Annelieke van den Berg Annelieke van den Berg leads the Research Department at Yoast. She has her Master’s degree in Sociology and focuses on all things related to data. When working with Google Analytics, you do not always want to stick with just a secondary dimension. Sometimes, you also want a third and fourth dimension. […]
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Your international marketing campaigns hinge on one crucial element: how well you have understood your audience. As with all marketing, insight into the user behavior, preferences and needs of your market is a must. However, if you do not have feet on the ground in these markets, you may be struggling to understand why your
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At the frontlines in the battle for SEO is Google Search Console (GSC), an amazing tool that makes you visible in search engine results pages (SERPs) and provides an in-depth analysis of web traffic being routing to your doorstep. And it does all this for free. If your website marks your presence in cyberspace, GSC
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Bounce rate is the percentage of site visitors that land on your website and leave before viewing a second page. You can easily determine your website’s bounce rate by setting up Google Analytics. Now, if you’re thinking this isn’t such a big deal and that as long as they visit your website, irrespective of how long
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Joost de Valk Joost de Valk is the founder and Chief Product Officer of Yoast and the Lead Marketing & Communication for WordPress.org. He’s a digital marketer, developer and an Open Source fanatic. The definitive guide to higher rankings for WordPress sites This is the original WordPress SEO article since 2008, fully updated for 2019!
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Are you seeing data discrepancies between your backend system and Google Analytics? Often times you may find data discrepancies between your backend system (where website conversions are tracked manually) and data in Analytics platforms like Google Analytics (GA). Sound familiar? Then, read on! We’ve compiled some of our top tools for diagnosing what might be
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To say that there are a host of factors impacting your website performance is to state the obvious, but are you currently measuring all the different factors involved? On any given day, both online and offline channels drive traffic to your site. Online traffic via paid search, social media and display are easily measured in
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If you’re an ecommerce company who sells products in-stores, estimating foot traffic by location can be tough. However, it can often glean important insight about your customer’s journey. Here’s the good news – activating GA 360 and having your Google Ads account linked gives you access to a new feature that helps you analyze exactly
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Who can argue that building an SEO strategy is not a time-consuming thing? Keyword research, niche analysis, technical audit, link building — all these tasks are just a small part of an SEO’s daily routine. Willing to automate search engine optimization processes, experts use special tools and software. But it’s not always sufficient when analyzing the
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