Google Analytics 101 - What You Absolutely Need To Know

[derekjay]

Google is extraordinary in 2 ways : Innovation and Ignorance

Haha... Love that

Yip, this is the price we pay for free services - they're great - when they work...

[Dave A]

Talking of Google Places, if anyone has successfully listed on Google Places I'd love to read an article on that. Particularly navigating the confirmation process (as in my experience using a landline telephone number doesn't work).

[IanF]

My google places is working.


It is hard to quantify if I get business from it!

[derekjay]

Talking of Google Places, if anyone has successfully listed on Google Places I'd love to read an article on that. Particularly navigating the confirmation process (as in my experience using a landline telephone number doesn't work).

I've posted a nice free ebook on Google Places on my blog - check it out:

http://www.nitch.co.za/how-to-seo-yo...iness-listing/

[Dave A]

Erm - That misses the (South African) problem. There's a confirmation step. What method are you using?

[derekjay]

There shouldn't be any problem with verification. I've used landlines and cellphones to verify before and never had a problem...

I hate to point out the obvious, but I've had a few clients miss this one before - It is an automated message - some people hear the automation and hang up immediately thinking its a telesales call...

[Dave A]

Maybe I need to use my cellphone number in future. I used the office line number - perhaps the call came after hours.

[ava_camen]

this is really big help, thanks for this!

[ELBiz]

Interesting reading. I use GA and have found it extremely useful - especially when running a marketing campaign to decide which strategy achieves the best results.

[IanF]

Interesting reading. I use GA and have found it extremely useful - especially when running a marketing campaign to decide which strategy achieves the best results.

What results are you measuring? Also do you measure the sales generated?