Mason Web Analytics

Campaign Tagging: Television Advertising

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

Tracking of A-10 Video Spot on NBC Sports Networks

Background Mason has developed a video advertisement – Make Great Happen – which will play on NBC sports affiliate television networks during the Atlantic-10 conference. […]

Goals and Goal Values: Case Study on www2.gmu.edu

We currently have set two conversion goals on the analytics view for the Mason core website (www2.gmu.edu): Undergraduate application click-throughs Graduate application click-throughs Why? Although […]

New Conversion Goals on Mason Core Website (www2.gmu.edu)

We have set two new conversion goals on the Google Analytics view for the Mason core website (www2.gmu.edu): Undergraduate application click-throughs Graduate application click-throughs In […]

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 […]

A Case Study on the Importance of the Referral Exclusion List

Proper configuration of the referral exclusion list is very important, because the referral exclusion list has a huge effect on how visits to you website […]

News Item Search Analysis: Byline Search

Background The Mason core website – and other Mason Drupal websites – provide Mason-related news items, which are searchable. The news item search on the […]

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 […]

Pro-Trump Russian Google Analytics Spam

Unusual Spike in Russian Language Traffic Account: Mason Office of Communications and Marketing 01 Property: www2.gmu.edu View: [PROD] www2.gmu.edu – default 1.0 (2007-10-12) Report: Audience […]

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 […]