Comments on: Google Analytics 2012 Report Templates (Some Assembly Required)

By: Marketing Ideas 101

Marketing Ideas 101 — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Owen,
Thanks for writing! For an art portfolio site, I would recommend the “basic blog dashboard” from the list above. It shows you your most popular pages, your top traffic conduits and your top keywords.

While I still haven’t seen a single Google Analytics report from the new system that is as strong as the old report, Google has at least taken steps to allow you to piece-meal things into a single email.

Your best bet is to set up a couple weekly reports to help you keep an eye on things, and log into GA when you want more in-depth answers to your traffic questions.

Does that help?

By: Owen Prescott

Owen Prescott — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Thanks for the dashboards, it is possible someone could send me a dashboard that handles an art & design portfolio website? I do not sell anything, I am mainly focused on keywords and website performance.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:45:58 +0000

That’s what I like to hear, Evy! Thank you for the note!

By: Evy Hanson

Evy Hanson — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Thank you for those instant report configurations, doesn’t get much easier than this! Just installed a variety of these across 10 accounts I manage – you just saved me a ton of time. Thanks!!

By: Marketing Ideas 101

Marketing Ideas 101 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:15:00 +0000

Lymon, I am seeing a couple recent updates to the Google Analytics platform. For one, now you can click to see all the current numbers for your multiple Analytics profiles (like you used to be able to do without needing to click anywhere.) Also, it seems Google is trying to set things up so you can knit the multiple reports together into the same email. This is an improvement over multiple emails, of course, though it still falls short of one succinct PDF. Still, it’s progress! Soon we’ll be back to Square One!

By: Lymon Lemon

Lymon Lemon — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:27:00 +0000

Yes, Google definitely f*$cked up on this one. I too thought I was doing something wrong but apparently not. As web developers, marketing managers and project managers, we deal with multiple loads of clients on one account and it makes absolutely no sense that Google would make something so confusing and time-wasting as they have. Why change what worked in the first place? I mean in the respect to simplicity and user-interface. We need to get in, do our thing and get out. Not spend hours upon hours trying to figure out the mess they’ve created or now the need to customize individual client dashboards for reporting on a one by one basis. Google, your new approach is just absolute non-sense!

By: Andover IT

Andover IT — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:09:00 +0000

A pleasure and will let you know when we set up some more.

By: Marketing Ideas 101

Marketing Ideas 101 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Andover IT, great report! Thank you for the contribution!

By: Andover IT

Andover IT — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:42:00 +0000

It makes you wonder if Google do any research outside of Google Towers??

We’ve put together a basic Overview Report loosely based on the old reports
http://www.andover-it.co.uk/tools-tips/google/google-analytics-report-templates/

By: Marketing Ideas 101

Marketing Ideas 101 — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:14:00 +0000

Matt, I thought the same thing. I looked and looked, thinking, “It must be here.. Google knows what they’re doing.. right?” Glad I could help bring you some peace on the matter!
Matt