Watched this whilst eating my breakfast. Didn't know anything about Google Analytics, now I know something about Google Analytics. Thanks for this great video.
I’ve worked in sales for 13 years, and have been wanting to find a new career for a while now. I’ve finally been offered a role in conversion rate optimisation, and this video is my first learning opportunity! Thanks for the video!
Hi - I'm new to your channel, and after 2 years of not looking at Google Analytics (in my last job), and now having built my own website, this is super useful. Wonderfully explained and crystal clear. Thanks Josh!
That was a really helpful tutorial! I was recently going through an online interview and being older, I did not know what Google analytics meant. But now I understand because this used to be called Web trends! I had several websites and used the service all the time to track where people were coming from and how long they were on my site and remembered unique visitors versus complete page visitors and page views. So the name has changed and the platform but basically I really clicked with this video once I realized what it was. I will have to check out your channel because being an older person returning to the industry as well as visually impaired, a lot of things have changed LOL thank you again!
Hey Josh - As a communication professional working with Fortune 500 +100 on training videos, your instructional flow (how you explain) is A++,... Bravo! Did not know the interface ( the industry ad terms, yes) and this painted a clear picture. Even if I didn't know ad or Google terms this is stil great for any beginner,
Thank you for an informative yet not overbearing tutorial!! Google has started letting us know that they are migrating away from Universal Analytics in June of 2023. I'm hoping you will be recording and posting another tutorial on the new GA4 platform, giving us the same overview???
Great walk through, I am working to really understand google analytics in depth so I can better guide my own businesses and future clients but the majority of the videos I have come across don't break it down into a more simple method of understanding how analytics is laid out and where to start to understand your traffic. Thanks for doing so!
My webmaster was at lunch, and not available to answer my questions about GA. Then I found your video! Wow! Great explanation, very engaging! Now, I don't need my webmaster to hook me up with info!
Thanks for the amazing tutorial! This is so easy to digest, well explained and thorough. Just curious, do you have the updated version tutorial for GA4?
that was great but i have a question. In my home page, I can only see two stats which are "users in last 30 mins" and "engagement time" I don't have any data regarding device types, locations, or other things in your homepage. I made my account 10 minutes ago so is there a chance that rest of those data will be added later to my home page or i can add them manually by customising?
Thanks for the intro! I am only interested in one site on our corporate Intranet. How can I save that page and be able to drill into all the other features?
I found this video a nice introduction to some basic features, but the video is about a version of Google Analytics that will no longer be used by summer of 2023. Thus, it would be helpful, Josh, if you made another simple video with the GA4 version which is the latest that everyone will now be getting in anticipation of the old version going obsolete, and then you deleted this video, replacing it with the more up to date one. For example, while I could add Bounce and Engagement rate to GA4, many of the terms you referenced are no longer in use or were absorbed into a feature called Explorations. Therefore, as often happens in this crazy digital world, your video is out of date, and needs to be updated, or I would recommend viewers finding an introductory video for GA4, the latest version. I hope Josh does it though, as I found his thinking so crystal clear, reducing our needs to 3 basic functions - that is what I would like to see but with the latest GA4 version!
Thank you for the information. Question, I have set up a Google Ad (2023), however, it keeps saying 'my ad can show, however, there is a problem, fix it'. The problem they refer to is, a) I need to add 'Google Tag' & b) 'set up conversion measurement'. My question is, if I do not set up 'Google tag & Conversation Measurement', does it impact my AD being seen by people? I have a Canva website with a link to a Google Form for people to fill out, so not sure how I can set up Tags and conversions. Look forward to your insights. Gary
Thanks a bunch! Great video. Helped a bunch! I don't see any thing under audiences - interests. Would you know why that is and how I can get that information. Thanks again.
Thanks! You make Google analytics very exciting. I got two questions though. How can I insert the HTML tracking code on WIX cause the source code on Wix seems to be secured and if I had to do Analytics as a freelancer how much could I charge my clients? Thanks
Great video. In my acquisition data, why is my sessions by default channel group the exact same number as sessions by session default google ads campaigns. It doesn't make sense?
Great Video. Very informative. Thanks Josh. I wanted to ask, does the Google Analytics info include visits from Googles own crawlers? I have software installed on my site that shows Google crawlers on the site 3 time a day. Just wondered if that is part of the analytics data? Thanks
@@JoshHallco Ah I thought that might be the case! It all looks quite different! Thank you so much for getting back to me! I absolutely love all that you do and wouldn't be running a business without all the invaluable advice!
@@katielake8714 aw that's amazing. Thanks for the note! Yeah last time I released a GA tutorial, they changed the UX two weeks later and this time it's GA4 haha I can't win!
Yes, please create an updated version when you are able@@JoshHallco ! The interface is different and the simple approach you took in this video is not helpful anymore sadly!
Thank you! I'm wondering if I'll end up on GA4 since I'd like to get a site up but I read in one of the comments that this transition will happen complete by June 2023? Any current thoughts on this for people in my position trying to put together a site within the next couple months?
'-Great Video and tutorial Josh subscribing! Do you make playlists for some of your videos to link them in a good flow? Special complements for great pleasant diction and rhetoric.
Does unique pageview restart if you close out of window before reopening it? Meaning that exiting out of it (but not closing it) then entering back into it 4 times is 1 unique view and 4 page views?
Hello i want to use Google analytics to retrieve data from mobile app by phone number, meaning that for an app user i want to know number of its sessions, ...IS that possible with GA? Thanks
Hi! I don't have the audience option! I can't find it anywhere! and I wanted to check my "Active Users right now" is there any chance anyone here can help me?! The only graph I can see is the one that says "USERS IN LAST 30 MINUTES", I also did all the steps that Josh said in another video :)
I would assume direct being a user entering the URL to his site to access it (I.E.: you coming to this video by typing "ua-cam.com/video/njri8_gJTs0/v-deo.html" in your navigation bar.) Whereas referral would be a redirect to this video (I.E.: A blog page explaining google analytics with this video linked as a reference at the bottom.)
To avoid creepy, don’t have location on mobile phone turn on and use a VPN. Also, if your internet provider doesn’t sell you out, some internet providers don’t give out information. It’s getting really pervasive with these companies using mobile apps tracking your location and hearing your private conversations. We need regulation on privacy rights.
Watched this whilst eating my breakfast. Didn't know anything about Google Analytics, now I know something about Google Analytics. Thanks for this great video.
Same haha
Me but eating dinner 😂
This video is helping me prepare for an interview tomorrow for the biggest career move of my life. Thank you so much!
How did it go Daniel?
@@Guest-lr3eu I think he got the job because now on linkedin he is a Digital Marketing Strategist....yayy!
what happened then?
Thanks for making it not boring! Very easy to consume your tutorials without feeling sleepy!!
I’ve worked in sales for 13 years, and have been wanting to find a new career for a while now. I’ve finally been offered a role in conversion rate optimisation, and this video is my first learning opportunity! Thanks for the video!
Hi - I'm new to your channel, and after 2 years of not looking at Google Analytics (in my last job), and now having built my own website, this is super useful. Wonderfully explained and crystal clear. Thanks Josh!
That was a really helpful tutorial! I was recently going through an online interview and being older, I did not know what Google analytics meant. But now I understand because this used to be called Web trends! I had several websites and used the service all the time to track where people were coming from and how long they were on my site and remembered unique visitors versus complete page visitors and page views. So the name has changed and the platform but basically I really clicked with this video once I realized what it was. I will have to check out your channel because being an older person returning to the industry as well as visually impaired, a lot of things have changed LOL thank you again!
Best google analytics tutorial yet, thank you!
Oh my goodness. Just realized that Google Analytics is where I want to be. I LOVED this brief tutorial. Thanks so much.
Hey Josh - As a communication professional working with Fortune 500 +100 on training videos, your instructional flow (how you explain) is A++,... Bravo! Did not know the interface ( the industry ad terms, yes) and this painted a clear picture. Even if I didn't know ad or Google terms this is stil great for any beginner,
Awesome breakdown of Google Analytics! Subscribed to your channel! :)
Probably one of the best tutorials I've ever watched on UA-cam, Thanks Mate.
Thank you @Kwame!!
Fantastic! Loved this tutorial.
Thank you for an informative yet not overbearing tutorial!! Google has started letting us know that they are migrating away from Universal Analytics in June of 2023. I'm hoping you will be recording and posting another tutorial on the new GA4 platform, giving us the same overview???
Excellent length on the topic, hitting all the points without going on and on, this is really helpful!
Now to have to redo it for GA4 😂
Thank you very much for the nice video. Everything is clear and useful.
You are a godsent 😭. So simple and straightforward.
Thanks so much for making this video, exactly what I was looking to learn!
Holy smoka’s, Google Analytics is powerful, glad that I decided to learn this! Thank you very much! 👏🏻
Great video - very clear and easy to understand! Thank you!
Thank you for this video! I love how you kept it concise and fast paced :) blessings
Great stuff. Love how simply you broke it down. Thank you!
Thank you! Your tutorial is very easy to follow. Your tutorial has been extremely useful for my introduction to GA!
Great walk through, I am working to really understand google analytics in depth so I can better guide my own businesses and future clients but the majority of the videos I have come across don't break it down into a more simple method of understanding how analytics is laid out and where to start to understand your traffic. Thanks for doing so!
Thanks Josh, quite helpful
Just what I needed 15 minutes before my first GA meeting! ;)
Great video thank you!
This video was engaging and informative! Much appreciated!
Super clear walk through! Thank you.
Thanks for the information.
My webmaster was at lunch, and not available to answer my questions about GA. Then I found your video! Wow! Great explanation, very engaging! Now, I don't need my webmaster to hook me up with info!
Simply a superb explanation. Thank you.
Thanks for making it make sense. you are great!
you are the BEST! I could not find any video that I could actually follow. Can you make a full in-depth version of this some topic
very interesting video, thanks!
OMG !! This was so so helpful thanks so much.
Really nice introduction, thank you :)
Amazing Tutorial
Dude, your a God send. Thanks
Very good video
Perfect!!
thanks for making this easy to understand. I need resoures on resolving google fields errors
very helpful, thank you!
Really appreciate the tutorial. Thank u.
Excellent in both content and tone Josh! Thank you!
very nice
Awesome!! Thanks much Josh. I agree with Samantha that this is crystal clear and very thorough. I appreciate you!!
This is a great beginners tutorial, thank you! Crystal clear and very thorough 👍
Great tutorial! Thank you so much 😃
This is great!!!!
Appreciate it, I do ...
Thank you, Josh. Great video. crystal clear explanation, and very useful for us.
Thank you really helped me out!
thank you
great
thanks
Thanks Josh, I'm in columbus also...greg
so useful!
Helpful
Thanks for the amazing tutorial! This is so easy to digest, well explained and thorough. Just curious, do you have the updated version tutorial for GA4?
That is on the upcoming tutorial list!
I am totally illiterate in this field; thank you very much, excellent tutorial
that was great but i have a question. In my home page, I can only see two stats which are "users in last 30 mins" and "engagement time" I don't have any data regarding device types, locations, or other things in your homepage. I made my account 10 minutes ago so is there a chance that rest of those data will be added later to my home page or i can add them manually by customising?
Thanks for the intro! I am only interested in one site on our corporate Intranet. How can I save that page and be able to drill into all the other features?
Very nice video. As for the '/' you didn't understand, the home page has no path so the "/" is used for the first page's path
nice
I found this video a nice introduction to some basic features, but the video is about a version of Google Analytics that will no longer be used by summer of 2023. Thus, it would be helpful, Josh, if you made another simple video with the GA4 version which is the latest that everyone will now be getting in anticipation of the old version going obsolete, and then you deleted this video, replacing it with the more up to date one. For example, while I could add Bounce and Engagement rate to GA4, many of the terms you referenced are no longer in use or were absorbed into a feature called Explorations. Therefore, as often happens in this crazy digital world, your video is out of date, and needs to be updated, or I would recommend viewers finding an introductory video for GA4, the latest version. I hope Josh does it though, as I found his thinking so crystal clear, reducing our needs to 3 basic functions - that is what I would like to see but with the latest GA4 version!
Thank you for the information. Question, I have set up a Google Ad (2023), however, it keeps saying 'my ad can show, however, there is a problem, fix it'. The problem they refer to is, a) I need to add 'Google Tag' & b) 'set up conversion measurement'. My question is, if I do not set up 'Google tag & Conversation Measurement', does it impact my AD being seen by people? I have a Canva website with a link to a Google Form for people to fill out, so not sure how I can set up Tags and conversions.
Look forward to your insights.
Gary
Helpful tutorial. How can i upload my old annotations from universal to GA4?
Thanks a bunch! Great video. Helped a bunch! I don't see any thing under audiences - interests. Would you know why that is and how I can get that information. Thanks again.
Hey - how did you get all the tabs on the left panel to populate? Is there a tutorial that shows the creation process?
Unfortunately this is out of date as Google Analytics has switched to the new GA4 dashboard. I plan to do an updated tutorial this year!
Is there a video on how to set up a Google Analytics?
Thanks! You make Google analytics very exciting. I got two questions though. How can I insert the HTML tracking code on WIX cause the source code on Wix seems to be secured and if I had to do Analytics as a freelancer how much could I charge my clients? Thanks
already a prblem. I'm not seeing the same thing you're showing on the left hand side. Has it changed since this video was made
Great video. In my acquisition data, why is my sessions by default channel group the exact same number as sessions by session default google ads campaigns. It doesn't make sense?
Thanks Josh, this very useful and helps a lot! (as always!) 😃
Jen
Great Video. Very informative. Thanks Josh.
I wanted to ask, does the Google Analytics info include visits from Googles own crawlers?
I have software installed on my site that shows Google crawlers on the site 3 time a day.
Just wondered if that is part of the analytics data?
Thanks
when I set analytics up it shows Acquisition, Engagement and Monetisation not Realtime, Audience, Acquisition etc
Thanks Josh. This is so helpful as always. I am just wondering why my interface looks different to yours here?
Katie they're now rolling out GA4 so that might be it. I'll make an updated version just after my updated version 😂
@@JoshHallco Ah I thought that might be the case! It all looks quite different! Thank you so much for getting back to me! I absolutely love all that you do and wouldn't be running a business without all the invaluable advice!
@@katielake8714 aw that's amazing. Thanks for the note! Yeah last time I released a GA tutorial, they changed the UX two weeks later and this time it's GA4 haha I can't win!
Yes, please create an updated version when you are able@@JoshHallco ! The interface is different and the simple approach you took in this video is not helpful anymore sadly!
Hi Josh , is there a way we can get an online one to one course wherein you could learn this concept from scratch..
Thank you! I'm wondering if I'll end up on GA4 since I'd like to get a site up but I read in one of the comments that this transition will happen complete by June 2023? Any current thoughts on this for people in my position trying to put together a site within the next couple months?
'-Great Video and tutorial Josh subscribing! Do you make playlists for some of your videos to link them in a good flow?
Special complements for great pleasant diction and rhetoric.
Does unique pageview restart if you close out of window before reopening it? Meaning that exiting out of it (but not closing it) then entering back into it 4 times is 1 unique view and 4 page views?
Has this changed ? I don't see the side menu with acquisition/behaviro
Has analytics changed since this video? I don't see any of the left hand column.
Yeah I plan on doing a GA4 one here Q1 2024.
which hosting service / host provider do you use for your website?
Hello i want to use Google analytics to retrieve data from mobile app by phone number, meaning that for an app user i want to know number of its sessions, ...IS that possible with GA? Thanks
Is this for the old type of analytics or GA4?
It's before GA4, I'll do one for that at some point as well.
Hi! I don't have the audience option! I can't find it anywhere! and I wanted to check my "Active Users right now" is there any chance anyone here can help me?! The only graph I can see is the one that says "USERS IN LAST 30 MINUTES", I also did all the steps that Josh said in another video :)
Thank you for this tutorial! One question I have... what is the difference between referral and direct under the channels category?
Nobody ever answered you....I have the same question.
I would assume direct being a user entering the URL to his site to access it (I.E.: you coming to this video by typing "ua-cam.com/video/njri8_gJTs0/v-deo.html" in your navigation bar.) Whereas referral would be a redirect to this video (I.E.: A blog page explaining google analytics with this video linked as a reference at the bottom.)
How do I export a day by day break down of Google Analytics data into excel?
The UI seems not updated?
Im missing the "behavior" section in my google analytics page. Why is this?
I thinks it's the same as 'Engagement'
To avoid creepy, don’t have location on mobile phone turn on and use a VPN. Also, if your internet provider doesn’t sell you out, some internet providers don’t give out information. It’s getting really pervasive with these companies using mobile apps tracking your location and hearing your private conversations. We need regulation on privacy rights.
at 7:39, he says "backslash." It needs to be forward slash. Backslash (\) vs. Forward Slash (/)
why is it titled 2024? it doesnt look the same as my analytics, completely different
I'll be doing one for GA4 here in Q1.
My analytics is not as detailed as yours. Why is that?
You should change your placements on Facebook to target Instagram. Auto placement is just forcing it to Facebook I’m sure
I'm literally watching this video at LA creeps me out lmao
😂
du you now wey my menye ar smaler hau i get goel contakt
Me too 😂
goggle 😁