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Web analytics

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of web data to understand and optimize web usage. Web analytics is not just a process for measuring web traffic but can be used as a tool for business and market research and assess and improve website effectiveness. Web analytics applications can also help companies measure the…

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Basic steps of the web analytics process

Key performance indicatorsProfitSaving moneyMarket shareA/B testing
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Overview

CollectionAnalysisDataWeb usageWeb traffic
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Problems with third-party cookies

Privacy concerns about cookiesBanner adsFirst-party cookiesSpyware
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Common sources of confusion in web analytics

Proof of concept
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Basic steps of the web analytics process

Common sources of confusion in web analytics

Problems with third-party cookies

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Web analytics

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples183
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
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Web analytics

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related to Bibliography · 95
Web analytics → Accountable Marketing, Actionable Web Analytics, Advanced Web Metrics, Akin, Albert, An, Analyzing, Arikan, Asia, ASLIB Proceedings, Atchison, Avinash, Beatriz, Bendle, Bill, Bradley, Brian, Burby, Burlington MA, Clifton
related to Web analytics data sources · 14
Web analytics → Application-level, ASP, Direct HTTP, External, For, Geographic, HTTP, IP, JavaScript, Net, Network-level, PHP, The, These
related to Basic steps of the web analytics process · 13
Web analytics → Collection, Developing KPI, Formulating, It, KPI, KPIs, Many, Most, Processing, The, These, This, Usually
related to Problems with third-party cookies · 8
Web analytics → Although, Historically, However, In, Internet, Most, Privacy, Third-party
related to Web analytics categories · 8
Web analytics → Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Internet, It, Off-site, On-site, There, This
related to Page tagging · 5
Web analytics → Concerns, In, JavaScript, This, Web
has method · 4
Web analytics → Both, Integrating, Other, Packet
related to Analytics Poisoning · 4
Web analytics → As, Google Analytics, IPM, Jointly
related to Click analytics · 4
Web analytics → An, Click, Clickstream, Commonly
related to Logfile analysis vs page tagging · 4
Web analytics → Both, In, The, There

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web analytics page data analysis website information server user log used cookies visitor visit number visitors unique tagging time metrics

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Web analyticsis ameasurement0.90text
a mouse clickinstance ofor sometimes an event0.80text
that is defined as a page in the setup of the web analytics toolinstance ofor sometimes an event0.80text
demographicsinstance ofwhich means breaking down data into smaller subsets based on criteria0.80text
locationinstance ofwhich means breaking down data into smaller subsets based on criteria0.80text
or behaviourinstance ofwhich means breaking down data into smaller subsets based on criteria0.80text
onClickinstance ofmouse events0.80text
onMouseOverinstance ofmouse events0.80text
onFocusinstance ofmouse events0.80text
onBlurinstance ofmouse events0.80text
etc.The page tagging service manages the process of assigning cookies to visitorsinstance ofmouse events0.80text
geographic locationinstance ofis a technology that maps the Internet and categorizes IP addresses by parameters0.80text

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