Analytics - content performance

[pauledwards]

Hi guys, is there any way to group specific pages together in analytics and just see how they have peroformed visit wise, etc?

I need to group some resort guides all with different names, it's tedious going through each one manually.

Help much appreciated as always!

[KaneJamison]

The best way to do what I think you're trying to do would be to create some advaed segments.

Essentially you're just creating a group of pages and then only displaying data for those pages when the segment is applied.

Start with these two guides and come back and let me know if you're having trouble with either one:

• https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1041510?hl=en&ref_topic=1032940
• http://www.smartinsights.com/google-analytics/google-analytics-segmentation/segmenting-google-analytics/

[AndersS]

Hello again.

Would it be easier to just exclude the ones you don't want? That way, you could just remove a few pages from the query if that is easier.

alternatively, you could tweak the GA tracking code, and add a custom variable for those pages you want to track together. See https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingCustomVariables?hl=no#pageLevel

The code could be something like:

_gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',  1,  // This custom var is set to slot #1\.  Required parameter.  'Resort guide',  // Your grouping name.  Required parameter.  'Specific page title', // Sets the value of "Resort guide" to "Specific page title" for this particular article.  Required parameter.  3 // Sets the scope to page-level.  Optional parameter, but you should have it in this case ]);
Good luck!
Anders 

[pauledwards]

Hi thanks for the reply.

Unfortunalye cannot add keywords and theres no pattern in the url to only grab ones i want.

It would be good if analytics from Google allowed you to make groups of content to only monitor rather then all of it.

[AndersS]

Hi!

Have you tried taking a full content report, and just exclude the parts of the site you don't need. Perhaps that would be easier than adding all the sections/pages you do need.

Or, if possible, add a special keyword ("resort guide"/"holiday guide") to the page title, unless that messes up something else for you (SEO etc...). That way you could create a content report for all pages with added keyword in the page title.

Hope this helps,Anders