Main Reason to do Multi-View Analysis It's very common to hit the maximum number of goals that a View supports. Web analysts will create additional Views as new Goals are introduced. They do this because they don't want to delete or re-use old goals because they are still historically relevant. Many people therefore would like [...]
To handle high-volume downloads, NEXT Analytics saves to a file. Having data in a file lets you easily work in other applications or import the data into a database for use in a business intelligence data warehouse. This sample video shows how to download Twitter Followers of any Twitter user, even ones with millions of [...]
Explanation You can edit NEXT Analytics script directly. Many people find this faster, easier and even a bit fun. To get started, we will explain the following popular requirements: dimensions metrics change the numeric filters change the text filters change the numeric sort The advantage of doing this with NEXT Scripting is that it gets [...]
Has your analytics run aground because you've started seeing Google Data Sampling appear? GOOGLE DATA SAMPLING - WHAT IS IT? When a web site experiences more than 500,000 sessions that covers the same time range as what you’re querying, then GA ignores some of your data. Google refers to this “sampled data”. The elimination of [...]
To get the answers we want, sometimes it's desirable to rolled up or aggregate a overly detailed dimension. This can apply to any data source including Google Analytics, PIWIK, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, SQL Queries and more. To demonstrate the value of rolling up detailed dimensions, a good example would be web site referers. Referers [...]
You don’t need to be Houdini to escape the limitations of your Analytics Service. You just need NEXT Analytics Free or PRO Excel Addin. Although this works equally well for PIWIK , consider this example using Google Analytics. NEXT Analytics can create a cohort much more powerful than Google Analytics, even using Google Analytics’ [...]
Web analysts must create and maintain reports which show the how well a web site or app is achieving the business' objectives. This sample Google Analytics Goals Report shows goals data for current period, previous period and same period a year ago. This Google Analytics Goals report makes it easy to see if things are improving [...]
Spam referrals are a problem for everyone. You use hundreds of filters across hundreds of views to give you a better view of your business. Changing each one of your hundreds of filters to remove spam could take you all day to accomplish! With a little bit of setup, NEXT Analytics can help you manage [...]
Analyze how Referrals are driving your Goal Completions If you’ve been active in promoting your web site, you will have accrued a number of external sources who drive traffic to your web site. These could be A-List bloggers, industry analysts, critics and fans, and members of your partner or affiliate network. Reaching out to these [...]
Google allows you to store information about what a web visitor does while they are using your web site. By default, it gives you a wealth of information, but often you want to track things that are unique to your organization. They provide a couple of ways for you to store your own specific data [...]
