Beginner's Guide to Google Analytics: What to Track

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I have read an interesting article written by Sarah Carling, February 15, 2012

I love analytics, I could sit for hours in front of a spreadsheet with a thousand formulas dissecting data from every possible angle, but the truth is that 9 times out of 10, the analytics account in question hasn't been set up to give me the data I want or need.

Google Analytics especially has been sold as easy. You install the JavaScript snippet on the page and away you go. But it really shouldn't be that simple, because while Google provides a lot of data out of the box, it probably isn't going to give you everything you need without some tweaking.

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I find Google Analytics very easy to use and it gives me priceless information about my sites search activity