Google Analytics Hacks: 3 Tips for Improving Your Affiliate Website
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Let's take a look at three simple Google Analytics hacks that you can use to measure and improve your affiliate sites:
1. Tracking social media campaigns with Google Analytics
So many people complain that they get limited ROI for the time they spend on social media, so why not actually measure it and see what you find?
To track Tweets and other social media links you'll need to set up a bit of campaign information before you shorten your link using bit.ly or your link shortener of choice.
After you set this up, this will track anyone visiting that URL as a direct result of having clicked on the link in your Tweet. This way you'll get a clearer picture of the reach of your social media campaigns.
First, use the Google Analytics URL builder: support.google.com/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55578 to create the link, and then shorten it using your favorite URL shortener. The next time you run your reports you'll see this detailed statistic.
2. Tracking visits from mobile phones
Using the 'Advanced Segment' feature, it's easy to track how many visitors are accessing your website using mobile phones. You can include any visits from mobile operating system with this little tip.
From the 'Advanced Segment' dropdown menu, create a new advance segment selecting "operating system" form the "Ad content" menu, and type the word, "mobile" into the blank field after selecting, "exactly matching" from the 'Containing' drop-down menu. Now when you run your reports you will see how many visitors are accessing your website using a mobile operating system.
3. How to discover what your visitors are thinking using Google Analytics V5
This nifty hack comes from Yaro Starak of the Entrepreneurs-Journey blog. If you have a search function on your blog, this is a cool way to find out exactly what your visitors are searching for when they land on your blog.
a. Visit your website and do a search for a keyword using your site's search function.
b. Here is where the new v5 interface has changed. Now all you have to do is click on the 'Standard Reporting' tab, and then select, 'Site Search' in the left navigation bar. You'll be able to see stats on usage, pages and search terms that your visitors use in the search bar on your blog.
Google analytics is an amazing tool that you should really take the time to master. It will help you to make seemingly small adjustments to your website that can have a far-reaching impact on its profitability. For more details about version 5, Google has created an informative video to showcase some of the new features: What's New in Google Analytics v5 youtu.be/Y14qGVW4n8A.
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