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Using Google Analytics and Website Optimizer Together -- in 60 Seconds

Google Analytics Blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:04 GMT

A couple of months ago, we published a post on making your site a closer . But, before your website can close a sale, it has to get the visitor's attention. Presenting your visitor with a landing page that's relevant to what she's looking...(read more)

Speeding up: Attracting more visitors with content and community

Inside AdSense — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:04 GMT

We're well under way with our five-week educational series about speeding up your business in a slowdown, which we kicked off two weeks ago . This week, you'll hear tips from Jack Herrick, the founder of wikiHow.com, about attracting new visitors...(read more)

Google Analytics Blog in German

Google Analytics Blog — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:31:00 GMT

Today we're delighted to announce a new blog for our German speaking Google Analytics users. The German Conversion Room blog launched recently and is run by our colleagues in Europe. In addition to covering Google Analytics tips and advice, the new...(read more)

Webmaster Central YouTube update for June 22nd - 26th

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:22:01 GMT

Want to know what's new on the Webmaster Central YouTube channel ? Here's what we've uploaded in the past week: As part of Google's goal to make the web faster , we uploaded several video tips about optimizing the speed of your website...(read more)

Back to Basics: Free Google Analytics Tools

Google Analytics Blog — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:19:05 GMT

We've picked two free tools that anyone can use while setting up Google Analytics for your site. The tools below are pretty basic but are applicable to anyone tracking a campaign with an Analytics account. URL Builder The first tool we want to introduce...(read more)

Generate revenue from mobile applications

Inside AdSense — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:19:02 GMT

If you develop iPhone or Android applications, we're happy to let you know about the beta launch of AdSense for mobile applications. Participants in the beta will be able to display text and image ads in their mobile applications to earn revenue....(read more)

Traffic drops and site architecture issues

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:35:01 GMT

Webmaster Level: Intermediate. We hear lots of questions about site architecture issues and traffic drops, so it was a pleasure to talk about it in greater detail at SMX London and I'd like to highlight some key concepts from my presentation here...(read more)

Google Analytics on your Mobile Phone

Google Analytics Blog — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:33:02 GMT

With recent launch of the Google Analytics Data Export API, Google Analytics data is starting to show up in some new places. One of the most exciting places is on your mobile phone. In the past it was challenging to keep up with your performance data...(read more)

Spam2.0: Fake user accounts and spam profiles

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:06:04 GMT

You're a good webmaster or web developer, and you've done everything you can to keep your site from being hacked and keep your forums and comment sections free of spam . You're now the proud owner of a buzzing web2.0 social community, filling...(read more)

"Data Driven Discussions" series premiere!

Google Analytics Blog — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:31:05 GMT

We're lucky to have Avinash Kaushik , web analytics practitioner extraordinaire, on our team here at Google. We're also lucky to have Nick Mihailovski , our developer programs manager who was a member of the Urchin team before the acquisition...(read more)

Speeding up: Retaining your visitors with great user experience

Inside AdSense — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:08:04 GMT

Last week, we kicked off a five-week educational series about speeding up your business in a slowdown. This week, you'll hear tips from Ricardo Prada, a user experience researcher at Google, about designing for the user. As we continue to share tips...(read more)

Seminars For Success July - Edmonton, Canada

Google Analytics Blog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:13:05 GMT

Hello, Edmonton Canada! Home of the worlds largest shopping and entertainment center (West Edmonton Mall) and gateway to some of the North's most spectacular National Parks and our first Seminars for Success in province of Alberta! Our Google Analytics...(read more)

Tell us what you think!

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:10:02 GMT

(Cross-posted on the Google Product Ideas Blog ) The Webmaster Central team does our best to support the webmaster community via Webmaster Tools , the Webmaster Central Blog , the Webmaster YouTube Channel , Help Center , our forum , and a fellow named...(read more)

Watch out for your .yu domain!

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:27:05 GMT

Are you the owner of a .yu domain ? Then you might have heard the news: as of September 30, all .yu domains will stop working , regardless of their renewal date. This means that any content you're hosting on a .yu domain will no longer be online....(read more)

Let's make the web faster

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:58:05 GMT

(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and the Google Code Blog ) From building data centers in different parts of the world to designing highly efficient user interfaces, we at Google always strive to make our services faster. We focus on speed as...(read more)