Thanks again for sticking with us throughout this seven part series on Google Analytics for Local Search! Throughout this series we have described various ways to look at your “local” search traffic to discover new angles, opportunities, etc. One feature most Google Analytics users do not take advantage of is the ability to customize their dashboard. Customizing the dashboard allows quick and easy access to your most important “local” traffic reports. It is very easy to customize your dashboard. For any report you would like featured on your dashboard, simply navigate to the report and click the ‘Add to Dashboard’ button at the top of the page.
Now simply view your dashboard, and boom, you’ve got pimped out dashboard with quick access to all your favorite local search reports. Here is a snapshot of a pimped out dashboard with most of the reports we have discussed in this series. Good luck to you in your future local search and analytics endeavors.
seOverview: Local Edition
If your local business is not ranking well in Google’s local ‘ten-pack’ when someone is searching for the products or services you offer in your area, you may be missing out on hundreds of customers or more each month. Yahoo Local and other local directories are also very important sites on which to have presence. Now you can get custom recommendations about your local search optimization with seOverview: Local Edition help YOUR local businesses achieve maximum presence in the local search results.
thanks for all your pointers. i’ve followed this since part1 and i must admit that after all the long read, with what i learned from all these will really pay off.