Comments on: How to choose between Advanced Segments versus Profile Filters in Google Analytics

By: Mrsa Treatment

Mrsa Treatment — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:44:34 +0000

Hi Brian,
Thank you for explaining the advanced segments function in GA. I wasn’t aware of the pros and cons to this function yet, but I have been using filters. Based upon your concise summary, segments do have some clear advantages, and I like not losing data as you can with filters. As I’ve read online (and believe), it’s easy to gather statistics, but making any sense from it is entirely different. Segments seem like a good way to go.
Michelle

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:14:27 +0000

Brian, in your book, you say “At very least you should apply [include only your website's traffic] filter to all your profiles.” Why would any other traffic be included?

By: we are cloud

we are cloud — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:39:54 +0000

Hi Brian,
We thought this was a really good blog post – so good, in fact, that we referenced it in our post entitled “9 resources explaining when to use segmentation or filters in Google Analytics”. You can find the post at http://analytics.bimehq.com/ if you’re interested to read it!

By: G13 Media

G13 Media — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:33:16 +0000

Thanks for detailing advanced segments feature in google analytics brian.

By: Joe Seidler

Joe Seidler — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:46:35 +0000

It’s not easy explaining detailed topics in a short post. Thank you Brian for taking the time to be clear and short. And thank you for answering this question before I even knew I was going to ask it