How can you create a great blog by taking a data-driven approach? This presentation looks at how you can use Google's freely available data-oriented tools to help create great content, attract the right visitors, and improve the user experience. This presentation was given to an audience of 1300 bloggers at the Kopdar 1000 Blogger Nusantara conference held in Sidoarjo, Indonesia.
Owning a Great Blog: A Data-Driven Approach - Kopdar 1000 Blogger Nusantara (Indonesia) - 2011-10-29
1. Owning a Great
Blog: A Data-
Driven Approach
Vinoaj Vijeyakumaar
Senior Conversion Specialist, Google Southeast Asia
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2. Google s Mission: It s all about Information
To organize the world s information
and make it universally accessible
and useful.
Google Confidential and Proprietary 2
3. Agenda
Google Analytics
Create Great Google Insights for Search
Content
DoubleClick Ad Planner
Attract Visitors Google Analytics
Improve User Google Analytics
Experience Google Website Optimizer
Google Confidential and Proprietary 3
4. Create Great Content
Google Confidential and Proprietary
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5. What is interesting to the world right now?
http://www.google.co.id/insights/search/
Google Confidential and Proprietary 5
19. Design for your demographics
• Font size increased from 12 to 13px
• Bounce rate decrease noticeably within 5 days
www.backtobasics.com.sg
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20. Google Analytics
To organize your website visits information and
make it universally accessible and useful within
your entire organisation
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38. Recap
Google Analytics
DoubleClick Ad Planner Google Insights for Search
Know what your Know what your
community is audience is
interested in searching for
Create Great
Content
Know your
audience
Google Analytics
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39. Attract Visitors
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40. It’s not just about
attracting visitors, it’s also
about attracting the right
type of visitors
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42. Measuring Goals along the Purchase Funnel
Spent > 3 mins on Watched our Created Purchased my
my site product video membership product/service
account
Visited > 2 pages Visited Product
on my site Features page Subscribed to Used my store
newsletter locator
Visited About
Us page Clicked on Join Downloaded a
Facebook button coupon
GOALS
STAGE
Awareness Consideration Preference Action
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43. 4 Goal Types in Google Analytics
Goal Type Goal Triggered By …
… visitor lands on your
URL Destination subscribe page
… visitor spends more than 5
Time on Site minutes on your site
… visitor browses through 3
Pages/Visit or more pages on your site
… visitor interacts with your
Event social sharing widgets
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44. Goals Bring Context to Numbers
Google Store’s Top 10 markets by volume of visitors
INSIGHT
We’re doing
awesome in Brazil!
Right?
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45. Goals Bring Context to Numbers
INSIGHT
Wow, Brazil doesn’t
even factor into our Top
10 markets by
conversion rate. Not
good!
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57. Multi-Channel Funnels
3/11/11 3/15/11 3/19/11 3/23/11 Conversion
Google
Email Direct
Organic
Google Yahoo Google
Display Organic PPC
Google NYT Google
Twitter
Organic Referral PPC
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59. Understanding
research
behaviour
• INSIGHT
• A significant number of
sales occur due to a
series of all-direct visits.
Some visitors are
making up to 7 or 8
direct visits prior to
making a purchase.
• A large number of direct
visits signifies that the
visitor has made up their
mind to stay at Amari,
but cannot decide on
which package to
purchase.
• ACTION
• Offer more enticing
deals, content, calls-to-
action, etc, the more
visits that they make to
your site.
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60. What about the multi-visit customers?
How do you get more of them to convert?
57% of all
conversions
had multi-step
conversion
paths
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61. Insight: Increase display coverage
Turned non-converting paths…
3/11/11 3/15/11 3/19/11 3/23/11 No Conversion
1 Visit
Into converting paths via more display investment
3/11/11 3/15/11 3/19/11 3/23/11 Conversion
1 Visit Display Display
Ad Ad
11% increase in bookings within a month
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62. Recap
Tag all inbound Attract Set Goals
links Visitors
Google Analytics Google Analytics
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63. Improve the user experience
Google Confidential and Proprietary
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64. Traffic from Indonesia is rising rapidly
Source: Google Analytics Benchmarking Data Google Confidential and Proprietary 64
65. But engagement is declining
Source: Google Analytics Benchmarking Data Google Confidential and Proprietary 65
66. Bounce rates are steadily increasing
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76. Media
Button
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77. 24 combinations tested….
Media: Button:
1. Get Involved Image 1. Sign Up
2. Family Image 2. Learn More
3. Change Image 3. Join Us Now
4. Barack’s Video 4. Sign Up Now
5. Springfield Video
6. Sam’s Video
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83. Monetize exit pages
“.. these ads provide a means of
monetizing traffic that
would already be leaving.
My users are still happy and
getting relevant content.”
“… AdSense allowed [me] to see
a huge jump in revenue
Kevin Savetz, Owner, Savetz
after targeting exit pages.”
Publishing and FreePrintable
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84. How do visitors interact with my site?
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91. Should I create a mobile version of my site?
INSIGHT
• Bulk of the revenue generated from mobile devices is coming from iOS and Android devices.
• iOS users on the whole generate significant value for is this company.
• iPad users are the most valuable mobile segment by far.
ACTION
• Prioritise iOS development.
• Improve the user experience for iPad users.
• Enhance the user experience for iOS users visiting using a device with small screen real-estate (e.g.
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iPhone, iPod).
92. Mobile Visitors by Market (by Per Visit Value)
INSIGHT
Of the Top 10 most valuable markets by per visit value, 7 markets are in developing countries.
ACTION
Mobile apps will need to take developing market conditions into account in its design considerations:
• Operate efficiently on low bandwidth connections Google Confidential and Proprietary 92
• Localised content
93. Mobile Visitors by Service Provider
INSIGHT
• A majority of mobile visitors are browsing via service providers in developing markets.
• Access to 3G, 2G and/or Edge services need to be taken into account when developing the app’s usability.
ACTION
• Look to partner with telcos (eg Telkom Indonesia) to have your apps bundled in default installations.
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94. Can visitors view my website correctly?
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95. Browser share in Indonesia (Q3 2011)
Source: Google Analytics Benchmarking Data Google Confidential and Proprietary 95
96. Browser share trends in Indonesia
Source: Google Analytics Benchmarking Data Google Confidential and Proprietary 96
97. Recap
Google Website Optimizer
Google Analytics Google Analytics
Fix problematic Improve high
flows through bounce pages
your site with testing
Attract
Visitors
Fix or monetize
exit pages
Google Analytics
Google AdSense
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98. Let’s recap …
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99. You can use data to own a great blog
Google Analytics
Create Great Google Insights for Search
Content
DoubleClick Ad Planner
Attract Visitors Google Analytics
Improve User Google Analytics
Experience Google Website Optimizer
Google Confidential and Proprietary 99
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