Think Scientifically When you are running an A/B test, think of yourself as a scientist conducting an experiment. Strategies described in the Scientific Method apply very accurately in this situation. Before creating the test in Google Analytics or writing any code, ask yourself: What problem am I trying to solve? (Observation) What changes do I…
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Landing Page Performance as a Better SEO Metric
When it comes to SEO reporting, most people like to focus on a single metric – the keywords that are ranking and how high they rank. It makes sense, because the way people find you in search engines is through keywords. Theoretically the more keywords you rank for and the better your rankings are for…
How We Discovered a Google Experiment
Here at Hall we tend to pride ourselves on being knowledgeable, data driven marketers, but perhaps more than anything we’re curious. We analyze customer data daily trying to find out what’s changing in the online landscape even before it shows up in a Google press release or a marketing blog. Here’s an example of our…
Getting Started with Macros for Excel
Microsoft Excel is almost universally regarded as the gold standard of spreadsheet software, but most users only scratch the surface of the program’s immense capabilities. At Hall many of us use Excel every day to analyze data from Google Analytics, site crawls, and other sources. Part of this process involves formatting raw data – for…