Top 24 Google Analytics Tips, Hacks and Automations
Internet marketing expands and changes too quickly to remember each piece of the puzzle and how they all fit together. Commit something to memory today and tomorrow it has a new interface, iteration or industry standard. There’s just so much information.
Supplementing limited mental rack space with bookmarked resources and cheat sheets might be the only way to avoid information overload. (If you’ve ever blanked on your bank pin or phone number, you’re not alone.)
Here is a list of the top 24 Google Analytics posts from LunaMetrics based on visits, social shares, links, and unapologetic author bias.
Analytics Essentials
- Cleaning Up URLs
- Deleting Goals
- Filter Bot Traffic
- Guide to Custom Variables
- Locations Reports
- Metrics v. Dimensions
- Regular Expressions
- Unique v. Absolute Unique
- Universal Analytics Overview
- Where to Place the GA Tracking Code
- Why Do I See My Domain Name as a Referrer?
Google Analytics Tracking Tips
- 4 Steps to Better Campaign Data
- Email Tracking
- GTM Auto Event Tracking
- Server-Side PDF Tracking
- Track Form Abandonment
- Track YouTube Videos
- Tracking QR Codes
On-Going Analysis and Tools
- 20 Ways to Use Custom Variables
- 55 Custom Alerts
- Analyzing Funnel Problems
- DirectMonster for Dark Social
- Regex Web App
Did we miss a post that should be on the list? As long as it is not the Social Media Cheat Sheet–which everyone loves but does not qualify as GA content–please let us know in the comments.