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Google Analytics for measuring website performance

Tourism ManagementPublished 1 May 2010
Beatríz Plaza
Citations210
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score4.15
SNIP3.74

TL;DR

Time series analysis of Google Analytics data is used to analyse the effectiveness of entries (visit behaviour and length of sessions) depending on their traffic source: direct visit, in-link entries, and search engine visits.

Abstract

Performance measurement of tourism websites is becoming a critical issue for effective online marketing. The aim of this article is to analyse the effectiveness of entries (visit behaviour and length of sessions) depending on their traffic source: direct visit, in-link entries (for instance, en.wikipedia.org), and search engine visits (for example, Google). For this purpose, time series analysis of Google Analytics data is made use of. This method could be interesting for any tourism website optimizer.

Keywords

Social SciencesDecision SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting