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The power of Landing Pages in Google Analytics

7 November 2018 | 5 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

Landing Pages in Google Analytics, perhaps a dimension you take for granted. That you look at, but don’t actually look at. Just like looking at what time it is without actually knowing or understanding what time it is. In my opinion, the Landing Page is a powerful dimension in Google Analytics. Let me explain why I …

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The power of Landing Pages in Google Analytics

How Google Analytics wants to help you

22 October 2018 | 2 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

Aaah, lovely Google Analytics. A tool some people love to hate. And I must agree, I have a tough relationship with Google Analytics as well. It has so many functionalities and so much to offer, which can make it quite overwhelming. But Google Analytics is really trying to help you get along with its data tool. In this …

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How Google Analytics wants to help you

Sequence segments in Google Analytics

8 October 2018 | 1 Comment
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Annelieke van den Berg

I love segments! And for those of you wondering why I love them, or for those of you wondering what the heck segments are: I’ve written a post about segments in Google Analytics, that I invite you to read. In short: using segments makes your Google Analytics life a whole lot more interesting because it specifies your …

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Sequence segments in Google Analytics

Check your image search traffic in Google Analytics

24 September 2018 | 4 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

I’m a visual thinker; I love looking at images. If I think about my search behavior, I catch myself looking at images quite often, for instance when I want to know what city X looks like. Or if I’m looking for a product I’ve seen somewhere, without knowing the brand or where I can buy …

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Check your image search traffic in Google Analytics

Secondary dimensions in Google Analytics

10 September 2018 | 3 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

Generic reports in Google Analytics contain aggregated data, data from all the things on one big pile. That’s a lot of information, but not very specific. So, if you’re just monitoring your data, you might manage that by looking at the standard data you see in Google Analytics. But, if you want to go beyond that, to …

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Secondary dimensions in Google Analytics

3 exercises to have more fun with Google Analytics

20 August 2018 | 7 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

This post is for those of you who want to use Google Analytics, but feel a threshold to start with this tool. For everyone that wants to see the fun of Google Analytics, but is having a hard time finding that fun. This is a post for people that are scared to use Google Analytics because they’re afraid to …

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3 exercises to have more fun with Google Analytics

How to create a Google Search Console dashboard

8 August 2018 | 10 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

Dashboards. There are a lot of people out there that absolutely love dashboards. And I agree, creating a good dashboard can save you a lot of time as an analyst. It’s very useful for monitoring data and reporting back to your colleagues. And dashboards can make clear when something’s off the charts, the moment for …

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How to create a Google Search Console dashboard

16 months of Google Search Console data

23 July 2018 | 5 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

The new Google Search Console is out! Since the beginning of this year, more and more users have gotten the pleasure of the new functionalities in Google Search Console. After you get used to the totally new interface, you see all the cool stuff it has to offer. One of those awesome features is the 16 months of …

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16 months of Google Search Console data

What is Page Value in Google Analytics?

9 July 2018 | 6 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

Most people find it difficult to go from reporting the basic stuff in Google Analytics, like pageviews and sessions, to analyzing data. Drawing valuable and actionable conclusions based on data is even more challenging. Everyone searches for ways to do this, and learns while doing so. Here, I want to discuss a metric in Google …

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What is Page Value in Google Analytics?

Users Flow in Google Analytics

25 June 2018 | 6 Comments
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Annelieke van den Berg

Don’t you ever just wonder which pages people look at after they land on your site? How do people click through your website? How do they navigate? Questions like these can be answered with the use of Google Analytics. In this post, I want to show you a very cool feature called: Users Flow. What is …

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Users Flow in Google Analytics