tracking between the pageviews with google analytics - clickz live nyc 2014
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Tracking Between the Pageviews
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I am Nico Analytics Associate
Google Developer Expert
Google Analytics
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I work at SEER Interactive
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Who are you?
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The Next 25 Minutes
The Change
The Solution
The Examples
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The Web Used to be Easy
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Easy Sites
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The First Website
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Easy Sites
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Tracking was easy
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The Current Web
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And Cooler!
Is Better
HTML5 & CSS3
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Videos!
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More Information is Needed
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But there is a catch
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Tracking is harder
With pretty sites and great UI comes (occasional) tracking complexity @nicomiceli
What is working?
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nnii.co/QAAkdl
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Myth 1: We read what we’ve clicked on
55% of visitors spent fewer than 15 seconds actively on a page.
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Myths
• Myth 2: The more we share the more we read
People that take the time to read don't share it.
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We are missing something!
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The James Bond of metrics
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Event Tracking
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It’s clean, elegant, easy to use @nicomiceli © EON productions
It can handle anything @nicomiceli © EON productions
Most importantly
This can really teach you engagement
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Event Handlers: nnii.co/1pEMq11
Event tracking anatomy
ga('send',
'event', // type of tracking
'category',
'action',
'label', //optional value
value); //optional number
Universal Analytics Event tracking
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Examples!
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A Normal Link
<a href= “http://www.seerinteractive.com”>
seer</a>
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Links
<a href=“http://www.seerinteractive.com” onclick= “ga('send', 'event', ‘outbound-link', ‘click', ‘seer', 1);”> seer</a>
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Sites through my eyes
Note: None of the following sites have any association with SEER Interactive. They were picked as examples only.
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Your Average eComm site
• Ecomm
Buying something from a store image
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Are people looking at the pics?
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Is the video getting played?
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Are people seeing your warrantees?
Your Average Publishing Site
• Publishing
Magazine image
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Links & Social
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Links & Social
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What links get clicked on the most?
Comments
Are people commenting?
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Scroll Tracking
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How far are they scrolling?
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nnii.co/1dLPIxB
Justin’s Example
Advanced Content Tracking with Universal Analytics
nnii.co/1kl4kCx
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• Lead gen
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Your Average Lead Gen Site
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@nicomiceli How are they watching the video?
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Is the right tab being displayed first?
Are people getting to your reviews?
Forms!
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The Output
JS Fiddle: nnii.co/1jYROg5 @nicomiceli
This is the meat of your site!
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These are the most important parts of your site.
You should know how people are navigating it.
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Recap
More and more information is consumed without page views.
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Recap
One metric just wont cut it anymore.
@nicomiceli What did they do during that pageview?
Go explore your site Find the new things that matter
Thank You!
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Check us out:
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Links & Dev Resources after the presentation here!
Thank You!
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