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Sponsored by. Measure the Real Success of Your Website. Jim Sterne Target Marketing. jsterne@targeting.com +1 805-965-3184 www.targeting.com. Web Analytics: Measuring Website Success. Get Attention. Advertising. Marketing. Educate. Sales. Sell. Customer Service. Help.
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Sponsored by Measure the Real Success of Your Website • Jim Sterne • Target Marketing jsterne@targeting.com +1 805-965-3184 www.targeting.com
Web Analytics: Measuring Website Success • Get Attention Advertising Marketing Educate Sales Sell Customer Service Help
How Much TechnologyDo You Need? Make the distinction between information that is Interesting and information that is Useful Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
PPC cost over profit per sale Test alternative keywords Browser to buyer ratio per page Test alternative navigation Shopping cart abandonment by item Cross sell / up sell Useful Information is Actionable Useful Information is Actionable Sponsored by Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
Data Capture • Server Log Files • Cookies • Packet Sniffing • Web Beacon (cleardot.gif) • Client Side Surveillance • Panel Observation
The Short History of Web Metrics • What can you tell us? • Log files
Server LogsTransaction Records for Recovery Web Server Surfer http log - “server log” What pages were served to which IP addresses & when?
Server Logs • Visits • Sessions • Pageviews (qty & popularity) • Entry & exit pages • Errors • Hourly usage • Browser & OS version • Usage by country
Server Logs (sort of) (sort of) (sort of) (sort of) (sort of) (sort of) (sort of) • Visits • Sessions • Pageviews (qty & popularity) • Entry & exit pages • Errors • Hourly usage • Browser & OS version • Usage by country
The Short History of Web Metrics What can you tell us? Log files • What about campaign management? Referer info
Referrer Data:Where Did They Come From? • Referer (sic) data contains: • Which link • Which banner • Which press release • Which partner site • Which search engine • Which search terms
What We Want to Know What we Want to Know Sponsored by • Are we attracting new people to your site? • Is our site ‘sticky’? Which regions in it are not? • What is the health of our lead qualification process? • How adept is our conversion of browsers to buyers? • What behavior indicates purchase propensity? • What site navigation do we wish to encourage? • How can profiling help use cross-sell and up-sell? • How do customer segments differ? • What attributes describe our best customers? • Can we target other prospects like them? • What makes customers loyal? • How do we measure loyalty? Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
The Short History of Web Metrics • What can you tell us? • Log files • What about campaign management? • Referrer logs What about clickstreams, sessions, segments, conversions, etc.? VCI of VSS
Data Capture • Server Log Files • Cookies • Packet Sniffing • Web Beacon (cleardot.gif) • Client Side Surveillance • Panel Observation • Application Servers
Cookies Cookies Sponsored by • Server writes ID code in client file • Server later reads the cookie • Server recognizes the user Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
Cookies Cookies Sponsored by • Server writes ID code in client file • Server later reads the cookie • Server recognizes the user First http request No cookie Page sent Cookie set Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
Cookies Cookies Sponsored by • Server writes ID code in client file • Server later reads the cookie • Server recognizes the user First http request No cookie Page sent Cookie set Subsequent click Cookie data included Page sent Database updated Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
Cookies Cookies Sponsored by Problems: file can be erased browser dependent person independent avg = 2.6 cookies/month • Server writes ID code in client file • Server later reads the cookie • Server recognizes the user First http request No cookie Page sent Cookie set Subsequent click Cookie data included Page sent Database updated Jim Sterne www.targeting.com
Data Capture • Server Log Files • Cookies • Packet Sniffing • Web Beacon (cleardot.gif) • Client Side Surveillance • Panel Observation • Application Servers
Packet Sniffing “Click”
Packet Sniffing Submit
Packet Sniffing Submit
Packet Sniffing • Every outbound file • Every inbound request • Includes submitted data Personal data Configuration data Ordering data Downside: Important packets frequently encrypted
Data Capture • Server Log Files • Cookies • Packet Sniffing • Web Beacon (cleardot.gif) • Client Side Surveillance • Panel Observation • Application Servers
Web Beacon / Web BugCache-busting “no-cache”
Web Beacon / Web Bug Aggregate DB
Web Beacon / Web Bug • Aggregate traffic patterns • Where from / where to info • Cross-site traffic behavior • Inter-company cross-sell potential
Data Capture • Server Log Files • Cookies • Packet Sniffing • Web Beacon (cleardot.gif) • Client Side Surveillance • Panel Observation • Application Servers
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