How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site Speed

Comments (9 responses)

1. Barbara Streetland says:

   September 29, 2012 at 12:46 pm

   I admit that Google Analytics is a great and helpful tool but it really is not easy for me to understand how it works. Until now I am still seeking for some ways to use this tool properly and effectively.
2. Emily says:

   October 27, 2011 at 5:39 am

   Thanks for the info – I haven’t been actively using the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin and will look into using that now. I’m fairly new to SEO and website development, but have been using Google Analytics and it is so useful – it’s helping me to understand trends of the readers and how to improve the less popular parts of the site. When I first started, I read an article on how to use Google Analytics and how it can benefit – could be useful to others too http://www.lucidica.com/blog/online-marketing/top-5-tips-for-a-small-business-using-google-analytics/
3. Peter Drinnan says:

   October 9, 2011 at 2:39 pm

   Here is a quick (lazy) way to track all Ajax events on a WordPress site. Simply add this to the header of your article.php file:

   $(document).ready(function() {

   $(document).ajaxSend(function(event, xhr, settings){
   if (typeof _gaq !== “undefined” && _gaq !== null) {
   _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’, settings.url]);
   }
   });

   });
4. Ayush Kumar says:

   September 20, 2011 at 3:40 am

   There are few good open source tracking tool available but I also do like Google Analytics, easy to use and track every single activities on the website.
5. James Curtley says:

   September 16, 2011 at 4:03 am

   Each and every aspect given above is important but which i feel is No matter what you choose, you absolutely need web analytic for your website or else you’re blind to all the forces that make your website as popular (or unpopular) as it is. Checking out your web analytic is like going to the doctor for a routine check-up. You need to know what’s going on. Only this will help you to know whats going on and will take you closer to your results.
6. Jackie says:

   September 15, 2011 at 9:40 pm

   Yeah, i heard about speed affect the rank of a website too. I’m using GA everyday but never knew about this before. Thank for sharing.
7. William says:

   September 13, 2011 at 3:37 pm

   Site speed is important for the user-experience, but it does only affect search engine rankings in some specific cases.

   This is from Google’s official blog earlier this year -“While site speed is a new signal, it doesn’t carry as much weight as the relevance of a page. Currently, less than 1% of search queries are affected by the site speed signal”

   In other words if your site takes longer than 15-20 seconds to load, it will affect your ranking.

   I don’t know exactly how updated this information is and it might happen that you are correct.

   I did not know that you could check site speed in Analytics, thanks for bringing it to me:)
8. Robert says:

   September 13, 2011 at 5:35 am

   The best thing I like about tracking page view with google analytics is that you can use this report to measure where latency for your pages seems most critical. For example, you might learn that the target audience of your site is located in a geographic region where the Internet connection speed is generally slower than is optimal for some of your pages.
9. Jillian says:

   September 12, 2011 at 8:14 am

   Google analytics, has always been a great tool for website owns. I use analytics for all my sites and love it. You can get so much information from the analytics.