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Advanced Reporting & Automation for Google Shopping

Using the Google Merchant Center API, Supermetrics & More By Nico Brooks & Maggie Castle It doesn’t take much to upend a Google Merchant Center (GMC) account.  A single recalled product in a feed of thousands could suspend an entire feed.  Discrepancies in shipping costs, lost site verification, or expired feeds are also common culprits.

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How to get the most out of Google Analytics

We are doing a presentation on September 15th for Denver Startup Week. More to follow after the presentation, but here is a link to the Google Presentation: How to get the most out of Google Analytics And here is a description of what we will be presenting on the Denver Startup Week site. The jittery

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Understanding Google Analytics Assisted Conversions Data Discrepancies

The Google Analytics assisted conversions report is very helpful for demonstrating which channels or sources indirectly influence conversions on a client’s site, but there are two somewhat confusing aspects to this report. The number of conversions shown by channel or source does not match other Google Analytics reports. Huh? The conversion numbers in the assisted conversions column sometimes exceeds

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Google Analytics Cross-domain Tracking in an iFrame

A quick primer on the nature of the problem   One of the most common problems I run into with Google Analytics (GA) occurs when a website uses a 3rd-party shopping cart, booking system or other transactional functionality. These systems often run on another domain, which means a user goes from xyz.com to xyz.shoppingcart.com to

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Workarounds for Google Analytics ‘(not provided)’

We’re going to start in the middle here. Google Analytics’ organic keyword information is lacking. Their goal is to protect the privacy of all users searching on Google. The issue here is that it leaves marketers with a lack of information as to how people are finding their websites. It originally started with the assurance

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Google Ads View-Through and Analytics Assisted Conversions

“Appearing only for the Display Network, View-Through Conversions happen when a customer views your image or rich media ad before converting, but never actually clicks on the ad. If these customers later convert, this metric counts their conversions as “View-Through Conversions.” This conversion type automatically excludes conversions from people who’ve also clicked your Search ads.”I 

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