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I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?
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I was checking my stats the other morning and found this coolio new feature in Analytics – now you can compare your stats for two different periods. I show you how to compare November of 2010 to November of 2009 in this video, but you can do all kinds of things: Compare this month to last …
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Here’s another tricky trick for using Google Analytics. It’s a simple way to add notes to your Analytics data, so you can keep track over time of what caused spikes in your traffic. These notes become super helpful when you’re looking at a long-term span of blog stats – you can more easily see …
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Well, I’ve found it hard to get back into a weekly rhythm with these Google Analytics videos, so I think this has officially graduated to an “occasional series.” If there are topics you’d like to see covered in future segments, feel free to leave a comment. This edition shows you how to see exactly who’s …
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In this week’s Google Analytics trick, we’re looking at your Top Landing Pages and what they can tell you about how new visitors see your blog. What Analytics subjects would you like me to cover in future videos? Leave a comment below! If you like this video, here’s the rest of the series.
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Here we go with another Google Analytics tricky trick. There’s an almost-hidden feature called Benchmarking that lets you compare your blog’s stats with those of other similar websites. What Analytics subjects would you like me to cover in future videos? Leave a comment below! If you like this video, here’s the rest of the series.
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This week’s Google Analytics video teaches you a little something about Bounce Rate – what it means, and when it’s worth worrying about (hint: not always, if you’re a blogger). If you’d like to see the other videos in this series, here they are.
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In this installment, we look at Entrance Paths – which is a fancy way of saying, “Seeing where people go when they meander around your website.” If you want to see the rest of this video series, here it is.
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Here’s the second video in my little Google Analytics series. We’re talking about a really cool feature called Site Overlay, which lets you see what people are clicking on your blog page. (UPDATE: this feature is now called In-Page Analytics, and it works very similarly to what’s in this video.) If you liked this video, …
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This video is the first in a little series I’m cooking up. Google Analytics is a great tool for tracking your blog’s stats, but it also has some nifty not-so-obvious features you can use to really learn more about who’s reading what on your blog. In this first installment, we’ll analyze a big traffic spike. …
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