FlowingData.com – the way stats should have always been
If you haven't yet, come check out all the amazing stats and their visualizations over at FlowingData.com.
It's an amazing array of stats and how they look from a visual perspective.
Here are the links to the pages I referenced:
http://flowingdata.com/
http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/18/true-size-of-africa/
http://flowingdata.com/2010/11/04/when-people-break-up-according-to-facebook-updates/
http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/20/visualize-this-sexual-health-data-from-national-survey/
http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/15/evolution-of-batman-logos/
Google Analytics Goals
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Setting goals with Google Analytics just got easier as one the popular online tools will now allow business owners to set as many as 20 business goals for a web-site. Before the change was made, users of Google Analytics could only set four goals at a time and would have to make multiple profiles to go beyond that number. With the improvement, setting up multiple profiles can still be done, however, it is not necessary to set all of your goals.
In addition to allowing business owners the capability to set more goals, Google Anayltics also launched Traakboard, which is a desktop application for analysts to pull information from different Google Analytics profiles and logins. The application can be used for multiple accounts and profiles and has a report widget. The report widget can be programmed to fetch data at certain times of the day, week or month, which reduces time in getting important data.
Analytics Intelligence was also added to allow users and analysts to find specific data in a more timely fashion. Instead of having to go through piles and piles of information, analysts can search specifically for the information they will need to make a strategic decision. Analytics Intelligence also monitors web-site traffic on a 24/7 basis and will add any important or significant changes in the Intelligence Reports. Any significant changes will have an alert for the business owner and can be accessed daily, weekly or even monthly.
Since its launch a few years ago, Google Analytics has helped business owners track important web-site visitor information. The online tool tracks visitors coming from search engines, pay-per-click advertising, display ads, PDF documents and other forms of online marketing. The tool has also been useful for developing reports and alerting users of significant changes in data.
Motion Charts in Google Analytics
Learn to use Motion Charts in Google Analytics to analyze your data in five dimensions.
This is an interesting new visual tool in your Google Analytics account. Take a look at this video to learn how you can use Motion Charts.
Will Google ever provide statistics on browser market share?
Ian M in the United Kingdom asks:
"Will Google ever provide statistics on browser/OS market share, like NetApplications/StatCounter/etc.? You've got one of the biggest (the biggest?) data sets in existence, so your stats would be much more reliable."
This video is part of a "Grab Bag" series in which Matt Cutts, head of Google's webspam team, answers questions from webmasters. We're not currently taking new video questions, so your best bet for getting an answer about webmaster-related search issues is to head to our help forum: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p...
