I Could Work This Way….

I researched the daylights out of Google Analytics, and was searching how to best “see” the data that is being tracked in Google Analytics by the nearly dozen websites I’ve created for clients. After coming across this, and getting it both for the Mac and iPhone, I could work this way!

The “key” to using this app is through Google Analytics itself. This advice is for free (lol): In the Admin area of your account, under the “View” area, make sure that you change the title from “All Web Site Data” to the name of your site, or else this app will display “All Web Site Data” on all the websites you are tracking…. Once you do that, you can track an unlimited number of accounts IN Google Analytics, but this app will only allow you to display no more than 8 at a time.

Other than that, on the Mac, I can see at a glance how many “sessions” took place on up to 8 websites of my choosing, and I can dig a little bit deeper on each website, seeing stats such as how many page views, referrals, bounce rate, percentage of device users (desktop vs. mobile vs. tablet), and more. And then, if I want to see an even deeper picture, I simply click on the link, “View in Google Analytics,” which I then login automatically to see the Google Analytics interface, drilling down even more (hopefully you have your passwords saved on your computer!!).

The way that this workflow is quite good is because there’s no need to see everything that Google Analytics offers except when I REALLY need to see it. This app allows me to see “at a glance” what a site is doing at any time. And, I like the fact that whenever I go to the Notification Center, it automatically “pulls” the data so I can see right then what the most current stats are for the respective websites.

Aside from those things, this is quite good! If you are a website designer/developer, or just a person who has a website, and would like to see at a glance how your website is doing, this could be for you!

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