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Archive of Web Analytics Posts
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
A few weeks back I wrote a post examining Google Encrypted Search, the impact on SEO benchmarking thus far, and key action items for B2B marketers.
With a full month under our belts, it seemed appropriate to revisit how this change has impacted SEO reporting in November and through the first six weeks.
Some quick summary points: ... Read the full post
Posted in B2B, Google, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
It is the beginning of the year and goals need to be established for your 2011 search engine optimization campaigns. As with every year (or campaign kickoff), we have been working with clients to determine how KoMarketing Associates will help them accomplish their internet marketing objectives through search.

Here are eighteen metrics we recommend marketing managers should be looking at for establishing goals and achieving success with their search engine optimization programs. ... Read the full post
Posted in Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

2010 is already drawing to a close? Unbelievable. It really seems like this year has flown by so much faster than others.
Despite this feeling, there has not been a shortage of quality B2B blog posts. In addition to our favorites, I decided to ask some of our colleagues what their favorites were as well. ... Read the full post
Posted in B2B, Blogging, Lead Generation, Search Engine Advertising, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Strategies, Web Analytics | 7 Comments »
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
On Sep 30, 2009 Google announced a new AdWords reporting feature that measures conversions for display ads in the Content Network (display ads are image-based or rich media ads only – not text ads).
When I first saw this I was excited because it provides an extra level of measurement that was missing.
Many ad networks have had this metric available to advertisers for some time. ... Read the full post
Posted in B2B, Search Engine Advertising, Web Analytics | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Guest Author
SEO vs. Conversion Rate Debate Shouldn’t Exist — Three Reasons CRO Complements SEO & SEM
Rand Fishkin, whose SEOmoz.org blog frequently has industry-leading commentary on a wide variety of optimization topics, entitled a post in January 2006 “SEO versus Conversion Rate Debate Shouldn’t Exist.”
In October 2009, the debate is still ongoing.
While the Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) discipline continues to mature alongside the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) categories, most eBusiness organizations frame their understanding of CRO in SEO/SEM terms. ... Read the full post
Posted in B2B, Landing Page Optimization, Search Engine Advertising, SEM Tools, Web Analytics | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Your Master Account in Yahoo functions similarly to the Master Client Center in AdWords.
Whenever you join an account to your Master Account, you gain administrative and editorial control to these accounts. You then have the option to log in as your master account ID, the original account ID, or you can create a new user and give this ID access to the joined account.
Once the account is joined you can access their campaigns, data, run reports, and pursue all the functionality of these linked accounts as if you created the account yourself. You can set certain login IDs to “manage” specific accounts and give roles to them related to the account in question. ... Read the full post
Posted in General, Web Analytics, Yahoo | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
I was recently contacted by Leon Krishnayana, CEO & Founder of iSpionage.com. Leon asked if I would be willing to review the company’s PPC analytics tool. I had heard of iSpionage before, and had tested their beta version, so I was very interested in peeking under the hood of the full breadth of the tool’s capabilities.
I did make sure that Leon understood that the review would be completely objective, and that is (obviously) how he wanted it.
So, how does iSpionage pan out as a PPC tool?
Why Use It?
... Read the full post
Posted in Search Engine Advertising, SEM Tools, Web Analytics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
As search engines work to provide better results for the visitor it makes the search marketer’s job more complex. The right web analytics and reporting tools are essential to qualifying the results of a search engine marketing campaign.
Here are 5 ways that a deeper look into traditional web analytics reports provides a more comprehensive view of performance with search engine marketing.
The Value of AdWords PPC Impression Data
Keyword tools are important for providing a comparative look at how often words and phrases may be searched. However they do not an answer the question of how many opportunities a website may be missing when site does not rank well or does not gain traffic from a high ranking term. ... Read the full post
Posted in B2B, Search Engine Advertising, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Wow. I was just sitting down to write this blog post, and did my customary research to see who’s talking about the topic at hand on the Web.
At first, it looked like I might have something unique to say. Then I did a Google blog search and found that Stoney deGeyter published “my” post 35 minutes ago. Stoney’s post, titled An End To Ranking Reports Is An End to Analysis, is a great read! ... Read the full post
Posted in General, Google, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
When evaluating web analytics packages for your business, there are a lot of great tools and options out there, regardless of the size of the website or company budget. Even though search engine marketing has become an integral part of most analytics packages, it’s important to make sure specific search engine related needs will be addressed in your selection.
Here is a checklist of valuable questions and details to look for in a web analytics package related to your search engine marketing efforts. ... Read the full post
Posted in B2B, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics | 13 Comments »
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