Google Analytics has recently launched a real-time function which allows you to see what’s happening on your site right now! The data is only available for profiles to which you have administrator access, or for profiles which don’t have any filters applied to them, and it’s only available in the new version of GA. [...]
The visits metric is central to web analytics. However, Google has recently made a change to how it defines a visit within its Google Analytics package. Previously Google deemed a session ended when one of the following conditions was met: More than 30 minutes have elapsed between pageviews for a single visitor. At the end of [...]
I had the good fortune to be invited to moderate the eConsultancy Web Analytics roundtables at Digital Cream for the 3rd year running, and what a great event it was too. Discussions ranged from the very basics such as how to get started, through to more complex questions on the future of technology and data [...]