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Monitor website traffic with Google Analytics

One of the foremost website-analysis tools is Google Analytics, a free tool that may be placed on a server to monitor the site’s traffic from around the world.

The report itself offers a visual dashboard of trend-lines over time based on the number of visits. There are also actual numbers reflected.

SampleDashboard

A technical profile shows which browsers were used to arrive at the site as well as the connection speed of site visitors. This helps site designers decide what sorts of content to deliver in terms of the required speed to access or download the content. (For example, simulations, videos, and narrated slideshows may require high bandwidth for access.)  Continue reading “Monitor website traffic with Google Analytics”