Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Customize Your Google Analytics Dashboard

Google Analytics has a couple of default boxes when you view a report for one of your web sites. What if you aren't happy with this selection?

At the time of this writing, the Google Analytics dashboard displays a map overlay and a visitors overview box, among others. But what if you already have a good handle on where your visitors come from, making the high-level information contained on the map overlay redundant?

Well, you can just change the dashboard settings. One way to do so is to grab a box and drag and drop it elsewhere on the page. You can also click the X in the upper-right corner of a box to make the element disappear. If you want to add new boxes, instead, first navigate to the Analytics page containing the information you're interested in, such as Content rightwards double arrow Content by Title. You can now click the Add to Dashboard button at the top of the page. Going back to your dashboard, you will see that the new box has been added, and you can rearrange it on the page like other elements.

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