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	<title>Comments on: Top Ten Google Analytics Myths Busted</title>
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	<description>Google Analytics Experts with Brian Clifton, author of Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics and former Head of Web Analytics for Google Europe Middle East &#38; Africa</description>
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		<title>By: GA Experts</title>
		<link>http://www.ga-experts.com/blog/2006/06/top-ten-google-analytics-myths-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-11</link>
		<dc:creator>GA Experts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Adrien,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks for your comments, however it would be our pleasure to de-bunk them too:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;1) A recent post from the Official Google Analytics Blog (http://analytics.blogspot.com/) stresses that invitation codes are now being sent out at a much increased rate.  Our own investigations have confirmed this, and it looks like a seven day wait is the current going rate.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;2) Segmentation is very much possible with GA.  You can cross-segment against any of the variables in this screenshot (http://www.ga-experts.co.uk/images/cross-segment.png).  You can also create your own custom segments using the utmSetVar variable to label your visitors, e.g. if you wanted to report just on registered users.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;3) Site Overlay isn&#039;t inaccurate per se, but it does sometimes struggle with more complex dynamic websites.  In mitigation, this is a very complex information set that produces some spectacular results for free - if you wanted to get a heatmap study of your website from EyeTracker, you&#039;d be paying thousands.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;4) In terms of GA updates, I can assure you that the engineering team are constantly upgrading Google Analytics.  There are regular updates posted to the Official Google Analytics Blog, and there is even a link to recent updates at the bottom right of your account&#039;s Analytics Settings page (https://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?answer=32828).&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope this helps.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Adrien,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments, however it would be our pleasure to de-bunk them too:</p>
<p>1) A recent post from the Official Google Analytics Blog (<a href="http://analytics.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://analytics.blogspot.com/</a>) stresses that invitation codes are now being sent out at a much increased rate.  Our own investigations have confirmed this, and it looks like a seven day wait is the current going rate.</p>
<p>2) Segmentation is very much possible with GA.  You can cross-segment against any of the variables in this screenshot (<a href="http://www.ga-experts.co.uk/images/cross-segment.png" rel="nofollow">http://www.ga-experts.co.uk/images/cross-segment.png</a>).  You can also create your own custom segments using the utmSetVar variable to label your visitors, e.g. if you wanted to report just on registered users.</p>
<p>3) Site Overlay isn&#8217;t inaccurate per se, but it does sometimes struggle with more complex dynamic websites.  In mitigation, this is a very complex information set that produces some spectacular results for free &#8211; if you wanted to get a heatmap study of your website from EyeTracker, you&#8217;d be paying thousands.</p>
<p>4) In terms of GA updates, I can assure you that the engineering team are constantly upgrading Google Analytics.  There are regular updates posted to the Official Google Analytics Blog, and there is even a link to recent updates at the bottom right of your account&#8217;s Analytics Settings page (<a href="https://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?answer=32828" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?answer=32828</a>).</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
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		<title>By: Adrien</title>
		<link>http://www.ga-experts.com/blog/2006/06/top-ten-google-analytics-myths-busted/comment-page-1/#comment-9</link>
		<dc:creator>Adrien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, Thanks for this entry ; I have some others myths (are they?)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&gt; You should wait at least 6 month before receiving GA invitation &lt;br/&gt;&gt; You cannot segment you visitors with GA&lt;br/&gt;&gt; GA overlay is inacurate&lt;br/&gt;&gt; GA isn&#039;t improving any more (they are hard working in order to send invitation and they don&#039;t spend time improving the tool )&lt;br/&gt;&gt; ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks :)&lt;br/&gt;Adrien</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Thanks for this entry ; I have some others myths (are they?)</p>
<p>> You should wait at least 6 month before receiving GA invitation <br />> You cannot segment you visitors with GA<br />> GA overlay is inacurate<br />> GA isn&#8217;t improving any more (they are hard working in order to send invitation and they don&#8217;t spend time improving the tool )<br />> &#8230;</p>
<p>Thanks <img src='http://www.ga-experts.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />Adrien</p>
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