Analytics

What is it you are measuring?

On Analytics

Web Analytics has always been a double-edged sword, over time it has become ever more blunt.

Analytics should help us decide what to do next. Actionable rather than interesting. Reasons to be careful with web analytics.

  • Keywords are now inconsistent and randomly distributed
  • Campaign performance is therefore suspect
  • Everything you see in Google is averaged out
  • Volumes of clicks are often inversely related to value

Cras ac ultricies enim. Aliquam magna?

Attributing Value

First-click attribution tells us which sources of attention are producing ultimately interested people. The second and subsequent clicks are affected by the first.