Google Analytics: Site Overlay

[stugster]

Hey all,

Sandra (Boxby) posted on another forum about Google Analytic's Site Overlay feature, and I thought I'd share it here.

It's absolutely fantastic! What it does is lets you see what links on your homepage are clicked the most: so you can see what areas of your site are the most visited, and what areas people are taking no real notice of.

I surprised myself with my site: almost 40% of my visitors have a look at my articles (which I've never really got round to actually writing :001_rolleyes so I'm missing out on valuable marketing opportunities!

If you want to have a peek, log in to your Google Analytics account (if you don't have one, shame on you!).

Once you're in, click on your site report, then content, then Site Overlay.

What's really good is that it's not a static site: Google generates the results on the fly, so you can actually navigate throughout your entire site (not just the homepage as I previously mentioned) and see exactly what links are being clicked on and what ones are rubbish.

 

[Tim Barlow]

(if you don't have one, shame on you!).

LOL - it is interesting how it is almost becoming criminal not to have this fantastic free tool (provided of course you can get over the giving data to Google issue).

I am not sure if this is considered appropriate plugging or not, so , please feel free to delete, however we are currently offering free assistance to help people get Analytics installed. We are now closed down for Christmas but get in touch if you would like help early in the new year.

 

[stugster]

Nothing wrong with shameless plugging if what you're offering is of use to people!