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BE CRITICALGOING BEYOND THE DEFAULTS WITH GA AND GTM
SMX Munich, 17th March 2015
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SIMO AHAVA @ NetBooster
Head of Analytics, Nordics
Google Developer Expert 2014-2016
Twitter: @SimoAhava
Google+: +SimoAhava
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www.simoahava.com
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The Rant
AGENDAOVERVIEW
#01
The Workaround
The Takeaway
#02
#03
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THE RANT
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Google Analytics is a tool
designed to work for
9,163,750*
different businesses
* Author’s estimate, not an official figure
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#SMX | @SimoAhava
It is thus conceivable
Google does not know
what your business KPIs
are
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2,578,000
DEAR BOSS,
Last month, the number of Sessions on our site was…
…which is an uplift of +2.78% compared to the previous month.
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21.20%
DEAR BOSS,
Last month, the Conversion Rate for eCommerce on our site was…
…which is an uplift of +5% compared to the previous month.
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Reporting on a single metric or snapshot of a funnel
is like telling only the punchline of a joke.
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#SMX | @SimoAhava
Reporting on a single metric or snapshot of a funnel
is like telling only the punchline of a joke.
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Raw (hit) data
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
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Schema
Raw (hit) data
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
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Schema
Raw (hit) data
Sessionized data
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
1 0 1 1 0
0 0 1 1 1
1 0 0 0 1
0 1 1 1 1
1 1 0 0 1
0 1 1 0 0
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
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#SMX | @SimoAhava
All metrics and dimensions used by a data collection
/ processing / reporting platform subscribe to the
schemas of said platform.
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#SMX | @SimoAhava
All metrics and dimensions used by a data collection
/ processing / reporting platform subscribe to the
schemas of said platform.
Sessionization schema
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All metrics and dimensions used by a data collection
/ processing / reporting platform subscribe to the
schemas of said platform.
Event tracking schema
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All metrics and dimensions used by a data collection
/ processing / reporting platform subscribe to the
schemas of said platform.
Transactional schema
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This has two major implications on how we process,
analyze, and report on the data.
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All sessionized
data is
arbitrary
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Fictional
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Fictional
Fictional
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Fictional
Fictional
Fictional
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Fictional
Fictional
Fictional
Fictional
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How can an arbitrary,
fictional metric ever be
a good KPI?*
* Rhetorical question, it can’t
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Data quality is
something you
work towards
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Stay away from
aggregate metrics.
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Stay away from
aggregate metrics.
Segment, customize,
combine, visualize.
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Aggregate
Segmented
User-centric
Cohorts
Predictive21.20%
Our website’s eCommerce
Conversion Rate for January
was…
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Aggregate
Segmented
User-centric
Cohorts
Predictive12.57%
Visitors who landed on our site
through our January Facebook
campaign had an eCommerce
Conversion Rate of…
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Aggregate
Segmented
User-centric
Cohorts
Predictive19.20%
Visitors with no previous
transactions who landed on
our site through our January
Facebook campaign had an
eCommerce Conversion Rate
of…
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Aggregate
Segmented
User-centric
Cohorts
Predictive
New customers via Facebook
vs.
Old customers via Facebook
vs.
Overall eCommerce Conversion Rate
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Aggregate
Segmented
User-centric
Cohorts
Predictive
This data, combined with
information from our sales
engine and CRM, gives us the
following optimization
opportunities…
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THE WORKAROUND
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We need to collect
data in a meaningful
way.
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Sometimes it means
we need to tweak the
data collection
mechanism.
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Take Bounce Rate,
for example.
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Remember, Bounce Rate
is a heavily sessionized
metric that is not inherently
good or bad.
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After X seconds on the
page, send a pulse to GA
which negates the bounce.
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Google Tag Manager
1. Create new Timer
Trigger
2. Set Interval to X ms
3. Set Limit to 1
4. Fire Event Tag with
this Trigger
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However, you’re playing
into the hands of the
schema overlords.
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Instead of trying to get
Bounce Rate lower by
tweaking a metric, how
about improving internal
linking?
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…or measuring calls-to-
action?
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…or combining dwell time
with scroll depth?
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http://cutroni.com/blog/2014/02/12/advanced-content-tracking-with-universal-analytics/
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Adapted for Google Tag
Manager:
https://github.com/sahava/content/
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1 Universal Analytics Tag 1 Custom Event Trigger 9 Data Layer Variables
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OK, this is better for
understanding intent (and
content)…
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Reader
Scanner
Scanner
Reader
Reader
Intent Content
53 % read
89 % read
60 % read
21 % read
85 % read
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Bounce Rate became more
meaningful for users and
content.
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Come to my session tomorrow at 11:15am!
If this strikes true,
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…But let’s take a more
focused example.
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Page Views measures the
number of times pages are
viewed.
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…or does it?
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Visible: document['hidden'] = falseHidden: document['hidden'] = true
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Visible: document['hidden'] = falseHidden: document['hidden'] = true
document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', function() {
dataLayer.push({'event' : 'visibilityChange’
});});
Visible Hidden
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Upon Page Load
Visible Hidden
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Upon Page Load
If Page IS Visible, send Page View
Visible Hidden
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Upon Page Load
If Page IS Visible, send Page View
If Page IS NOT Visible, do not send Page View
Visible Hidden
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Upon Page Load
If Page IS Visible, send Page View
If Page IS NOT Visible, do not send Page View
If Visibility changes to Visible, send Page View
Visible Hidden
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We just made a metric
more meaningful.
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THE TAKEAWAY
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Takeaway 1/5
Be critical: Sessions is the product of an algorithm, and it doesn’t
(necessarily) represent your business life cycle.
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Takeaway 2/5
Be critical: Even non-sessionized data like Pageviews might be
flawed.
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Takeaway 3/5
Be critical: Fixing data collection so that it measures your business
objectives more accurately requires work.
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Takeaway 4/5
Be critical: HTML5 is ripe with APIs that might, or might not, help you
tweak the data stream.
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Takeaway 5/5
BE CRITICAL!
Data quality is directly proportional to how
well you understand the data collection.
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