Comments on: 10 kick-ass features in Google Analytics v5

By: Andy Klein

Andy Klein — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:18:04 +0000

Thanks for the article Ian.
If we want to quibble a bit, I’d add that I hate that they’ve removed the ability to add any report to the dashboard. Now you have to set things up directly from the dashboard itself.
But a positive quibble for me is that ‘All visits’ is no longer required if you pick 2+ segments!
Like you say, all the other good and bad aside, the multi-channel attribution makes the upgrade a HUGE win.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:56:12 +0000

@Clare The GA book is very version-independent – you can get a lot out of it regardless. I may update it eventually, but the tools I talk about haven’t changed.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:54:13 +0000

@Mark You could’ve reverted back to the old version (of GA) by clicking the option at the top right-hand side of the screen – its still available, and still allows export via. pdf. But hopefully Google will integrate it into the new version, it caused a huge uproar when people found it wasn’t there!
Agreed with the other commenter as well, hope On Page analytics makes it across at some point….

By: Clare

Clare — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:04:32 +0000

Ian I see that AppSumo have your GA book on offer today – are there plans for you to make amends to it now the new version of GA is out in the Wild, or will I still get value from the principles in the book as it is?

By: Mark Matthews

Mark Matthews — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:35:27 +0000

I’ve only used the Beta version and I thought I was the only one who was upset about the lack of PDF export! At least I’m not the only one now! Quick sidenote, I had to use a screen capture tool to get a picture of the analytics and then piece them together in Photoshop and saved it as a PDF. Hopefully they’ll add the feature back for the finished version. Other than that though, I’m a huge fan of the re-design and the dashboards are a life saver. Anyway, looking forward to getting the fully completed program though. Thanks!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:04:43 +0000

I felt that renaming the Keywords report as Organic or Paid was a big misstep. Less sophisticated users are going to be really confused when they can’t find it.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:46:06 +0000

@Jeremy Unfortunately, Google keeps their own timetable. I don’t know when they’ll roll it out.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:38:11 +0000

@Mischa The multi-channel attribution tool is a separate beta.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:37:16 +0000

@Dan I’ll be walking through the multi-touch attribution, but I want to wait until it’s out of beta.

By: Tiggerito

Tiggerito — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:07:09 +0000

I don’t like the new Home page.
The old one has a more compact list and shows statistics. Hope they pull that back in. Even better if you could customise it.
I do like the search/filter as you type though. Once I realised that, it’s quick to find an account.
It also has a more intelligent switch between accounts. It stays on the same view and settings, which is nice.