Comments on: Fixing Direct Visit Issue For Google Analytics When Employing Website Optimizer http://www.techwyse.com/blog/website-analytics/google-analytics-displaying-direct-visits-from-website-optimizer/ Learn, Educate & Rise Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Jon http://www.techwyse.com/blog/website-analytics/google-analytics-displaying-direct-visits-from-website-optimizer/comment-page-1/#comment-41366 Jon Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:58:59 +0000 http://techwyse.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-41366 Thanks Sean & Chris, and thanks for confirming "nofollow" Elan - SEO king! Grette, great question! To clarify... MVT's do not redirect to another page so there is not the same issue with the GA code being missed. Also, definitely DO NOT to add "nofollow" to an MVT page because the test is in your existing page and it will remove it from the Google index. Note that there might be a little MVT impact on your ranking due to content changing, depending what you are testing! Hope this helps! :) Jon Thanks Sean & Chris, and thanks for confirming “nofollow” Elan – SEO king!

Grette, great question! To clarify… MVT’s do not redirect to another page so there is not the same issue with the GA code being missed.

Also, definitely DO NOT to add “nofollow” to an MVT page because the test is in your existing page and it will remove it from the Google index. Note that there might be a little MVT impact on your ranking due to content changing, depending what you are testing!

Hope this helps! :)
Jon

]]> By: Grette http://www.techwyse.com/blog/website-analytics/google-analytics-displaying-direct-visits-from-website-optimizer/comment-page-1/#comment-41321 Grette Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:26:24 +0000 http://techwyse.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-41321 Very helpful post Jon, thanks for sharing your practical wisdom here. Will this work in multivariate testing too? Other than the above solution is there any other way to fix the problem. Is adding 'no follow' attribute enough? Very helpful post Jon, thanks for sharing your practical wisdom here.
Will this work in multivariate testing too?
Other than the above solution is there any other way to fix the problem.
Is adding ‘no follow’ attribute enough?

]]> By: Chris S http://www.techwyse.com/blog/website-analytics/google-analytics-displaying-direct-visits-from-website-optimizer/comment-page-1/#comment-41261 Chris S Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:54:37 +0000 http://techwyse.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-41261 Great post Jon. I will definitely be moving my tracking code! Great post Jon. I will definitely be moving my tracking code!

]]> By: Elan http://www.techwyse.com/blog/website-analytics/google-analytics-displaying-direct-visits-from-website-optimizer/comment-page-1/#comment-41155 Elan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:28:25 +0000 http://techwyse.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-41155 Jon, I agree with you for having "nofollow" meta tag in the header of all variant pages. It may prevent that page from indexing in all search engines. Jon, I agree with you for having “nofollow” meta tag in the header of all variant pages. It may prevent that page from indexing in all search engines.

]]> By: Sean http://www.techwyse.com/blog/website-analytics/google-analytics-displaying-direct-visits-from-website-optimizer/comment-page-1/#comment-41140 Sean Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:57:27 +0000 http://techwyse.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-41140 Good post Jon. By using the combination of Google Analytics and Website Optimizer, you will get a rich data which gives you insight into the progress of your tests. But to get the best results out of the two, you should combine both the tools in the best effective way. It's possible issues that like you mentioned in the post can occur while using the combination to track an e-commerce site. Such issues should be sorted out as quickly as possible to ensure that you always get the correct data for analysis. Good post Jon.
By using the combination of Google Analytics and Website Optimizer, you will get a rich data which gives you insight into the progress of your tests. But to get the best results out of the two, you should combine both the tools in the best effective way. It’s possible issues that like you mentioned in the post can occur while using the combination to track an e-commerce site. Such issues should be sorted out as quickly as possible to ensure that you always get the correct data for analysis.

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