The designer's guide to Google Analytics

All too often, designers are guilty of designing beautiful websites without consistently monitoring their performance. Of course it would be easier to just design a site and let it be, but monitoring your sites and improving problem areas are key if you want to attract and maintain visitors (which is kind of the whole point of your website…right?). Analytics are vital to understanding your audience and your website's performance. And Google Analytics is a great provider, especially since it's free.

Learning to use this free tool may seem a bit overwhelming as there is so much data, but this Analytics guide is a great resource for beginners, so give that a read first if you're a total newbie. Once you're digested that - or if you're already up to speed - read on for our three quick tips for using Google Analytics to monitor the health of your designs...

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