{"id":5933,"date":"2017-12-27T19:23:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T13:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/?p=5933"},"modified":"2018-01-02T22:46:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T17:16:30","slug":"google-analytics-announcements-from-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/google-analytics-announcements-from-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Google Analytics Announcements From 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Google&#8217;s Analytics was not behind in making some improvements to their platform. Here is a look at some of the top enhancements made by GA and what role they would play in making businesses stay more informed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/google-analytics.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/google-analytics.png\" alt=\"google analytics\" width=\"552\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates Made to Data Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Data Studio, reporting tool , earlier restricted to only 5 reports has been made <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/02\/making-google-data-studio-free-for.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available for free<\/a> with unlimited reports to help businesses get value from it. Later Google made the announcement of Data Studio being opened for <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/03\/data-studio-now-globally-available.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">180+ countries<\/a>, giving more business the opportunity to access data and create customizable reports,<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/02\/data-studio-search-console-connector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search Console connector<\/a> users can access their data on the Data Studio platform, create reports out of it and share it for further intervention. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/07\/new-data-studio-data-control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Control<\/a> helped users view their data easily in Data Studio.<\/p>\n<p>There were other feature updates made to the Data Studio listed down here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/10\/data-studio-richer-visualizations-and.html?hl=sl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Studio: Richer Visualizations and Analytical Functions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/07\/google-data-studio-new-feature-roundup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Data Studio: New Feature Roundup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/09\/google-data-studio-quicker-and-broader.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Data Studio: quicker and broader access to data<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Optimize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Post its launch last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/03\/this-is-not-a-test-google-optimize-now-free-for-everyone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google Optimize<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a feature to help businesses A\/B test their websites and take necessary action, and <strong>Google Optimize 360<\/strong> were made accessible to everyone<\/p>\n<p>Later at Google Marketing Next Google <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/05\/google-optimize-surveys-360-adwords-pmm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimize was integrated with AdWords<\/a>, making it easy for advertisers to optimize the landing pages their ads takes the users to.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/google-optimize-adwords-integration.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/google-optimize-adwords-integration.png\" alt=\"google optimize adwords integration\" width=\"763\" height=\"526\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates to Google Analytics Account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Google introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/04\/effortless-analytics-new-google.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enhancements to their Analytics platform<\/a>, that intended to help business develop deeper understanding of the user. This included an improved and new home page and a new &#8216;Discover&#8217; page with the latest products and services useful for the Analytics account.<\/p>\n<p>Later, in November, they announced a round of improvements to help businesses easily <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/11\/new-tools-for-managing-google-analytics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manage their Analytics account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Machine Learning and Google Attribution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To help marketers measure the impact of their marketing activities across devices and channels, <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/05\/powering-ads-analytics-innovations-with-machine-learning-xp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Attribution<\/a> was announced during the Google Marketing Next event. With this change, last-click attribution that missed out measuring the impact of most marketing touch points was covered up.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/google-attribution.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/google-attribution.png\" alt=\"google attribution\" width=\"662\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following this change, the Attribution was moved from beta stage and <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/10\/smarter-attribution-for-everyone-pmm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made available to more advertisers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support to AMP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Accelerated Mobile Pages being adopted to give an optimized customer experience, Google Analytics introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.googleblog.com\/2017\/05\/google-analytics-is-enhancing-support.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enhancements<\/a> to help understand how customers are engaging with your website across AMP and non-AMP pages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/top-ppc-trends-to-watch-out-for-in-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top PPC Trends To Watch Out For in 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/top-adwords-announcements-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top AdWords Announcements That Made News in 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/major-announcements-made-by-bing-ads-in-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major Announcements Made by Bing Ads in 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Analytics was not behind in making some improvements to their platform. Here is a look at some of the top enhancements made by GA and what role they would play in making businesses stay more informed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ppc-roundup"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kirti","author_link":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/author\/kirti\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5933"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5959,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933\/revisions\/5959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karooya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}