Google Analytics - 2015

Seems like Google Analytics is THE SEO tool when you want to test the results. Especially with Social Networks you can even see real-time how the visitors come and go through the website. WIth filters you can track down individual visitors and see where they go to and what they actually do. It is a very powerfull tool....

I just tested one of my own social networks (http://iuoma-network.ning.com/) where I like to see what is going on. With over 1,8 million pageviews a year it is interesting to test things. Like, how is Windows 10 effecting the number of visitors (how many use the new system).

The answer:

	2.	8.1	2.256(14,33%)	35,46%	800(14,75%)
	3.	10	1.896(12,05%)	25,90%	491(9,06%)
	4.	XP	1.041(6,61%)	45,44%	473(8,72%)
	5.	Vista	890(5,65%)	18,43%	164(3,02%)
	6.	8	355(2,26%)	25,92%	92(1,70%)
	7.	Server 2003	5(0,03%)	60,00%	3(0,06%)
	8.	2000	1(0,01%)

Strength of Google Analytics

The strenghth of Google Analytics is the time factor. They keep all data of all you websites for a long periode and you can compare the statistics of the diverse websites you have under you control. An example is the situation in Japan. After the disaster of the Nuclear Plant and the Earthquake I investigated how many visitors from Japan there were just before and after the happening. You discover how visitors from a certain area aren't there anymore.

Internet seems so abstract sometimes, but with these tools you can actually measure the social impact on Websites when disasters happen.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics offers a weath of possibilities when one wants to know all about a website. The only problem I see is that it is a commercial product that Google wan'ts to promote and when you use it and like it it might cause a problem of becoming dependent on the system. They made the analyses for free when your site doesn't generate too much traffic. You can monitor several sites from one console. Webdesignes and webmasters for sure will love this tool but eventually will need a subscription to have access to the data. But I must confess, the interface Google Analytics has designed is a fantastic tool for sure.

Details: http://www.google.com/analytics/

Off course I started the tracking tool from Google Analytics also on this blog. We will see what it bring and I will report on it later too.