WebTrends Outsider

Making a Test Log

rocky — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:18:55 +0000

WebTrends On-Premises users can test their customizations using a test log. Here's one approach to making one.

Automate your reports with the ODBC driver

Boris — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:18:39 +0000

The ODBC driver is probably my favorite WebTrends feature. I still haven’t bothered to use REST because ODBC does everything I want. With the ODBC driver I can create a 1 click report in Excel that I can distribute to anyone in my organization. They don’t have to log in, they don’t have to figure out [...]

A salute to Content Groups

rocky — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:59:18 +0000

WebTrends has a feature called Content Groups, which is simply the ability to glom together groups of pages and treat the groups as reportable entities. The concept is so simple that a lot of people just file it under "uh huh, got it" without thinking about what it can be used for. It's actually one of the biggest little features available, versatile and powerful.

Cool Custom Report: Organic-Only Search Terms & Traffic

rocky — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:01:30 +0000

Get a WebTrends report on organic (natural) which organic (natural) search terms (as opposed to paid search terms) brought traffic to your site.

The One Content Group You Should ALWAYS Have

rocky — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:56:18 +0000

There's one particular Content Group definition that everybody should have. It should be in every Content Groups report.