Obssessed With Google Analytics
OMG!!! Is anyone else obsessed with Google Analytics? I've had it installed for a while and I cannot stop checking it! I check it every morning before I even log into WA. I know they say you shouldn't but I can't help it. And here's the worse part. It really gets me down if I feel like I'm not getting enough views (i.e. people visiting my site). Although my numbers of Page Views is decent for being only a month in (i.e. somewhere upwards of 1,900 in a month). Can anyone help with this? Is this normal for only being a month or so in?
Also, maybe someone would have tips for how to improve SEO so that I can get more visits to my site? And is there a training on Google webmasters, cause I'm not really sure how to use that data to improve upon myself?
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Lol me too i can't stop checking! By the way there is a training on how to understand Google Webmaster here
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/insights-into-webmaster-tools
Very good Ashley, I am not even close to 200, and I am very content with it, one question, have you excluded your own visites? greetings Loes
When I first started writing, I had GA hooked onto all my columns and I got quite obsessed with it. It's very easy to do, as you've seen. Then it got to a point where I just had to stop looking. I actually uninstalled it for awhile. Yes, it's back now, but I'm no longer obsessed with it. If you can do it, maybe set yourself up a schedule, like checking it every other day. My only suggestion would be that if you're not finished your lessons/training, just keep going. There seems to be something in almost every lesson to increase the appeal of your site(s).
Very good advice...I've since started checking it every other day! This is painstakingly difficult tho! Gosh!
I don't so much have the urge to check Analytics, but I'm constantly checking for my blog post rankings in Google.
Facebook was the first thing I used to check each morning but now it's my rankings, haha.
It can be an obsession for us both and can be hard to stop, but we need to really see the bigger picture and just keep moving forward more instead.
Everyone's visitor counts will be different because there's plenty of variables involved, so it's difficult to answer your question.
There must be some training somewhere within WA which will help you with your other questions.
Neil
Continue with the training and STOP
checking GA so much it will happen.
You are doing great Ashley.
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it's a tough trap to get out of. I know that any single day's addition of data doesn't matter, but I still find myself checking too often! 1900 views for the first few months is great!