Difficulty Using GWO?
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I've tried several times to use GWO, and I can handle copy-pasting some code etc... yet despite this, it seems that I can't get GWO right. Furthermore, it appears to me that a lot of the things you'd like to test require fancier manipulation of GWO than the standard setup allows for.
Do you guys also find GWO to lack user-friendliness? Are other platforms easier to use and get right?
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Google has some great help resources when it comes to their products. I would check the GWO help section first.
http://www.google.com/support/websiteoptimizer/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=29619&topic=29624
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do you guys have any recommended resources on learning GWO?
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Well, the test I just ended showed me, in the previews, all the same instead of the variations I thought I'd created...
In the past, tests I tried setting up just simply didn't work. Wordpress is quite difficult in spite of plugins and assertions to the contrary.
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I've never had a problem with GWO as long as the code is implemented properly. Make sure you've got the code exactly where they tell you to put it.
Would you mind providing a little more detail on what problems you are having in GWO?
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I find GWO is suitable for nearly everything I need, although sometimes coding skills are needed.
I've heard that visual website optimizer is very easy to use, but have not yet used it myself.
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