Google Analytics
Analytics Tools Google Analytics is a free Web analytics service that provides statistics and basic analytical tools for search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing purposes. The service is available to anyone with a Google account. Google bought Urchin Software Corporation in April 2005 and used that company’s Urchin on Demand product as the basis for its current service. Google Analytics features include: • Data visualization tools including a dashboard, scorecards and motion charts, which display changes in data over time. • Segmentation for analysis of subsets, such as conversions. • Custom reports. • Email-based sharing and communication. • Integration with other Google products, such as AdWords, Public Data Explorer and Website Optimizer. Google Analytics is geared toward small and medium-sized retail websites. The service has limitations that make it less suited to more complex websites and larger enterprises. For example, th...