Comments on: 4realz Roundtable today: Tracking and analytics for agents

By: Eddi Hughes

Eddi Hughes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:07:04 +0000

Interesting read!!!

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Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:55:24 +0000

[...] marketing tools for agents, I’d love to take on a relevant topic similar to how we took on tracking and analytics for agents last [...]

By: Glenn Sanford

Glenn Sanford — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:25:43 +0000

Great call… I listened to it and learned a lot of additional sites I was unaware of… Interesting how the subject swung back to SEO… That’s of course what everyone is ultimately trying to figure out when they use Analytics.

Glenn

By: G. Dewald

G. Dewald — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:54:43 +0000

Hey Jim,

Try setting up the GA Dashboard to just have the four or so reports you use and then have it email you every week. Then you don’t get tempted by the depth but you still get info on which you can act.

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:18:45 +0000

I’ve kept StatCounter for its basic-ness. I have Woopra, but it is much too addictive. And Googley Analytics are sooooo deep as to be overwhelming unless I’m looking to do some serious analysis.

By: G. Dewald

G. Dewald — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:16:09 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout, Dustin. So sorry I couldn’t make the call!

Good catches on the minty goodness and woopra (I declined to add Woopra to my original list because it’s addictive to watch stats in real time and getting to action can take sometimes take second seat to voyeurism).

Another good keyword reporting tool is Google Webmaster Tools’ keyword stats. It only reports on Google though so that’s a limitation.

Also, a correction on WAW. Brainshortout, my fault: WAW is once a month, not once a week.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:02:54 +0000

Joseph: No doubt the abundance of free tools is amazing… and somewhat shocking…

And Jim: I remember using StatCounter at some point, but they pretty much fell off my radar. Thanks!

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:42:05 +0000

One site that wasn’t mentioned is StatCounter – I’ve been using it for years and its simplicity is brilliant. In near real-time I can see what keywords are bringing visitors and what sites are referring to my site. It’s not robust, but it does what I want – for the deep stats, I use Google Analytics.

By: Joseph Bridges

Joseph Bridges — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:14:34 +0000

Dustin,

I hope everyone implements Google Analytics. My brother and I are constantly recommending it because it is free and you really can’t beat the price for what it gives you.

Crazy egg is fantastic and a serious tool for those who want to see what is really happening on one’s website and another great mention.

It is truly amazing how many great tools are available for free.