tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post5465821569369678161..comments2022-11-02T10:11:10.946-04:00Comments on The Etsy "D" List: Web Analytastic!soulstone321.etsy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372557881300238409noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-52492377549063723582009-10-25T20:12:17.011-04:002009-10-25T20:12:17.011-04:00I don't know why I never thought to ask my buy...I don't know why I never thought to ask my buyers where they found me! great idea!<br /><br />Darlene<br />http://www.DoBatsEatCats.etsy.comDoBatsEatCatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761561474234856527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-60768039814499250002009-10-20T17:19:05.337-04:002009-10-20T17:19:05.337-04:00I hear ya Miz, nothing is an exact science with th...I hear ya Miz, nothing is an exact science with this stuff. I don't think GA is about getting ranked high as much as it is really knowing where your traffic is coming from. I'm a web designer and work for an IT Web department, and I can tell you that analyzing web stats is very useful in knowing what might be working or not working. It certainly doesn't mean you will get sales from eyes on your shop, but if you spend a lot of time on your twitter account, and you see from GA that you don't get many referrals from Twitter, maybe you dont' spend so much time on twitter and concentrate on something else. It really is all a big game though, it's just in how much you are willing to play it. I personally like GA. But again, I'm a web person, so take it with a grain of salt ;-)soulstone321.etsy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372557881300238409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-23105465483832554142009-10-20T11:16:01.814-04:002009-10-20T11:16:01.814-04:00I've ben reading many aritcles lately (non-Ets...I've ben reading many aritcles lately (non-Etsy) about the validity of the whole SEO thing, about how it changes from month to month, and even when you reconfigure info and submit, it's only gonna give you valid info for a month...don't believe it? Read the whining in Etsy Forums about dropping views...<br />Being technically challenged, i never worked it out, or listed my stuff on GA...but really, how important is it? Every time we list something we are "submitted" via <br />google-so what? Does your shop or item at the top of the list mean you will or won't sell?<br />I used to have an Artfire shop-no sales, but they do include GA-and because i thought i'd try being religious about what would come up on top, I had lots of stuff on "first pages" with tons of views-still didn't sell...<br />now on Etsy I've noticed in the last 24 hours my views on my mizdarlin shop have really increased on many items-magic? Submission to google for inclusion? Treasury, FP? None of the above!<br />My hats are obvously seasonal, so now is when people start looking for headgear...simple as that.<br />I don't have the time or the inclination to stress myself over GA...but certainly, if folks need something to be esoteric about, fill yer boots...mizdarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442803514546577849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-20551803537496868632009-10-19T12:56:45.350-04:002009-10-19T12:56:45.350-04:00your welcome, and thank you. I've never been ...your welcome, and thank you. I've never been tweeted about before ;-)soulstone321.etsy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372557881300238409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-73932396656113698612009-10-19T10:08:39.572-04:002009-10-19T10:08:39.572-04:00Great ideas...thank you so much! I had not been ab...Great ideas...thank you so much! I had not been able to get my brain around google analytics before. I just tweeted about your article.ocasiocasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031935725568047922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-65648099750509482152009-10-18T08:14:35.871-04:002009-10-18T08:14:35.871-04:00Yeah.. it's funny, when I ask my buyers how th...Yeah.. it's funny, when I ask my buyers how they found me, almost all of them say they are are searching on Etsy. My Google Analytics says that the highest referral is direct access.. which means someone puts my etsy url in and the second highest referer is google search. I'm wondering if the Etsy search uses a google server (that is what we do at my work) which would mean the second ranking google search referral could be the Etsy search. I need to investigate further. Either way, my keywords (tags) and wording in my title and descriptions are apparently very important.soulstone321.etsy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372557881300238409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-8519468783490767502009-10-18T02:50:37.413-04:002009-10-18T02:50:37.413-04:00Love the graphics! And the idea of asking people a...Love the graphics! And the idea of asking people about how they found your shop!Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205590563846562414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8332522348185610004.post-50315794157083641902009-10-17T18:38:27.273-04:002009-10-17T18:38:27.273-04:00Great article. I think many of us don't under...Great article. I think many of us don't understand how people get to our shops.Fiberpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15512795097733182652noreply@blogger.com