Logged into Google Analytics this morning to find a whole new version.

They’ve updated the user interface with flashy new graphics and tools. Still need time to learn my way around, but first impressions are good. Here’s what the new Dashboard looks like:

(more…)

Here’s an exellent tool for measuruing how well your site is doing in the world of Search Engines.

The Page Strength SEO Tool from the SEOmoz web site.

> What does this tool tell me?

The Relative Importance and Visibility of a Webpage
The Potential Strength and Ability of a Page to Rank in the Search Engines
Data on Popularity, Links & Mentions of the Page Across the Web

(more…)

The first thing I did after creating this site a few months ago was install Google Analytics. I’ve already spoken about what a great service they provide. Anyway, after messing about in Analytics, I found the feature for viewing “keywords”.

Basically, I can see that a) people are finding my site by searching Google and b) what keywords they are entering. And the thing that struck me was how well Cherry Street was performing in Google. I was appearing on the first page of results after 1 week!

(more…)

Is there nothing Google can’t do??!!

Seems like I find a new, useful feature on Google’s site each day.

Today I’ve come across Google Webmaster Central. This has various tools for showing you how Google indexes your website.

Anyone can enter a URL, but to see the more detailed statistics, you have to verify that you are indeed the webmaster. This can be done instantaneously by uploading a small file or adding a meta tag.

Also, I’ve come across Matt Cutts blog. He a software engineer at Google and his blog has tons of great info.

So I’ve been using Google Analytics for a few days now - since the launch of Cherry Street - and have to say that it’s fantastic. Especially for a free service.

For those who don’t now, this service allows you to analyse the visits to your web site in a hundred different ways. It has endless charts and graphs showing everything from the location of your visitors to their monitor screen size!

Have to say, I’m finding it quite addictive. After spending so much time designing Cherry Street, it’s nice to sit back and watch how people use the site.

Anyway, here’s some cool examples from Cherry Street visitors: