Overview
Performing your first Web site analysis just got a whole lot easier. Web Analytics For Dummies offers everything you need to know to nail down and pump up the ROI on your Web presence. It explains how to get the stats you need, then helps you analyze and apply that information to improve traffic and click-through rate on your Web site. You’ll discover:- What to expect from Web analytics
- Definitions of key Web analytics terms
- Help in choosing the right analytics approach
- How to collect key data and apply it to site design or marketing
- Techniques for distinguishing human users from bots
- Tips on using Google and other free analytics tools
- Advice on choosing pay and subscription services
A detailed and accurate analysis is crucial the success of your Web site. Web Analytics For Dummies helps you get it right the first time—and every time.
Synopsis
Covers free and fee-based analytics tools
Don't miss another profitable opportunity — find out what works and what doesn't
Are you getting a decent return on the time and money you put into your Web site? Let this easy-to-follow guide help you find out! Two analytics experts guide you through choosing the right tools for analyzing your site, measuring your data, and making the changes that will boost your site's profitability without boosting your budget.
- Understand Web analytics lingo
- Find out what visitors do at your site
- Measure metrics that matter most
- Spot where your traffic comes from
- Reduce shopping cart abandonment
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewYou're spending a fortune on the Web. Are you getting your money's worth? There's a way to find out: web analytics. No, it's not too complicated and expensive anymore: the tools are getting simpler, and some are even free. What's more, there's finally a guide to web analytics that anyone can understand.
Web Analytics For Dummies starts by outlining what web analytics can do for you. It demystifies the jargon that swarms around analytics, then walks you through the "nuts and bolts": choosing tools, getting to know your visitors, and understanding their (surprising) behavior. To help you benchmark, there's a full chapter on Key Performance Indicators, plus a great summary of best practices.
Best of all, the authors don't stop with capturing and analyzing data: they show how to use it: to increase traffic, refine advertising, identify cross-selling opportunities, tweak content and usability, and save hard cash. Bill Camarda, from the May 2007 Read Only