Mason Web Analytics

Analytics Update – February 2018

Expandable Content Tracking Added to Mason Standard GTM Container

I have added expandable content area tracking to the functionality provided in the Mason Standard GTM container. If your site uses expandable content areas, you […]

Working With Third-Party Marketing/Analytics Vendors

Background Mason departments may sometimes work with third-party marketing vendors who, in many cases, will need or want either: access to view the department’s analytics […]

Google Analytics/Microsoft Excel: Top Pages Comparison Reporting Tool

The Microsoft Excel Top Pages Comparison Reporting Tool uses the Analytics Edge Microsoft Excel plugin to automate the process of pulling-in data from GA and […]

Campaign-Tagging Strategy

While the mechanics of campaign-tagging have been discussed previously, read on for information about how to think about campaign-tagging from a strategic perspective. Click here […]

Top Pages in 2017

The tables below show the top 20 pages across the Mason Google Analytics Roll-Up for each month of 2017. Note that I have excluded the […]

Core Website: Use of Audience Menu

Background The core website includes an “Audience Menu”, which contains lists of relevant links organized by the intended audience. On January 18th, in an effort […]

GTM Example: Tracking Clicks on Links Within the Core Website’s Audience Menu

Background In order to determine how much use the “Audience Menu” on the homepage of the Mason core website receives, we wanted to specifically track […]

Google Tag Manager Examples

What is Google Tag Manager (GTM) Google Tag Manager may seem complicated, but it is really just a way to add arbitrary Javascript to your […]

Mason Core Internal Site Search Analysis – Week of 2018-01-15

The graph below shows the largest changes (increases or decreases) in search term activity for the internal site search on www2.gmu.edu. Notable Changes in Site […]