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Monitoring a web site’s health. Web Analytics - Definition. Measurement of the behavior of visitors to a website Which aspects of the website work towards the business objectives Which landing pages encourage people to make a purchase Web Analytic information gathered from:
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Web Analytics - Definition • Measurement of the behavior of visitors to a website • Which aspects of the website work towards the business objectives • Which landing pages encourage people to make a purchase • Web Analytic information gathered from: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics#Web_server_logfile_analysis
Web Analytics - Technologies • Web server logfile analysis • Recording transactions in a logfile • Page tagging • Passing page request and user information (JavaScript)
Web Analytics – Terms • Hit • A request for a file from the web server. • Available only in log analysis. • Page View • A request for a file whose type is defined as a page in log analysis. • An occurrence of the script being run in page tagging. • In log analysis, a single page view may generate multiple hits as all the resources required to view the page (images, .js and .css files) are also requested from the web server.
Web Analytics – Terms • Visit / Session • A series of requests from the same uniquely identified client with a set timeout. • A visit is expected to contain multiple hits (in log analysis) and page views. • Visitor / Unique Visitor • The uniquely identified client generating requests on the web server (log analysis) or viewing pages (page tagging). • A visitor can make multiple visits. • Repeat Visitor • A visitor that has made at least one previous visit. • New Visitor • A visitor that has not made any previous visits.
Dashboards • Software for gathering data from business applications • Help managers visualize the collected information. • Example, designed to give a manager up-to-the-minute customer sales data • Create a visual "dashboard" for tracking specific metrics • Size of transactions
Assignment • Find one vendor of web analytic service • Identify the Primary Service Offering
Web Site Health • What’s broken? • Links • Graphics • Content • What’s Important? • Prioritize • Key to business • Customer satisfaction
Web Site Health • Prioritize • Shopping cart abandonment • Repeat visits • Bells and whistles • Shopping experience • Revenue • Cause and effect on the business
Web Site Health • Sporadic problems • Caching problems • Supplier problems
Google – free analytics • Tour • www.google.com/analytics/sign_up.html • Funnel vision • Visitor segmentation • Geotargeting • Concerns • Security • Privacy • Other vendors?
Class Work • Each student identify the vendor of web analytics and its competitive advantage • Discuss the assigned case study from Google’s site • Answer: will Google's free service put the vendor out of business. Why or why not?