{"id":611,"date":"2014-12-20T23:33:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T04:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/?p=611"},"modified":"2016-04-30T22:13:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:13:45","slug":"google-analytics-segments-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/google-analytics-segments-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Analytics Segments 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Analytics is a great tool for showing how visitors to your site interact – what pages visitors read<\/a>, how long they stay, where they come from, and complete any goals you set up.<\/p>\n

However, as you mature with your Analytics usage, you will realize that while every user is unique, many times visitors will likely fall into natural patterns and groupings. These groupings can based on any number of Analytics metrics, and can yield significant insight into our users. We call this action segmenting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What Are Analytic Segments?<\/h2>\n

So what are Google Analytics segments and how can they help? Google probably says it best:<\/p>\n

Segments let you isolate and analyze subsets of your Analytics data. You use the Segment builder to configure the individual filters that together constitute a Segment. You then apply Segments to your reports and dashboards so you can see that specific data. (via Google Analytics help<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Segmenting\u00a0your visitors can yield amazing\u00a0insight into patterns or untapped data. They can help to filter out noise from meaningful statistics.<\/p>\n

Example Segments<\/h3>\n