I have wanted to write and post this article for ages now. The thing that always held me back: setting up OAuth. But the EMEA Summit is upon us, and with it a lab session about the Analytics Live Stream, and I am going to be part of that, so I have to. The bad … Continue reading Using Analytics Live Stream
Plugins: New/Repeat vs VisitNum
Here: I would always use the getVisitNum plugin instead of the getNewRepeat plugin. They have a similar use case. Your friendly marketer will probably compare your new visitors against those who've been to the site before. I bet you she has targets that are linked to acquisition of new visitors or rather new customers. Most … Continue reading Plugins: New/Repeat vs VisitNum
Content as Ecommerce
In December, Simo Ahava posted an article where he explained how using concepts from ecommerce and implementing those on his blog helped him gain new insight. A brilliant article which I suggest you read. I'll wait. Read it? Looks good, doesn't it?! I especially like the distinction skimmer versus reader. Simo implemented everything he did … Continue reading Content as Ecommerce
Quick tip: Reporting API & Bookmarks
Somewhere, not long ago, in an office, not far away, friendly marketer met developer. The following dialog took place: Friendly Marketer: hey, about that custom report display... Developer: the one using the Adobe Reporting API? FM: yup. I still owe you an exact description of the report... so I sat down yesterday and tried to … Continue reading Quick tip: Reporting API & Bookmarks
Internal URLs
Every program, every tool has this one thing that causes head-scratching all over. For Adobe Analytics, one little head-scratcher has to do with the specification of "internal URLs". "Internal URLs?" you ask, "what on Earth are 'internal URLs'?" Your site has two interfaces to the rest of the Internet: Incoming traffic via links from other … Continue reading Internal URLs
SAINT Classifications – the Most Used Feature
Product Manager John Bates told the audience at the marketing Summit in Utah in March 2014 that Classifications is the most used feature in Adobe Analytics. I am not surprised. One reason is that Classifications allow you to aggregate data. Aggregation of data can make all the difference between a report that is unreadable and … Continue reading SAINT Classifications – the Most Used Feature
Quick Tip – One s_code.js for Multiple Sites
The situation: you are responsible for a couple of sites on different domains. Tracking is pretty much the same on all of these pages, but there are some small differences (e.g. each site tracks into a separate report suite). A new version of the s_code has come out and you want to update all your … Continue reading Quick Tip – One s_code.js for Multiple Sites
Quick tip: 20 Char Limit
If your friendly marketer asks you to implement purchase IDs or to serialise events, you'll have to generate 20-character IDs that should be as unique as possible. The straight-forward approach is to use some existing IDs that the back-end provides, but often those can be longer than 20 characters. So what can you do? Hash … Continue reading Quick tip: 20 Char Limit
With DTM you don’t need Data Elements
Slight deviation this week, but we're still on the path to glory a setup of Adobe Analytics and Dynamic Tag Manager (DTM) that is as close to perfection as possible. The deviation today has to do with a question I was asked about a month ago: how can I track an attribute of a clicked … Continue reading With DTM you don’t need Data Elements
What does a Digital Analytics department do?
I was going to move on to the next step of my journey, replacing more plugins with Dynamic Tag Management features when I came across and article written by Richard Hayes, that I really want you to read, especially if you are a developer and not an analyst or marketer. Read this: What does a … Continue reading What does a Digital Analytics department do?
Web Analytics for Developers 