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Hi,
I'll try one more time - if no one here knows the answers to my questions can
you please point me to where I might find resources/answers? I've spent the past
2 weeks searching on my own and am no where closer to an answer.
* For a PPC campaign, what is the normal % difference one should expect between
click reports from the search engines and the page view or tracking code reports
from our landing page? (5% 25%?)
* Are there any sites with hard statistics to back up this data?
* Can the length of a tracking code influence this difference?
I really will be most appreciative of any guidance or advice I can get in this
area. Please.
Gabi
 

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Wed Jun 4, 2008 5:29 pm

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Hi, I'll try one more time - if no one here knows the answers to my questions can you please point me to where I might find resources/answers? I've spent the...
G. K. Endress
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Jun 4, 2008
5:52 pm

Hi, No statistics, but "Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics" by Brian Clifton has a couple of pages on the topic "Unparallel Results: Why PPC Vendor...
Rita Williams
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Jun 4, 2008
8:16 pm

... expect between click reports from the search engines and the page view or tracking code reports from our landing page? (5% 25%?) Anywhere from 0 - 100% ......
nethab1
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Jun 4, 2008
8:17 pm

Thanks Rita and Nethab. I'll have to check out that book ... Nethab - I think you misunderstood my question - I am specifically looking at data from Google...
G. K. Endress
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Jun 5, 2008
2:48 am

Hello - some time ago I wrote for a client something about the discrepancy between PPC clicks and campaign responses/visits. It's related to HBX but should...
Birger Friedrichs
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Jun 5, 2008
9:04 am

There is another possible source of descrepancy between Search engine reported clicks and web site analysis software. This is something I discovered analyzing...
ronaimscoil
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Jun 6, 2008
9:52 am

And see, http://judah.webanalyticsdemystified.com/2008/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-the-numbers-match.html...
greg_b_moore
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Jun 7, 2008
11:27 am

Hi Gabi, I am asked this question often. Here is how I normally answer this in the absence of other data: 1) Google AdWords and other PPC vendors report on the...
Rod Jacka
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Jun 5, 2008
12:30 pm

Thanks to everyone who replied to my questions!!!! This really helps me answer the questions from Marketing who were expecting the data to match...
G. K. Endress
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Jun 6, 2008
5:41 am

Hi Gabi, I think the reason why you haven't received and answer is because there aren't a lot of people measuring the difference between click totals from...
Matt
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Jun 6, 2008
5:41 am

Hi, Do not rely just on the search engine, having a third party tool is just as important as having a PPC account with MSN, Yahoo or Google. I would recommend...
maxumusv2
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Jun 6, 2008
9:36 pm

Gabi, I'm not recommending to always use the search engine analytics for all of your analytics needs. However, when it comes to tracking campaigns that come...
Matt
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Jun 6, 2008
10:56 pm

Thanks Greg. Looks like I didn't adjust the post slug after wordpress mangled it: ...
Judah Phillips
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Jun 7, 2008
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