Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a free web analytics tool from Google. It allows you to gather important information.

Google Analytics is a free web analytics tool from Google. It allows you to gather important information. KPI und Website-Statistiken abrufen. Ausserdem lassen sich mit Google Analytics auch Marketing-Kampagnen tracken sowie A/B-Tests durchführen. Google Analytics ist das weltweit am häufigsten genutzte Webanalysetool und ist komplex aber hochspannend.
To use Google Analytics, you need a Google account. After registering with Google Analytics and accepting the terms of service, you receive a tracking code that you must insert into the section of each page to track usage data. Some content management systems (CMS) or e-commerce platforms simplify the integration of the Google Analytics code through plugins, where only the ID is required. However, sometimes not all functions are equally available in the CMS dashboard, while they are available in Google Analytics itself.
Die beinahe wichtigste Komponente im taktischen Marketing ist die Reporting- und Dashboardfunktion. So können eigene, individualisierte Dashboard erstellt, oder vorhandene integriert werden. Das Internet bietet einige Sammlungen dazu an. Wichtige KPI und Vergleiche lassen sich so sehr effizient und einfach kontrollieren und Schlüsse herbeiziehen. Die Funktion Alerts wiederum bietet die Möglichkeit, bei signifikanten Verbesserungen oder Verschlechterungen per Mail eine Benachrichtigung zu versenden. Grundsätzlich lassen sich alle Reports manuell oder automatisch versenden, sowie als PDF, Excel oder CSV Datei exportieren.

Google Analytics is a tool for building knowledge.

The Google Analytics interface consists of five main functions, which are further divided into sub-areas. The following order reflects the corresponding navigation sequence:

  • Realtime / Echtzeit: Wer live wissen möchte, wer sich auf seiner Website tummelt ist hier richtig. Die Unterseite mit der höchsten Aktivität, alle Besucherzahlen, oder der Besucherstrom während eine Kampagne läuft kann hier in Echtzeit gesehen und allfällig getestet werden.
  • Visitors / Target group: Here you will find all data about the website visitors: origin, demographic characteristics, devices and operating systems used, languages, etc. Furthermore, the user flow shows which users take which steps on which pages and how often these pages are visited.
  • Acquisition / Akquisition: Die wichtigsten Kennzahlen nach Kanälen: Direktbesucher, organische Suche und bezahlte Suche, sowie Verweise (Referrals) und Quellen (Kampagnen, Mailings etc) können hier aufgeschlüsselt und mit mehreren Dimensionen versehen werden (inkl. Umsatz sofern E-Commerce Tracking aktiviert ist).
  • Cost analysis / AdWords: It is also important to link the AdWords account here to gain insight into the efficiency of your own campaigns.
  • Suchmaschinenoptimierung: Hier kann mit dem Webmasters Tool im Verbund weitere, wichtige Informationen erfahren: Zielseiten und Suchanfragen (Keywords) können hier rausgelesen werden und ins SEO Management einfliessen.
  • Behavior: This section focuses on the content: You can see the best and most popular pages, where users leave the site, what they search for, which terms they use, etc. Furthermore, in-page analysis provides insights into how users interact with the website. For example, we learn which links potential customers click on and which they don't. Based on this information, the website layout can be optimized, the user experience improved, and the number of conversions increased.
  • Conversions: everything related to e-commerce. Here you define goals, see how your target URLs perform, and view funnel visualizations showing the steps taken (provided you have defined goals and steps). Furthermore, the e-commerce section provides a quick overview of the value of your online business. Structure and analyze your data using e-commerce reports and discover the interrelationships between your marketing campaigns, user interactions, and transactions. At a glance, you can identify your top-selling products.
  • Important: E-commerce tracking uses a code snippet that you integrate into your website or app to collect transaction data such as product sales, purchase amounts, and billing locations. This data will then also be available in your Google Analytics account.

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