https://coder.tw/en/tags/google-analytics/Recent content in Google Analytics on Lin's BlogHugoen-USSun, 19 Feb 2017 10:15:29 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/google-analytics-exception-tracking/Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:15:29 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/google-analytics-exception-tracking/<p>Google Analytics has a hidden feature called exception tracking. It collects error messages from a website&rsquo;s front end or back end (or from an app) so you can analyze them. Here&rsquo;s an example from my recent project. When a user fills out a form and submits it, I validate the information they entered. If they forgot to fill in a field, the error message is sent to GA. Afterward, I check how many times that error message appeared in GA. To some extent, this can suggest whether the interface design is poor and causing users to skip that field.</p>https://coder.tw/en/posts/google-analytics-tips-annotations/Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:55:48 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/google-analytics-tips-annotations/<p>Every time you redesign your website or run an experiment, your Google Analytics data changes. For example, the bounce rate might go up. You may remember the reason for a big change in traffic or data for a short while. But if a year goes by, can you still remember why? Just as code needs comments, Google Analytics has a built-in annotation feature that lets you write notes on specific dates. That way, when you read your reports, you&rsquo;ll understand what happened to cause the change in traffic!</p>