What is the best way to learn google analytics?

[edward-may]

Hi I'm trying to get my head around google analytics as a first time user.

Can any suggest the best place to start after I have taken a look through the whole thing, how do I go about managing and tracking performances on my website?

eg: Registrations/sign ups, conversions all that sort of thing

Some advice will be much appreciated

Thanks

[Alick300]

Hi Justin,

I can see that you already got good answer from Dirk & Christy. I would also like to share few Google Analytics resources on my personal experience

http://www.lynda.com/Google-Analytics-tutorials/Google-Analytics-Essential-Training/160343-2.html

http://www.lynda.com/Analytics-tutorials/Google-Analytics-Tips-Tricks-Tutorials/135364-2.html

Currently 10 days free trial available on Lynda.com**

Thanks

[edward-may]

Thank you Christy

[Christy-Correll]

I second Dirk's recommendation for Google Academy. I would definitely master the first two lessons in order, which will give you the skills you need to get started tracking the performance of your own website, and make use of the supplemental forums and videos for each course. Self-study is available year-round, and group study, facilitated by a Google staffer, is held a few times a year.

When I first started working with Google Analytics 7 or 8 years ago, I thought that Google Analytics was fairly intuitive, and most people could dive into it head-first (trial and error style.) However, I would not recommend anyone just getting started with GA today take that route.

[edward-may]

Thank you Dirk

[DirkC]

Google Academy http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/index.html would probably be a good starting point. Or just trial/error with some support from online help. It's pretty self-explanatory.

rgds,

Dirk