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Tracking Outbound / Affiliate Links with getClicky

Joost de Valk — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:30:09 +0000

I use Clicky for most of my day-to-day tracking and analysis, only using Google Analytics for the harder analyses. One of the things Clicky can do most wonderfully is track outbound clicks. There's an issue however when you start routing your affiliate links through a script or on-site redirect. I redirect mine through /out/ here [...]

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Clicky Analytics (getClicky) Review: clean, simple, effective

Joost de Valk — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:20:10 +0000

In my post last week about social buttons, I included code samples for Clicky Analytics. I got some emails asking me why I use Clicky and Google Analytics alongside each other. In this review I want to show you some of the cool features I use from Clic...

Social Buttons: Adding them to your site & Tracking them

Joost de Valk — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:48:20 +0000

I've had a lot of questions recently (like literally, several a day) on how I implemented the social buttons in WordPress, whether I was using a plugin or using a theme. First of all I'm glad to see all of you noticing my social buttons section so much...

Tracking Google +1 button Interaction in Google Analytics

Joost de Valk — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:09:16 +0000

Today Google introduced the new +1 button, which I of course immediately implemented (see below and, on this specific post, on the right). It comes with an option for a callback function that you can use to track interaction with that button in Google ...

Site Speed tracking in Google Analytics

Joost de Valk — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:38:25 +0000

Just a quickie: I just updated my Google Analytics for WordPress plugin to incorporate the new Site Speed tracking feature that Google announced last week. The feature is on by default and can be disabled in the advanced section of the settings. As you can see from the announcement post, this new feature helps you [...]

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Useful Analytics Tips and Resources for Designers and Marketers

Vandelay Website Design — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:57:23 +0000

The success of a website is far more�dependent�upon performance than it is on looks and appearance, although design certainly has an impact on performance. Being able to use analytics programs proficiently will make a designer more effective and more valuable to clients. In this post we'll feature tutorials and articles from across the web that will show you how to improve in this area. The resources in this post focus on Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer, two of the most popular tools of the trade. However, there are many other tools and programs that can be used for these purposes, and while the specific steps of some of these tutorials may not apply outside of Google's products, the principles will.

Educating Web Designers on Google Analytics

Pro Blog Design has a post that serves as a good intro to analytics. It covers the basics of what you should be paying attention to and how you can act on the information that you obtain.

Google Analytics plugin updates

Joost de Valk — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:21:17 +0000

One of my most popular plugins is my Google Analytics for WordPress plugin, having been downloaded almost 700,000 times. This post is to let you know that this plugin is going to be getting quite a few updates in the coming month, the first of which I've just submitted to WordPress.org. There's two reasons for [...]

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Comment Tracking in Clicky

Joost de Valk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:20:02 +0000

So one of the things I've always wanted to do is use an Analytics tools API to enrich the data about a visit. Clicky is one of the few tools out there that have a well detailed API that allows you to push in extra data during the visit. The extra data bit I really [...]

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Practical Guide to 404 Error Pages: What WordPress is Missing

Joost de Valk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:42 +0000

I make mistakes. You make mistakes. We all do. And some of these mistakes end up providing our readers with a 404 page. Chances are that page says "Error 404: file not found". How does that help your visitor? Instead of just identifying the problem, your 404 page needs to offer a solution. In the default [...]

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Searching Without Result

Joost de Valk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:00:44 +0000

Justin Cutroni wrote a great post a while back on Tracking Zero Result Searches in Google Analytics. Tracking zero result searches on your website (corporate site, e-commerce website or your blog) is vital to get a glimpse of what your visitors are looking for but can't find on your website. Beneath you will find more info [...]

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