If you spend anytime analyzing data, exporting it to Excel, and adding formulas to get totals, you find quickly that certain Analytics metrics that appear to be a total at the top of a column are not a total at all. Wait, what? Find the Story Behind the Analytics Stats Some of these labels [...]
You’re a local business owner that has developed a steady customer base the old-fashioned way—networking, billboards, etc. You also know the Internet has drastically changed the game and shows no signs of stopping. Making concessions to the modern era, you put up a website. Now you hear many theories about what needs to happen from [...]
Tracking conversions is a critical piece to proving the value of your online marketing services. Google Analytics is the de facto standard at this point in time for tracking and being able to analyze the results of services being provided. Many Google Analytics users are deploying their GA tag through Google Tag Manager. What happens [...]
Google Analytics is rolling out Cross Device capabilities to help companies better understand the customer journey. Prior to Cross Device reporting, if a user came to your site from a mobile device and then from desktop, it would show as two separate sessions and two unique users. With the new Cross Device feature, you’ll be [...]
Recent data compiled by Databox of the most-tracked metrics of over 50,000 Google Analytics users revealed that Google Analytics is most often called upon to: Measure and track visitor growth and online conversions. Determine how long visitors are staying on the site. What visitors are viewing. This is critical information, but Google Analytics is capable [...]
Here at periscopeUP we've been brought in before, during, and after a website relaunch. Motives for relaunching are usually re-branding or a desire for a more modern look. No matter the reason or the timing, there are SEO mishaps that can cause your relaunch to be a bust. Let’s take look at what happens most [...]
Google’s Danny Sullivan stated that Google was not targeting low quality websites and confirmed there is nothing wrong to fix in sites that lose rankings. This is not targeting based on quality, but based on relevance. In other words, Google is doing their job. Here is the text of Google’s announcement: “Each day, Google usually releases [...]
As of the beginning of the year, Google has implemented some policy changes to the Google Ad Grants program. There is one policy change that is affecting account performance in a major way. The Maximize Conversions bidding strategy has finally given Google Ad Grant managers the opportunity to be a little more competitive with non [...]
Your online marketing plan has just paid off. Whether it’s through search engine optimization or effective branding, you have achieved the first goal of digital marketing--get the click. A visitor is now on your website and you have a precious few seconds (if that) to make that visit count towards your business goals. What needs [...]
periscopeUP makes your site more secure “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.” When credited with this famous quote nearly 100 years ago, John Wanamaker wasn't faced with the abundance of digital channels marketers contemplate today. I'm sympathetic toward modern marketing leadership. They are responsible [...]
