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* To get useful information from your AdWords campaign in your Analytics account, you must link your accounts. This is not done automatically.
* To get useful information from your AdWords campaign in your Analytics account, you must link your accounts. This is not done automatically.
= Concepts =
* Dashboard: not very useful, a collection of shortcuts.
* Intelligence: useless, allows you to define automatic alerts.
* Visitors: information about visitors (browsers, capabilities, country).
* Traffic sources: very important, can help you understand where your visitors come from.
* Content: which pages are viewed.
* Goals: user-defined goals.
* E-commerce: track transactions and items sold.
* Custom reports: this can be quite useful as well.
* Advanced segments: crucial, allows you to set custom segments.


= Questions =
= Questions =


* What's the difference between "Organic" and "Referral" ?
* What's the difference between "Organic" and "Referral" ?

Revision as of 19:29, 20 October 2011

Google AdWords

  • To get useful information from your AdWords campaign in your Analytics account, you must link your accounts. This is not done automatically.

Concepts

  • Dashboard: not very useful, a collection of shortcuts.
  • Intelligence: useless, allows you to define automatic alerts.
  • Visitors: information about visitors (browsers, capabilities, country).
  • Traffic sources: very important, can help you understand where your visitors come from.
  • Content: which pages are viewed.
  • Goals: user-defined goals.
  • E-commerce: track transactions and items sold.
  • Custom reports: this can be quite useful as well.
  • Advanced segments: crucial, allows you to set custom segments.

Questions

  • What's the difference between "Organic" and "Referral" ?