Tip: Evaluate your sources and your site with Bounce Rate

Of all web analytics metrics, Bounce Rate is perhaps the most universally applicable. Why? Because, unlike the widely-quoted Conversion Rate metric, Bounce Rate doesn't require you to have defined conversion goals. This means you can use it to understand how well virtually any kind of site performs from a marketing...

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Limited Reporting Delays

A scheduled system maintenance this morning caused processing delays for a small percentage of our users. For several hours this morning, affected users were only able to see traffic data current to 3am PST. This was a temporary delay. No data was lost and all reports should now be fully updated.We apologize for the inconvenience.Posted by Alden DeSoto, Google Analytics T...

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Join us at Searchnomics Tomorrow

If you are anywhere near the San Francisco/San Jose bay area, please join our team at Searchnomics tomorrow, June 27th. The organizers have offered Google Analytics customers passes at a cost of only $100, but you must register with this double-secret password: "ga".Our Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik will speak in the afternoon on Advanced Web Analytics Tips and Best Practices. He'll provide...

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Thanks for the Webware 100 Award

We'd like to thank Webware, the users who cast 489,467 votes in this year's Webware 100 Awards, and everyone who helped make Google Analytics a winner! Google was recognized as a winner in 10 categories. Other products in our family that received an award are Google Reader, Gmail, Google (search engine), Google Gmail Mobile, Google Maps Mobile, 1-800-GOOG-411, Google AdWords/AdSense,...

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You Asked For it, You Got It. New Features Added to Google Analytics

Since releasing the new Google Analytics, we've received repeated requests for specific features. We felt strongly that these features deserved to be incorporated into the product immediately so, as of today, everyone has access to the most requested improvements. We are also removing the beta tag from the new interface and we'd like to remind everyone that the previous version of Google Analytics...

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Events in June

The Google Analytics team is presenting at or attending three conferences this month, and we hope to meet you in person as we talk and answer questions about Google Analytics. We're excited to attend for the first time Searchnomics on June 27 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. Searchnomics focuses on the importance of search to websites and online businesses, including site discovery,...

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Checkout E-commerce Success Story

We often mention Google Checkout and the integration with Google Analytics because Checkout is an excellent way for e-commerce merchants to optimize their conversion process for their customers and for their business. But how does having the Checkout button on your site and in your shopping cart checkout process actually help you? Why use Checkout?Now there is an informative success story about using...

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