I have divided the whole training Google Analytics Certification Program in three phases. During defining the course I took help from Google Conversion University as well.

Phase- I

Web Analytics Fundamentals

  • History of web analytics
  • How web analytics software works
    • Log based software
    • Page Tagging Based Software
  • How web analytics software works
  • Off-Site & On-Site Analytics

Data Collection Approaches

  • User-Centric
  • Website-Centric
  • Network-Centric
  • Web Analytics Tools on in the Market

KPIs & KAIs

  • Predefined KPIs
  • How to define KPIs
  • New Approach of KAIs

Introduction to Google Analytics

  • what Google Analytics can do for your business or website
  • how Google Analytics works
  • how often your data is updated and how Google stores it
  • how to set your Data Sharing preferences
  • how to set date ranges and comparison date ranges
  • how to graph data by day, week, and month
  • how to compare multiple metrics on graphs
  • about the user interface options for exporting data
  • how to email reports to others
  • how to navigate between report detail levels
  • how to use the report views
  • how to quickly segment and sort data in reports
  • best practices for analyzing data
  • how to analyze data trends
  • how to use the data visualizations in Google Analytics
  • where to find Pageviews, Visits, and Visitors metrics
  • how Pageviews, Visits, and Visitors are calculated
  • the difference between Pageviews and Unique Pageviews
  • the difference between Absolute Unique Visitors and New vs. Returning Visitors
  • how Time on Page and Time on Site are calculated
  • how Avg. Time on Page and Avg. Time on Site are calculated
  • about the Length of Visit report
  • about the different kinds of traffic sources
  • how to identify quality traffic
  • how to identify revenue and conversion drivers
  • what kinds of information to look for in keyword reports
  • how campaign attribution works in Google Analytics
  • how to use and interpret the Top Content, Content by Title, and Content Drilldown reports
  • how to use the Top Landing Pages report
  • how to use and interpret the Navigation Summary report
  • how to use and interpret the Entrance Paths report

Phase-II

Google Analytics Fundamentals

  • Profiles in Google Analytics
    • how to create, manage, and delete accounts
    • best practices for managing accounts
    • when to create profiles
    • how to create, manage, and delete profiles
  • Campaign Tracking and Adwords Integration
    • how to track campaigns using tagged links
    • how to track AdWords campaigns
    • when to use autotagging and how it works
    • how to enable autotagging
    • where to find AdWords data in your reports
    • the expected kinds of data discrepancies between AdWords and Analytics data
    • when and how to manually tag URLs
    • how to use the URL Builder
    • best practices for tagging links
  • Analysis Focus: Adwords
    • how to use the Clicks tab metrics in AdWords reports
    • how to analyze the effect of search result position on performance
    • how to track audio and TV campaigns in AdWords
    • how to track ad performance
  • Goals in Google Analytics
    • the purpose of using goals, goal values, and funnels
    • when to use each Goal URL Match Type
    • how to assign meaningful values to goals
    • how goal conversions differ from transactions
    • how filters can affect goals
    • where to find goal and funnel information in reports
    • Funnel Visualization : how to use and interpret the Funnel Visualization report
  • Google Analytics Filters
    • when to apply filters in Google Analytics
    • how filters act on data
    • how to create custom filters
    • the differences between the different kinds of filters (i.e. exclude, include, etc)
    • how to filter Google AdWords traffic
    • how to use filters and profiles together to track certain kinds of traffic
    • best practices for using filters
  • Regular Expressions and Google Analytics
    • when to use regular expressions in Google Analytics
    • how to use the most common metacharacters: dot, backslash, etc.
    • some examples of common regular expressions in Google Analytics
  • Cookies and Google Analytics
    • how Google Analytics uses cookies
    • the differences between persistent and temporary cookies
    • the differences between first party and third party cookies
    • the names of the Google Analytics cookies and the information they track
  • E-Commerce Tracking
    • where to find ecommerce metrics in reports
    • how to enable and track ecommerce
  • Revenue Metrics
    • the differences between goal value and e-commerce revenue
    • how $Index is calculated and how to use it
  • Tracking Domains and SubDomains
    • when to track across domains using the _link() method
    • when to track across domains using the _linkByPost() method
    • how to track across subdomains
    • best practices for tracking across subdomains
    • how to track across multiple domains with subdomains

Phase –III

  • Custom Reporting : how to create, save, and edit a custom report
  • Advanced Segmentation
    • how Advanced Segments differ from filtered profiles
    • to apply an Advanced Segment to your reports
    • how to create and modify an Advanced Segment
  • Motion Charts
    • how to read Motion Charts
    • how to create and save a Motion Chart
  • Internal Site Search
    • how to set up internal site search
    • why internal site search is important
    • how to find site search information in your reports
    • how to interpret the Site Search Usage, Terms, Start Pages, and Destination Pages reports
    • how to use Search Refinement and Search Navigation options with the Search Terms report
    • how to set up and analyze Site Search Categories
    • how to find Site Search Trending
    • how Site Search metrics differ from the metrics in other reports
  • Event Tracking and Virtual Pageviews
    • when to use virtual pageviews versus event tracking
    • how to generate a virtual pageview
    • how to track an event using _trackEvent()
    • the relationship between Categories, Actions, Labels, and Values
    • the difference between Total Events and Unique Events
    • best practices for setting up Event Tracking
  • Custom Visitor Segment Variable
    • how to use and set the User Defined variable
    • the best practices for using User Defined
    • how to view User Defined values in reports
    • how to change session timeout value
    • how to change campaign expiration
    • how to change campaign precedence
    • how to add a search engine
    • how to treat certain keywords as direct
    • how to treat certain referring sites as direct

http://www.theseoguru.com/SearchMania/2009/06/google-analytics-certification-training-program/

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