Web Analytics monitors the traffic on your site and gives you a wide range of vital and detailed information on how visitors are interacting with your business online. We often hear “oh, yes, I've got analytics installed” but the numbers of people who are doing something meaningful with it are close to zero.
Many don't realise that you can set business goals and objectives allowing you to continuously measure how well your site and business are performing, to see if you are getting the best value for money out of both of them. You can even customise how your analytics page displays so that it is easier for you to get to the information you're interested in.
Almost everything can be measured – from the number of visitors, clicks and open rates to location, demographics, to time spent on the site, how your site was found and even the order of pages that your users look at. Web analytics can also be used to gather data about competitors in your industry, so you can glimpse into what they are doing and find out what does and doesn't work more effectively.
With so much information available it is difficult for business owners to embrace the potential of analytics, as the amount of data can be overwhelming to newcomers. At WSI we have teams of Analytics specialists and we can work with you and your business to identify what you want to achieve with your online business presence.
We can show you how to make more money online using web analytics. Call for a meeting today to see how it can work for you!
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| U.K. web sales grew nearly 13% in the first half of 2012 Source: ecommerce-news.internetretailer.com, July 2012 |
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| Despite the economic woes, spending online continues to grow. In August 2011 alone, UK shoppers spent £5.2 billion on the web. Source: IMRG/Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, November 2011 |
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| 41% of UK firms are successfully winning customers through their social networking efforts. 48% use social platforms to engage with their existing customers. Source: Regus as cited by www.searchenginejournal.com, November 2011 |
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| 79% of search engine users say they always/frequently click on the natural search results. Source: www.searchenginejournal.com, April 2012 |
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| 28% of people in the UK have purchased something using their phone Source: gpmd.co.uk, March 2012 |