Mason Web Analytics

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 […]

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 […]

Google Analytics/Microsoft Excel: Internal Site Search Term Comparison Reporting Tool

The Microsoft Excel Internal Site Search Terms Comparison Reporting Tool uses the Analytics Edge Microsoft Excel plugin to automate the process of pulling-in data from […]

Campaign Tagging: Print

Need to generate some campaign-tagged URLs for use in printed materials? Please try the Mason Campaign URL Builder Application. How To Use Campaign Tagging in […]

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: […]

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 […]

Analytics Update – August 2017

Google Analytics Mason Admissions Request Information Form Goals

We are now tracking submissions of both the undergraduate and graduate request information forms as goals within the Mason Google Analytics Roll-Up. These are important […]

Google Analytics: Goals/Conversions

Takeaway You should set-up goals in Google Analytics corresponding to the actual marketing goals you have for your website. Then you can track your website […]