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Show HN: Don't waste hours on Google Analytics again

35 points by RandomMaker 12y ago

xpressimpress 12y ago
will you look at including data from Adwords?
no_future 12y ago
>3-D buttons that don't actually depress when I click on them 0/10 closed the page
- Mandatum 12y ago
  Haha, they seem to be working (although a little choppy) in Chrome. However their hover is set to opacity, so on the main "Watch Video" button it becomes transparent rather than just changing to a lighter colour.
- RandomMaker 12y ago
  It's high on the priority list for fixes
gk1 12y ago
I watched the video and all the data shown is visible in GA within a few clicks, not "hours" as the video claims. If that's too much, you can also create a custom dashboard in GA that shows all this in a single glance. This is just another pretty UI on top of the GA API, from what I can tell.
- RandomMaker 12y ago
  The approach we are taking is consolidating a lot of the data that Google Analytics provides you into scores. These are found throughout the dashboard and reports, which give you a gauge to go off of for optimizing. This is opposed to exporting all of the data manually and creating your own algorithms to discover new opportunities and figure out what needs to be tweaked, which we've found people do. The scores and the way the reports are laid out save you time because of consolidation and at a glance views. We have plans for even more powerful features that allow you to manipulate data even further which Google Analytics is not capable of too.
Mandatum 12y ago
A little offtopic, weird they chose to keep the URL at: www.domain.tld, domain.tld even redirects to www
- RandomMaker 12y ago
  It's done out of personal preference and for SEO.
- lotyrin 12y ago
  http://www.yes-www.org/why-use-www/ http://www.yes-www.org/why-use-www/ Not that I have strong opinions on the matter, but this is the go-to resource for that side.
dalerus 12y ago
Looks nice! I don't know about the don't waste hours issue. I am more concerned about generating reports that my clients can understand easily. Looking forward to trying it out.
dvcc 12y ago
The 'Live Chat' link does nothing as of now just so you know!

35 points by RandomMaker 12y ago

xpressimpress 12y ago

will you look at including data from Adwords?

no_future 12y ago

>3-D buttons that don't actually depress when I click on them 0/10 closed the page

Mandatum 12y ago
Haha, they seem to be working (although a little choppy) in Chrome. However their hover is set to opacity, so on the main "Watch Video" button it becomes transparent rather than just changing to a lighter colour.
RandomMaker 12y ago
It's high on the priority list for fixes

gk1 12y ago

I watched the video and all the data shown is visible in GA within a few clicks, not "hours" as the video claims. If that's too much, you can also create a custom dashboard in GA that shows all this in a single glance. This is just another pretty UI on top of the GA API, from what I can tell.

RandomMaker 12y ago
The approach we are taking is consolidating a lot of the data that Google Analytics provides you into scores. These are found throughout the dashboard and reports, which give you a gauge to go off of for optimizing. This is opposed to exporting all of the data manually and creating your own algorithms to discover new opportunities and figure out what needs to be tweaked, which we've found people do. The scores and the way the reports are laid out save you time because of consolidation and at a glance views. We have plans for even more powerful features that allow you to manipulate data even further which Google Analytics is not capable of too.

Mandatum 12y ago

A little offtopic, weird they chose to keep the URL at: www.domain.tld, domain.tld even redirects to www

RandomMaker 12y ago
It's done out of personal preference and for SEO.
lotyrin 12y ago
http://www.yes-www.org/why-use-www/ http://www.yes-www.org/why-use-www/ Not that I have strong opinions on the matter, but this is the go-to resource for that side.

dalerus 12y ago

Looks nice! I don't know about the don't waste hours issue. I am more concerned about generating reports that my clients can understand easily. Looking forward to trying it out.

dvcc 12y ago

The 'Live Chat' link does nothing as of now just so you know!