Using Google Website Tools

Google has a suite of great tools that you can use on your website for free to track analytics, see how your SEO is going, testing page speed and so much more. They are great tools, but they can be tricky to begin using. Plus, you might not know a tool might be able to help you and your website.

In this journey, you’ll learn more about these tools and how you can use them on your website to make it more effective. By the end of this, you’ll be able to set them all up on your website so that you can analyze how people are using your website so that you can make your website more effective at helping your business.

Getting Started with Google Analytics

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Getting Started with Google Analytics

Google Analytics is the standard bearer for web analytics tracking today. There is a lot of information you can get from what it is able to track. And you can use that information to figure out what elements are working on your website, what elements aren’t working and what you…

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Five things to do on your Google Analytics account

Google Analytics provides a treasure trove of information about your website’s usage stats. But it can be overwhelming when you look at it for the first time. So here are five things you can do to get started.

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Getting Started with Google Search Console

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Getting Started with Google Search Console

Google Analytics is a great start to begin with gathering analytics data about our website. But it has one glaring blind spot: search statistics. Fortunately, we can use Google Search Console to find all of those stats and a lot more. We can see where we are ranking and how…

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Give Your Website the Care it Deserves

Websites need a lot of care to be effective. In addition to setting up the website with these Google website tools, you also need to update plugins and WordPress core, plus there are security concerns and changes you want to make to the site. A WordPress Website Care plan will take all of those concerns off of your shoulders. You won’t have to worry about any of the technical side of your website. You can just focus on what matters — your business.

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A look around your Google Search console account

Google Search Console is a powerful tool, especially when it comes to tracking your SEO efforts. But it can be a bit overwhelming at first. So here’s a look at the top things you can do with your Search Console account.

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Getting Started with Google Tag Manager

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Getting Started with Google Tag Manager

Google Analytics is great. But if you really want to take a deeper dive into how people are using your website, you’re going to want to add in more tracking snippets from other providers. That’s where Google Tag Manager comes into play.

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Four tags you should create in Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a great tool for website analytics. But it can be confusing when you’re first learning how to use it. So here are four tags you can create to get you started.

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Get Your Business Online in a Week

Creating a brand new website can take a long time. If you’re just trying to get your business online with your first website, you want to get the site up quickly. This service will help you do just that. You’ll have a design that fits your business with a back end to help you grow in as little as 10 days. Plus, you’ll get all the training you need so you can use your website to drive traffic to your business. So whether you just need a basic website so people can find you through Google searches or you want to sell products and services online or anything in between, let’s work together to get your new website launched this month.

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Why your business needs to have a Google Business Profile account

Have you ever searched for your business and come across a blurb on the right side of the search results. That’s from the help of Google Business Profile, and it’s a tool that can greatly help your local SEO.

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Hooking up your ecommerce store to Google Analytics

Getting Google Analytics set up for your website is great. But if you run an ecommerce website, did you know that you can also track your ecommerce stats? Here’s how you can do it and why you should set it up today.

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Taking a Look at Google PageSpeed Insights

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Taking a Look at Google PageSpeed Insights

Do you know how fast your website loads? Do you know what to fix if your website is taking a while to load? If you don’t know the answer to those questions, it’s time to start to using Google PageSpeed Insights today. It will give you a score for mobile…

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A Look at the Google Site Kit Plugin

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A Look at the Google Site Kit Plugin

If you’ve got a website, you’re probably going to want to hook it up to some of the Google tools that are offered like Analytics, Search Console, Tag Manager, etc. But each of those service require different things you need to do in order to connect them to your website,…

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Take a Deep Dive into Learning About Websites

Creating a website might seem like an easy task. But creating a successful website that helps you achieve your goals isn’t something you do in a day. This FREE eBook will walk you through not only how to create a website, but also answer the questions why you should create a website and what a website really is. It’s the best way to fully understand how to build a successful website for your business!