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Rewriting Campaign Information in Google Analytics: ClickDimensions Example

Background When reviewing the campaign traffic being tracked in the Mason roll-up, we noticed a large segment of campaign-tagged traffic which we could not identify. […]

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Google Analytics Organization and Naming Recommendations

The Google Analytics framework is organized into three hierarchical levels: Accounts, Properties, and Views. There is often confusion about what these different levels of organization […]

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Volgenau Printed Annual Report Tracking

Background Each year, the Volgenau School produces an Annual Report about what the school is doing. The report is printed and mailed to a number […]

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Annotations Recommendations (Google Analytics)

What are Annotations in Google Analytics Annotations are small notes associated with specific dates that you can add to Google Analytics. Annotation you create will […]

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Renaming Pages Using Advanced Filters (Google Analytics)

Background Hobsons Radius (Radius) is the CRM used by the Office of Graduate Admissions to implement the graduate online application and the “Request Information” (inquiry) […]

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Measuring Site Speed with Google Analytics

Google Analytics Site Speed Metrics Average Domain Lookup Time Average Server Response Time Average Server Connection Time Average Redirection Time Average Page Download Time Average […]

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Google Analytics: Change in Interface for Report Sampling

Google Analytics has recently changed how they notify users of data sampling in the Google Analytics reporting interface. Here is an example of the interface […]

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Google Analytics: Tracking Activity on a Page for Which the URL has Changed

Occasionally, as the result of a site redesign or migration, the URL for one of your pages will change. If this is a page you […]

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Google Analytics: Three Ways to Pull Data

For this example, we will be pulling the top 100 internal site search terms from the Mason core website (www2.gmu.edu) for the ‘off-campus’ segment. Account: […]

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Microsoft Excel: AnalyticsEdge Add-In

Name: Analytics Edge Add-ins for Microsoft Excel Website: http://www.analyticsedge.com/ The Analytics Edge Plug-In for Microsoft Excel allows you to easily pull data in to an […]