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Improving Library Web Sites with Web Analytics
0Web analytics
0What you can learn from Google Analytics
0Patterns of site use - visits
0Visitor characteristics, mobile use
0Visitor segments
0Sources of site traffic
0Actions and special content
0Tips for implementing Google Analytics
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Web Analytics
0Analysis of data from your web site
0Quantitative data is usually collected using:
0Server logfiles: AWStats, Webalizer
0Page tagging: Google Analytics, Webtrends, Yahoo! Web Analytics
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Patterns of site use over time
0Visits, visitors, visitor characteristics
0Google Analytics features
0Comparing date ranges
0Segments
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Visitors Overview
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Visits throughout a year
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Look for changes in site use
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Comparison View
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Mobile Use0Visitors – Mobile devices & carriers
0Mobile device must support JavaScript and cookies
0Mobile tracking code0separate code
0works for all mobile devices
0doesn’t track all of the same data
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Mobile Devices Dec 2009 - Oct 2010
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Mobile Devices – Sort by Time on Site
Sorted by average time on site
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Learning more about visitors
0Example: Off-campus vs. on-campus students
0Methods
0Dimension (Service Provider)
0Advanced Segments
0Filters (I.P.)
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Pageviews of library service information for distance/online learners (Sept 2009)
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After Web Site Revisions (Sept 2010 compared to Sept 2009)
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Advanced Segments
0Compare segments side by side
0Can be used on existing data
0Once created, can be applied to any report or profile
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Advanced Segments - Using
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On/Off Campus – Weekly Trends
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On/Off Campus – Annual Trends
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On/Off Campus - Time of Day
0Visitors > Visitor Trending > Visits
0Graph by Hour
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Filters0Google Analytics doesn’t allow browsing of
data by I.P. address (privacy).0Filters can be used to select data based on
I.P. ranges.0Filters must be in place before data is
collected.0Create a duplicate profile in order to
collect data both with and without the filter.
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Example of Filter UseExcludes administrative use of research guides
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Sources of Site Traffic
0Identify sites that do or don’t drive traffic
0Develop relationships
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Referring Sites
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Filter to combine different sources
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Actions & Special Content0Google Analytics automatically tracks page
views
0Other actions that can be useful to track
0Outbound links
0Downloads of documents
0Use of videos, Flash tutorials
0Any other events
0Marketing campaign tracking
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Tracking web site actions0Virtual page views0Add javascript code to link or within Flash
content0Increases page views
0Event tracking0Add a similar code0Tracked separately from page views
0Google Analytics data will not include actions that don’t follow these links
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Action: clicks on home page tabs
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Event Tracking Results
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Implementing Google Analytics
0What are your needs?
0What do you want to analyze?0Site content & structure
0Actions other than page views
0Create profile
0Review, revise
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More Google Analytics Features
0Annotations
0Goals
0Email reports
0Website Optimizer (related service)
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Annotations
Expand to view or add annotations
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Goals
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Email Reports
Options: one-time or scheduled; pdf, csv, xml,
etc.
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Google Website Optimizer0Test two different versions of a page or
multiple variables on a page 0 http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer
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Questions / Discussion
Sara MemmottEmerging Technologies LibrarianEastern Michigan [email protected]
www.slideshare.net/smemmott
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References - 1• Betty, P. (2009). Assessing homegrown library collections: Using Google Analytics to track use of
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• Breeding, M. (2008). An analytical approach to assessing the effectiveness of web-based resources. Computers in Libraries, 28(1), 20-22.
• Cutroni, J. (2010). Google Analytics. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.
• Fang, W. (2007). Using Google Analytics for improving library website content and design: A case study. Library Philosophy and Practice, Retrieved from http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/fang.htm
• Gillis, J. (2008). A deeper look at advanced segmentation: Filtering on the fly. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://analytics.blogspot.com/2008/11/deeper-look-at-advanced-segmentation.html
• Google. How do I create a filter? Retrieved October 9, 2010, from http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55494
• Google. How do I exclude traffic from a range of IP addresses? Retrieved October 9, 2010, from http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55572
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References - 2• Google. How do I manually track clicks on outbound links? Retrieved October 9, 2010, from
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• Google. How do I track files (such as PDF, AVI, or WMV) that are downloaded from my site?Retrieved October 9, 2010, from http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55529
• Google. What mobile reporting is available through Google Analytics? Retrieved October 9, 2010 from http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=163132
• Google Code. Event tracking overview. Retrieved November 7, 2010 from http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerOverview.html
• Google Code. Google Analytics for mobile. Retrieved November 6, 2010 from http://code.google.com/mobile/analytics/docs/
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