Comments on: 5 cool uses for Google Real-Time Analytics

By: Steinar Knutsen

Steinar Knutsen — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:02:51 +0000

Google Analytics Real-Time view is a little addictive :)

I’ve used it mainly for the reasons you’ve outlined above and I’m impressed with how responsive it is.

I’m not sure it’s a very good use of my time to sit and watch people come and go since the real analysis is better performed after the fact. Nonetheless, it’s very cool.

– Steinar

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:15:55 +0000

I have been a huge fan of the Real-Time Analytics since I first discovered it a week or so ago. We are able to monitor people’s traffic through our site, from their entrance on a landing page to the “hopeful” completion of a sale. While most of the time we just leave it open on a seperate monitor and try to have fun predicting where people go next, it seems that every day we are finding a practical use for it in some way or another. I’m anxious to see how more complex and detailed they can get with this! Keep up the great work Google! (And I don’t say that very often at all!)

By: Hubert Sawyers III

Hubert Sawyers III — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:45:33 +0000

I was using Woopra for real-time analytics on my blog site. I was addicted to it, but I realized I was wasting my time like I was on Facebook as I was gaining anything monetarily from it.

Real-time analytics are definitely great for the reasons you mentioned. You can set up all sorts of tests like timing of new content and the effectiveness of a sales funnel. I just need to add more purpose to my blog or find a client that can actually be helped by optimizing timing and UX.

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:34:36 +0000

Hi Ian

Don’t suppose anyone knows when this is out of Beta – particularly if it is going to be in all regions as I’m in UK and other than what i hear from you folks over the other side it’s all quiet here about it?

Iain