 2009 7:48 AM

There is a thread at WebmasterWorld and several in the Google Analytics Help forum with complaints that Google Analytics is no longer tracking Google AdWords data properly. The WebmasterWorld thread has this complaint: In two of my analytics accounts for...

Posted on April 2, 2009 8:01 AM

A Google Analytics Help thread has confirmation from a Googler that your Analytics data will remain in your account for at least the past 25 months. Anna from the Google Analytics team said, "data is stored for at least 25...

Posted on March 30, 2009 8:30 AM

A month and a half ago, Google began testing Google AJAX search results, which caused a major uproar amongst webmasters who were unable to track referrer information in their analytics package. Google released a statement that they test things all...

Posted on March 16, 2009 8:35 AM

One of my top referrers on virtually all my web sites is Google Image Search. Google Image Search typically is in the top five referrers for most of my web sites. And it is likely one of the top referrers...

Posted on March 11, 2009 8:48 AM

There is an important change coming up for those Google AdWords users who use Google Analytics to track their campaigns. Brad posted this information yesterday, but just in case you missed it, here it is again. This is the email...

Posted on February 27, 2009 8:17 AM

Google has been rolling out integration of your AdSense data in Google Analytics since October, but many publishers still wish they had it. If you do not have it yet, you can now get it. AdSenseAdvisor posted a WebmasterWorld thread...

Posted on December 12, 2008 8:11 AM

As we expected, Google Analytics has integrated with Google AdSense. An AdSense blog post contains the details on how to hook up your AdSense account with your Analytics account - I personally tried this and I am unable to do...

Posted on October 23, 2008 7:41 AM

In another one of those "I heard it from someone else" rumors circulating throughout the Internet, a High Rankings Forum member claims that he read an article that said that using Google Analytics on his site can hurt his search...

Posted on September 30, 2008 9:05 AM

Google Analytics is a good platform for statistics, but you really can't drill down to specifics and get hourly breakdowns of your conversion data. That's okay -- almost -- because there's a workaround that SteveLaLonde presents at Search Engine Watch...

Posted on September 15, 2008 10:24 AM

Are you a Google AdSense publisher? Do you have a Google Analytics account? If so, you may be in for a surprise, since there's a rumor circulating that Google Analytics may soon include Google AdSense data. This information comes from...

Posted on August 26, 2008 8:47 AM

I got word from a Matt (also a RustyBricker) who also runs Ask A Geek, that Google Analytics has a new front page design, at least slightly. If you go to Google Analytics you may notice thew new favicon in...

Posted on August 12, 2008 8:18 AM

I am a huge fan of Google Analytics, but even so, you should be aware of several bugs that have been confirmed by Google. (1) A Google Groups thread confirms that some users are unable to login to Google Analytics,...

Posted on August 1, 2008 8:22 AM

Over the course of a month or two, many Google Analytics users began distrusting the reports provided in Google Analytics. We now have more reports, this time via Search Engine Roundtable Forums of Google Analytics not reporting accurate numbers. I...

Posted on July 17, 2008 8:18 AM

A week ago, we reported that Google Analytics had a data processing issue, which caused the reports to have missing data. A very limited amount of data was lost forever. GAnalyticsAdvisor, Google's official Google Analytics representative updated us in the...

Posted on May 20, 2008 7:28 AM

Folks at WebmasterWorld have been complaining that their Google Analytics data seemed off for weeks now. Well, they were dead on. If you go to Google Analytics, you will now notice that they have admitted to having data processing issues...

Posted on May 14, 2008 7:31 AM

Forum members are noticing a new feature to Google Analytics that allows you to select certain views (by day, week, or month). The day view is what you're used to. On the other hand, the week and month views are...

Posted on April 7, 2008 9:09 AM

Last night, the Google Analytics Benchmarking feature went live for those who opted in to the program. More on how to take advantage of that feature over here. Here are some stats from my personal blog. You can also filter...

Posted on March 21, 2008 8:24 AM

Tuesday morning we reported issues with Google Analytics but those issues have not yet been resolved. In short, the graphs and charts seem to be lagging behind by two days. But if you look closely and narrow down the date...

Posted on March 14, 2008 7:26 AM

This morning I checked my Google Analytics for dozens of sites and noticed that the reports are missing yesterday's statistics. The March 10, 2008 data are missing from all my reports. Is Google Analytics lagged? Did they have some sort...

Posted on March 11, 2008 11:35 AM

Yesterday, Barry blogged at Search Engine Land about some new features in Google Analytics. The features include industry benchmarking which compares your site to other sites in your industry, data sharing settings which ties in with industry benchmarking and lets...

Posted on March 6, 2008 10:16 AM

The other day, Google AdWords and Analytics customers began reporting that they received an email from Google Analytics asking them to reestablish a link between their Analytics account and AdWords account. A WebmasterWorld thread paraphrased the email: Google understands your...

Posted on February 15, 2008 7:25 AM

If you're receiving any Google email that you need to link you Google Analytics account with your Google AdWords account, the email appears to be legit. Google Help clarifies as it explains the process of linking your Google Analytics account...

Posted on February 14, 2008 7:16 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread reports that Google Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik spoke with webmasters last week and reported that, for the first time, the average number of keywords per query has gone from 3 to 4 words per...

Posted on February 14, 2008 6:49 AM

On WebmasterWorld, AnalyticsAdvisor has volunteered to spend some time helping webmasters answer questions regarding Google Analytics. Apparently, this guy knows what he's talking about and is deeply involved in the Analytics sphere: AnalyticsAdvisor would post as time allowed - hopefully...

Posted on January 28, 2008 8:59 AM

Forum members are reporting numerous new features that have been released within Google Analytics. Right now, you can compare data points like this: You can use this to compare date ranges, though the wording doesn't quite fit (you're not comparing...

Posted on December 13, 2007 9:37 AM

If you're using a Google Custom Search engine, does Google Analytics return that in its reports for keyword searches? The question was asked on a forum, and the answer couldn't have been more timely. According to the Google Analytics Blog,...

Posted on November 6, 2007 9:30 AM

Some webmasters at DigitalPoint Forums are suggesting that Google Analytics is updating more frequently than every 24 hours. One member said they update every hour and lag about 3 hours behind in reporting: mine updates about every hour, and is...

Posted on October 22, 2007 7:11 AM

In the next coming weeks, Google Analytics will add features to its current rich analytics feature set. In a blog post, these new features are described: Site Searches: First, you'll be able to use Google Analytics to track site search...

Posted on October 18, 2007 9:14 AM

My friend Sam, who I met at SES New York, ran into an interesting dilemma at the Cre8asite Forums. She's managing several Google Analytics accounts under one master account. According to the Google Analytics Help, Google Analytics will track an...

Posted on September 26, 2007 9:16 AM

After several complaints on many forums, including DigitalPoint Forums, High Rankings Forums, and WebmasterWorld, and from the fingers of Andy Beal, Google has officially acknowledged a reporting delay with Google Analytics. As of 5pm PST this evening, some users will...

Posted on July 31, 2007 8:49 AM

There are reports across the web that Google Analytics has gone down for about 30 minutes. First reports started coming in at about 5:30am (EST). By around 6am (EST) people started confirming that they can log into Google Analytics. People...

Posted on July 25, 2007 7:24 AM

Everyone, get used to the new Google Analytics, because the old version is about a month away from being discontinued entirely. When I logged in to see my analytics this morning, I was greeted with this message: On July 18th,...

Posted on June 13, 2007 9:11 AM

Not everyone signs up for Google AdWords at the same time as Google Analytics. In fact, I ran into a similar problem as I tried to link an existing Analytics account to a newer AdWords account. When I tried to...

Posted on June 8, 2007 9:25 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread asks if Google will allow you to track your adult site using Google Analytics, Google's web analytics software. Everyone says, they believe so. While the Google Analytics terms of service does not specifically reject sites by...

Posted on May 28, 2007 7:16 AM

Yesterday I was prepped by the folks on Google for my post on Google Analytics Launches New Version With New UI & Features at Search Engine Land. What is new? In short, there is a new user interface, sleek new...

Posted on May 9, 2007 7:30 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reported that Google AdWords analytics was down on Friday, along with Google Finance and other Google services. AdWordsAdvisor confirmed this at around 2pm (EST) on Friday, stating: Hi all - thanks for the heads up. Engineering is...

Posted on February 5, 2007 8:07 AM

A great thread at DigitalPoint Forums asks member to post what is "Google best unknown feature." There aren't too many posts yet, but pretty much all the answers are unique. Answers include: Google Alerts Google Spreadsheets GMail GTalk Googles Webmaster...

Posted on October 20, 2006 7:38 AM

For those of you that use Google Analytics, you should be aware that if someone steals your source code and leaves your "UA" code, the unique identifier for Google to know what site the traffic is from, that your traffic...

Posted on August 30, 2006 7:56 AM