Comments on: 3 Simple Steps to Identify Your Fans in Google Analytics

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:38:54 +0000

Good breakdown of Google analytics and analyzing your blogs returning visitors. I retweeted this post.
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By: Daryl Tay

Daryl Tay — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:21:31 +0000

Shockley,

First, great post. I’m playing around with Google Analytics myself and this was useful.

One question though, if you’re not running an e-commerce site (like I am), would non-bounce traffic be important?

For example, I came to your site after searching “google analytics non-bounce segment”, pretty much got the answer I want, and left.

Under the non-bounce segment, my visit may not appear and when you check the search terms used by your non-bounce segment, would you be missing out on my search term (and other data) because I was classified under the bounce segment?

Best,
Daryl
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By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:09:50 +0000

Shockley, thanks for the reminder. I always wonder why “direct” numbers are so high, and I keep thinking the only source of direct traffic is “type-in” traffic. Keep forgetting there is such a thing as a bookmark….!

By: Aleksandar

Aleksandar — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:57:52 +0000

Great idea. Although, I would try without bounce segmentation, too, since regular visitors could just drop by to check what’s new. Thta could make bounce 100% on that visits.
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By: Dave George

Dave George — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:56:03 +0000

Direct Traffic Visitors can be also be 1st time visitors who will never come back !

By: benwaynet

benwaynet — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:24:11 +0000

At this point I’m still just watching my stats trying to increase my traffic and comments. Once I get a larger userbase, I’ll dig deeper into stats. When you only get a few hundred a week, there’s not much to look at 🙂
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By: Ando

Ando — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:17:53 +0000

thank you for this, I’m a new user of analytics and did not know of this, I will check this out now . thanks again.
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By: Lesley "Wes" Klatt

Lesley "Wes" Klatt — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:36:09 +0000

Hi Shockley,

I recently put up my first site. And my second and third! This is valuable info for a new site owner like me.

Thanks!

Lesley
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By: Ana @ Targeted Website Traffic

Ana @ Targeted Website Traffic — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:00:31 +0000

What I don’t know about Google Analytics is a lot!

Your post did give me some practical advice on how to get more out of it though – so thank you, Shockley.

Best,
Ana Hoffman
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By: Ileane

Ileane — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:01:18 +0000

Hi Shockley. This is a feature of Google Analytics that I haven’t explored yet. I think people focus so much on search engine traffic that they take their direct traffic for granted. This will give some insights to their behavior on your site. Thanks for the instructions.
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