Comments on: Google Analytics in Depth: Goals and Funnels

By: Andrea Di Clemente

Andrea Di Clemente — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:52:53 +0000

Hi Dave,

great job. Your post, along with your reply @Gaetano, just motivated me to go ahead and plan our funnel strategy for Apollo! We are still in invite-only mode, and I thought we didn’t need them yet, until reading this.

Thanks a lot, and if you need an invite for Apollo, ask us @applicomhq

Cheers,
Andrea

By: Dave Sparks

Dave Sparks — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:31:57 +0000

Hi Jason
You didn’t do anything wrong no. Analytics will only start tracking goals from the time you set them up, it won’t “back date” them as such.

Dave

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:39:23 +0000

I have been tracking data on my site for 30 days now and just setup 2 goals, but the previous data does not show.

Is this normal or did I do something wrong? I kind of thought that existing data would be just displayed within the goal.

Thanks

- Jason

By: umesh yadav

umesh yadav — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:51:19 +0000

Thanks for wonderful article, step by step, how to use and configure the Goal and funnels.

___Umesh Yadav

By: Blair from AdditiveCRO

Blair from AdditiveCRO — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:51:36 +0000

This is a really good article Dave. Judging from the number of comments, Conversion Rate Optimization is becoming more and more popular amongst ‘regular’ website owners?

I think it’s awesome that people are starting to emerge from the era of SEO, and realise the gains that are there to be made from simply helping their visitors to take action and convert.

It seems that people are also interested in tracking exit links? Maybe a post on that next Dave?

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:31:18 +0000

David your article is direct not as the official material from Google. I’am setting up funnel but the urls are not simple.
Thanks

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:36:57 +0000

You have no idea how powerful and informative this resource is. Thank you so much Dave! It has helped me deepen my knowledge about Google analytics and has clarified for me what funnels and goals is all about and its importance to my internet marketing. Great job! Great sharing!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:57:13 +0000

Thanks Dave. Really clearly explained and very helpful. Next question is: How would I measure from analytics the number of people clicking on my ‘Follow us on twitter’ button?

By: Claire Jarrett

Claire Jarrett — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:29:45 +0000

Fantastic. I’m struggling with goals and funnels for a client, I’ve explained my knowledge of Analytics is somewhat limited. Do you offer consultancy help in case I can’t fix this myself?

By: Dave Sparks

Dave Sparks — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:06:25 +0000

Hi Terry thanks for the question.
This is exactly where funnels will help. First set up the finishing page (request-info.aspx) as a URL destination type goal. Then before you save it add a funnel and put the landing page (healthcare/index.aspx) as the first step and tick the box for required step.
Looking at the funnel once it has been setup will tell you exactly what you need, how many people enter the funnel at the first page and make it to the last regardless of their route.