Google Analytics Product Update: Puma case study, new Customize button, & updated search engine rankings

Monthly Product Update   February 2012 Hello - Here's a snapshot of what we've been up to in February. We've highlighted improvements to some of our favorite reports and we're sharing links to help centre articles to help get you started or to improve your knowledge.   What's New Customized Reports made easier The new "Customize" feature in Google Analytics Standard Reports allows you to tweak our predefined reports easily into your own Custom Reports. Click the customize button in your account to see this new feature in action. What is your rank in search results? We've updated the Google Analytics Search Engine Optimization reports to now reflect the first position of a link to your site. Previously we reported the average position of all links to your site. Look under Traffic Sources > Search Engine Optimization to see how your site rankings were updated. Learn More Search Engine list expanded The "Search Engines" report in Google Analytics is auto-populated with a list of known search engines. Periodically, we update our list to reflect new or more popular engines. You can always add any search engines we missed into your tracking code snippet, but it's nicer if they're automatically included. We recently added: http://rakuten.co.jp, http://biglobe.ne.jp, http://goo.ne.jp, http://www.startsiden.no/sok   Education & Resources Case Study Read how advanced segmentation & testing drove a 7% increase in orders for PUMA. They used Google Analytics to gain a detailed understanding of visitor behavior that enabled them to optimize their entire web site experience. Learn More The Analysis Exchange Google Analytics supports this project where you can share your analytics expertise and help a non-profit or NGO. It matches an organization with a pair of volunteer analysts to use Google Analytics to "tell a story" with the data and provide ideas on how the non-profit can better meet their business goals. Learn More   Upcoming Events Meet the Google Analytics team at these coming events: March 8 & 9 GAUGE San Francisco, CA, United States March 21 & 22 Google Analytics User Conference Amsterdam, Netherlands March 21-25 SES New York, NY, United States We look forward to seeing you at one of these events and hope that these updates add to your Google Analytics experience. Happy Analyzing, The Google Analytics Team Was this information useful? Share your thoughts with us.   Google Analytics Resources: GA YouTube Channel | Help Center | Developer Hub | GA Blog © 2012 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 This email was sent to boy.blogger@gmail.com because you indicated that you want to receive occasional Analytics newsletters. If you do not wish to receive such emails in the future, please unsubscribe here: http://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/optout/7KK1nDtOHTELuZLRhdWVSY5Jtlx?e=boy.blogger%40gmail.com&hl=EN_US You can also change your preferences at your account's Google Analytics Email Communications page by logging into https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/my_account