Website Sustainability

Here’s How to Automate Google Analytics Reporting with Google Sheets - YouMoz - Moz : "If you’ve ever felt the need to reduce the time spent on web analytics, cutting out a big portion of the manual data-gathering monkey work, you’re definitely looking for a new way to automate your reporting efforts. For those who use Google Analytics, there are powerful tools which allow you to query the Analytics APIs and to build automatic reports in Excel with a one-time initial setup. (Supermetrics Data Grabber is probably the best-known tool of this kind.) Are you scared of Office licenses, but love Google Drive sharing options? Then you’ll be glad to know there is a free add-on for Google Sheets that can do all the dirty work for you, leaving you only the creative burden of organizing data in personal dashboards or whatever you need." To read more go to:  https://moz.com/ugc/heres-how-to-automate-google-analytics-reporting-with-google-sheets 'via Blog this'

10 great free Bootstrap themes | Web design | Creative Bloq : "Bootstrap is a free framework that helps you get responsive web design up and running quickly and easily. With Bootstrap, you can use HTML and CSS templates for web-based content like forms, buttons, navigation and more. You can also use JavaScript plugins. While there are a number of reasons to use free Bootstrap themes, the biggest are that it's easy-to-use and has a mobile-first approach. This makes it an excellent choice as the framework for a website builder. But it's not just for beginners. Bootstrap is great choice for experienced web developers too." To read more go to:  http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/free-bootstrap-themes-21619376 'via Blog this'

Taken from:  How to use the top ES6 features today | JavaScript | Creative Bloq : "The sixth ECMAScript specification was finalised in June 2015, and there is now a flurry of JavaScript features coming our way. You can start using these features today, provided you know the right tools for what you want to do. In this tutorial I'll be covering the most exciting new features, as well as a couple of different ways you can start using them in your projects right away. Understanding the new language features, and how they can be used, will help you decide whether to adopt ES6 or stay in the ES5 camp. You may want to be on the bleeding edge and consider ES6 a critical addition to the productivity of your team, but it comes at the cost of you and your team taking the time to learn ES6. To date, no browser has 100 per cent coverage on ES6. The specification is still fresh, and implementations are under active development. Relying solely on today's JavaScript engines means you...

How to Use Six Google Analytics Reports to Complete a Website Content Audit - YouMoz - Moz : The article look at six Google Analytics metrics that the article's author argues are good measures for checking the health of a website. The six reports include the following: Channels report Landing Page report New vs Returning Visitor report Frequency & Recency report Site Search report Behavior Flow report To read more go to the following to read the full article:  https://moz.com/ugc/how-to-use-six-google-analytics-reports-to-complete-a-website-content-audit 'via Blog this'

Success Metrics in a World Without Twitter Share Counts - Moz :  "When asked directly, Twitter's statement about the removal of tweet counts has consistently been: "The Tweet counts alone did not accurately reflect the impact on Twitter of conversation about the content. They are often more misleading to customers than helpful." On the whole, I agree with Twitter that tweet counts are not a holistic measurement of actual audience engagement. They aren't the end-all-be-all to showing your brand's success on the channel or for the content you're promoting. Instead, they are part of the puzzle — a piece of engagement. To read more go to:  https://moz.com/blog/success-metrics-in-a-world-without-twitter-share-counts 'via Blog this'

Taken from  Create mobile-friendly interactive maps | Web design | Creative Bloq :  "Leaflet is a lightweight JavaScript library for creating interactive maps on the web. It's an open source alternative to Google Maps, and because of its tiny size, it's great for mobile apps. Leaflet enables us to add markers and other geometric shapes to a map, making it great for geographic data visualisations." To read more go to :  Create mobile-friendly interactive maps | Web design | Creative Bloq 'via Blog this'

Recently came across Twitonomy ( http://www.twitonomy.com ) and found it has this visually engaging way of showing twitter mentions. So I made this video. If you are a twitter user this tool is well worth a look.

Taken from:   5 Essential E-Commerce Rich Snippets for Your Store - YouMoz - Moz : " Using Google’s rich snippets in your e-commerce store is one of the best tactics for increasing the visibility of your products, enhancing your click-through rates (CTR), and driving more revenue. This tactic is not only effective, but quick and easy to implement as well. In this article, we’re going to examine what the five essential rich snippets for your online store are and how to add them. What are rich snippets? Rich snippets are a form of structured data which help website owners add extra details about their website and its content so that search engines can better understand, interpret, and display relevant data. " To read more of the interesting article go to:  https://moz.com/ugc/5-essential-ecommerce-rich-snippets-for-your-store 'via Blog this'  

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