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API Power! Web Analytics TV Review Episode #12

We always look forward to hearing the latest pearls of wisdom from Nick and Nash so now that episode #12 is out we took off our shoes and socks and paddled excitedly into the Google Analytics surf. In this episode Nick and Nash focus on the Google API.  Without further ado here is the episode in full with a list of questions and times handily provided by Nick and Nash on the Google Analytics Blog:

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(1:45) Why does your own site show in the Referring Sites report?

(3:15) Is there any way to export more than 5 columns in a pivot report?

(4:15) Getting app integrations migrated to async tracking

(5:55) Is there a way to grant read-only access to Website Optimizer?

(6:50) How to cross IDs set in Custom Variables with other GA data

(8:50) In which report can you find the PPC search terms (not bid terms)?

(10:20) Tracking links from emails that point to sites not being tracked by GA

(12:25) Thoughts about optimizing the async code

(15:15) If a user keeps clicking every 29 minutes, can a session last for 9 days?

(16:50) What could cause advanced segments on reports to have different totals?

(18:28) Why should people use other web analytics products when GA is free?

(20:50) Does GA track transactions in the same session or across session?

(21:08) How to get the goal funnel data through the API?

(22:28) What does “other” mean in the traffic sources overview reports?

(24:18) Is it possible to get segment-able motion charts?

(25:42) Why do product revenue and transaction revenue show different values?

(27:36) Where you can find unique visitor data in Google Analytics

(29:35) Why do advanced segments that match pages return other pages?

(31:22) Is it possible to export data from one account into another account?

(33:08) How to link multiple AdWords accounts to one Google Analytics account

(34:15) How to distinguish website referrals from desktop applications

I know that is a lot of questions to go through, so if you don’t have time to watch the whole video I recommend skipping to one that grabs your attention.

Enjoy!



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