by Vlad Bobleanta on February 23, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Google has recently released version 1.1 of its Analytics SDK for iOS. The main addition to this release is support for custom variables, which has been available in Analytics for Android since December of last year.
Custom variables allow you to segment your users and they can provide very useful context. Examples include finding out what percentage of users prefer a paid app vs. an ...
by Vlad Bobleanta on October 15, 2010 at 05:40 PM

Google's Analytics service is a very useful tool for webmasters to track what their visitors are doing on their sites and what they're clicking on. However, up until now there was no good way to visualize how visitors navigate on a website. Analytics reports do contain a lot of data, but making sense of all the different elements of a page that are referenced in them can be a pain.
To ...
by Jay Hathaway on August 10, 2010 at 09:15 AM

If you want to keep up to date with your website stats, but you don't want to get sucked into the trap of checking Google Analytics constantly, Metric Mail might be for you. It delivers an elegant PDF digest of your Google Analytics stats to your inbox each week, with all your most important numbers laid out front and center.
This is especially useful if you're running a website for a client ...
by Jay Hathaway on November 13, 2009 at 07:00 PM

You'd think that Google's purchase of FeedBurner a few years back would have meant that FeedBurner stats would be easy to track in Google Analytics. No such luck so far, but Analytics can now track at least some FeedBurner info, although the process isn't very obvious. If you want to see how many people click through from your FeedBurner feed to your site (no subscriber numbers yet - sorry!) ...
by Jason Clarke on November 2, 2009 at 07:00 PM

Clicky is a new web analytics package that is looking to give the current king of web analytics, Google Analytics, a run for its money. Like any site tracking service, you create an account, insert some code into your pages (or if you are using one of the popular blogging platforms, simply install the relevant plugin), and watch as Clicky gathers statistics for your site in real-time.
The service ...
by Christina Warren on May 3, 2008 at 06:00 PM

Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix of everything Google! In this edition:
Google expands iPhod/iPod Touch interface and adds News
Customize your Google Docs with CSS
YouTube gets a new player
Google launches private beta for Google Analytics for Blogger
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by Christina Warren on April 4, 2008 at 03:00 PM

Welcome to Googleholic - your bi-weekly fix of everything Google! In this edition:
Google Gears gets some updates
YouTube introduces Living Legends
Google Analytics adds new graphing options
Google to lay off ~300 DoubleClick employees and sell Performics Search Marketing
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by Christina Warren on March 22, 2008 at 07:00 PM

Welcome to Googleholic - your bi-weekly fix of everything Google, the day-late, extra-tasty edition! This edition covers:
AJAX Language API
Google Analytics benchmarking goes live
YouTube 2007 Video Award Winners
Google Apps get newest Gmail features
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by Grant Robertson on December 14, 2007 at 01:00 PM

How much data do you think Google has about you and your browsing habits? Crazy amounts. Scary amounts. Volumes of data that make our veins run cold and keep us awake at night. But, hey, they kinda own the web, right? So what can you do?
Forty One of the most popular 100 sites on the web use Google to track their visitors. As it turns out, it's pretty simple to opt-out of Google Analytics data ...
by Brad Linder on June 26, 2007 at 12:00 PM
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If you've got a web site or blog, you're probably using a statistics tracking service like StatCounter, SiteMeter or Google Analytics. Without a doubt, Google Analytics is the most comprehensive system around for tracking and analyzing visitor data for your website. But there are so many bells and whistles that it can be a bit intimidating. Nonprofit consultant Beth Kantor has put together a great ...
by Brad Linder on June 13, 2007 at 08:00 PM

Google Analytics is out of beta, in what may be record time for a Google product. The final version builds on some of the goodies first introduced last month, and includes changes suggested by folks like Search Engine Watch's Danny Sullivan and Marketing Pilgrim's Andy Beal. As of July 18th, you'll no longer be able to access the previous version of Google Analytics. So what's new?
Hourly ...
by Jason Clarke on November 4, 2006 at 12:09 PM

If you're a blogger using WordPress, and you're looking for a good way to view both your web visitor statistics as well as your syndicated reader statistics, consider using Google Analytics and FeedBurner. Google Analytics, which was once known as Urchin, is a free and full-featured web statistic reporting package. FeedBurner is a best-of-breed syndicated feed monitoring service. But once you've ...
by Chris Gilmer on August 18, 2006 at 10:50 AM

In this issue of Googleholic we cover:
Google Map Search gadget
Grannies and Google Coupons
Google Music Trends
Brazil sues Google
Google Anniversary
Writely is open for business
China.com teams with Google
Welcome to Friday's Googleholic edition... ...