Tag: analytics

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Daniel Schwarz investigates various ways Google Analytics can uncover how your users are navigating your website and to give insights into user journeys and potential problem areas.

Jamie Murphy shows how to use Google Optimize to make data-driven design decisions by experimenting with variations, to see which converts better.

Jamie Murphy summarizes the tools offered by Optimizely, identifying suitable scenarios for when they could be used.

Using Google Analytics and Crazy Egg, Ash Ome shows how to detect where users are leaving your site, understand why they’re leaving, and how to fix this.

John Stevens looks at targeted user experiences — the careful art of finding out what users want, and delivering it, tailoring content based on user needs.

Justin Owings looks at how a bounce rate can be used as a way to identify opportunities for search engine, app copy, landing page, and UX optimization.

David Attard shows how Hotjar can be used to identify weaknesses in your UX, and how it can also help to boost the prospects of your MVP.

Ash Ome introduces Crazy Egg, showing why its heatmap and A/B testing tools makes it so useful for spotting and fixing website UX problems.

Daniel Schwarz shows how the Location feature of Google Analytics can be used to spot UX problems that may be related to culture or regional issues.

Luke Hay shows where to look for underperforming areas of your website using Google Analytics.

Jon MacDonald explains why A/B testing often fails, and walks through a real-life case study where A/B testing was used to boost conversions exponentially.

Daniel explains the difference between descriptive and diagnostic analytics, and how diagnostic analytics needs to inform descriptive analytics.

David Attard covers the KPIs every designer needs to know about, and how to measure them to gain insights into the behavior of the users that visit it.

Daniel Schwarz discusses the mindset required to understand the needs of your users, and five pitfalls to avoid when interpreting analytics data.

Jamie Murphy introduces five A/B testing tools for maximizing website conversions, explaining how each works so you can choose one for you or your team.

Craig Buckler shows how, with a small amount of code, you can use Google Analytics to track online shop transactions and every product purchased.

Jon MacDonald introduces 7 tools for optimizing UX, from website usage analytics to heatmap analytics, real-time analytics and advanced customer analytics.

Quantitative analytics help identify the biggest opportunities and problems, but fall short on actionable insights—where Qualitative research thrives.

Vincent Feeney explains the purpose of customer journey mapping, showing how you can use both Google Analytics and Hotjar to better understand user's needs.

Craig Buckler shows how to use Google Analytics to track not just page views but also events such as Ajax updates, file downloads and social interactions.

Luke Hay explains the analytics-first methodology and how to conduct user research by using the tools provided by Google Analytics.

Luke Hay introduces Google Analytics, explaining the main tools it offers, what they're for, and pitfalls to avoid when interpreting their results.

Daniel Schwarz explains A/B and multivariate testing, how to conduct tests in a structured and progressive way, and lists some popular testing tools.

Daniel Schwarz exposes five common myths about data-driven design that cause designers to overlook user-related data that's critical for effective UX.

Daniel Schwarz introduces the meaning of the term UX Analytics, and explains why the data derived from analytics is so important in the field of UX.

There’s a lot of data available in your analytics package that will help build up your knowledge of who’s visiting your website.

This article lists some of the main analytics pitfalls, and how they’re best avoided—to ensure your analysis paints a true picture of user behavior.

For those not used to looking at website analytics, some of the terminology can seem like a foreign language.

In this episode of the Versioning Show, Tim and David talk with Luke Hay, a user experience professional and author.