Friday, 4 September 2015

Is It Time to Add Click-to-Call Campaigns to Your AdWords Arsenal?

Learn how to set up a click-to-call campaign in Google AdWords, and also understand the pros and cons of using a call-only focused strategy.

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Thursday, 3 September 2015

The Top 100 Brands According To The Koozai Score

Although Brand Authority is of paramount importance in creating the necessary SEO signals to improve your site’s natural search performance, Domain Authority mustn’t be overlooked either.

Koozai recently analysed the sites of the brands in the Forbes Top 100 to find out how they were performing. We devised a scoring system to identify the top 100 brands for Domain Authority and backlinks.

The Koozai Score

We created the Koozai Score by multiplying the Domain Authority by the number of links and then dividing this by 100 (what the domain authority is measured out of). This gives us an accurate reflection of the brands with the best number of links and Domain Authority.

The results revealed something that we had suspected for a while, namely that Domain Authority is being severely underestimated, and in some instances not taken into consideration at all when defining a brand’s strength.

Domain Authority is essential if you want your brand to succeed. If you can achieve high Domain Authority, you stand a better chance of boosting the strength of your traffic and increasing your ranking. But it isn’t a simple fix: like any digital marketing method, it takes time and dedication to realise your goal.

We discovered that brand authority doesn’t guarantee you domain authority.

Discover how the top 100 brands fared against the Koozai Score. Here they are ranked in order from highest to lowest.

1

Facebook

Site: http://ift.tt/g8FRpY

Forbes Ranking: 10

The social network isn’t to be underestimated. It’s transformed the way that way that we communicate with each other and is constantly evolving. So it’s quite surprising that Forbes ranked Facebook only 10 out of 100. We’ve given it the top spot. The site is ticking all the right boxes: Domain Authority, high-quality external backlinks and reputable referring domains. It just goes to show how these elements can make all the difference to your site, and how, when taken into consideration, they give a true reflection of your site’s performance.

Domain Authority: 100

External Backlinks: 40,482,966,375

Referring Domains: 18,419,136

Koozai Score: 40482966375

2

Google

Site: https://www.google.com

Forbes Ranking: 3

It’s no surprise to us here at Koozai that Google made it to second place in our top 100. When it comes to technological innovation, developments and digital marketing, it’s hard to beat. Google is constantly developing life-changing consumer technology and updating its algorithms to provide the best user experience around. The site is the go-to destination for search queries. Think about it: when was the last time you used Yahoo, Ask or AOL? We all know the answer to that.

Forbes gave the search engine giant a ranking of 3, which isn’t too far away from ours. However, with a Koozai Score of 22399089281, it just missed out on achieving number-one position in our top 100 brands list.

Domain Authority: 100

External Backlinks: 22,399,089,281

Referring Domains: 15,187,079

Koozai Score: 22399089281

3

Amazon.com

Site: http://www.amazon.com/

Forbes Ranking: 13

With its futuristic approach to business, Amazon has transformed the shopping experience. From testing deliveries by drone and selling groceries to the introduction of the Amazon Dash Button, the American electronic commerce and cloud computing company is always pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. With these updates come changes to the site, which seems to evolve almost daily, hence why it achieved number 3 in our ranking of the top 10 brands.

Domain Authority: 97

External Backlinks: 3,133,344,951

Referring Domains: 1,863,659

Koozai Score: 309344602

4

Apple

Site: http://www.apple.com/

Forbes Ranking: 1

Forbes gave the tech giant the top spot in its lists of influential brands, and it’s pretty easy to see why: Apple continues to dominate countless markets – consumer electronics, computer software, online services and personal computers to name but a few.

The site has a stellar user interface and, as you would expect, is fully responsive. It made it into our top 3, but failed to achieve pole position this time. It just goes to show that no matter how big a brand you are, there’s always another one there vying to outdo you.

Domain Authority: 100

External Backlinks: 1,580,353,509

Referring Domains: 2,465,725

Koozai Score: 1580353509

5

Microsoft

Site: http://ift.tt/hSyg9Q

Forbes Ranking: 2

The American computer manufacturer has changed substantially since it launched in 1975. Microsoft has had to evolve to stay one step ahead of its competitors, but it’s paid off tenfold. Now it’s one of the world’s most renowned brands. Its site typifies the Microsoft experience. What’s great is that it’s the same one that you would get when using one of Microsoft’s phones, tablets, laptops or PCs. it’s this consistency that has made the brand what it is today. The site is user-friendly and easy to navigate. Its referring domains are strong are high-quality and its backlinks are the same.

Domain Authority: 100

External Backlinks: 800,874,070

Referring Domains: 1,979,489

Koozai Score: 800874070

6

Intel

Site: http://www.intel.com/

Forbes Ranking: 19

The American multinational technology company continues to thrive and adapt to our needs. Intel provides a service like no other, essentially laying the foundations for the world’s computer devices. The renowned brand has created a site that at first glance seems simplistic, but once you delve a little deeper, it’s anything but. It’s smart and intuitive, just like the company’s software.

Domain Authority: 95

External Backlinks: 116,153,229

Referring Domains: 167,147

Koozai Score: 110345568

7

UPS

Site: http://www.ups.com/

Forbes Ranking: 40

In at number 7 is the world’s largest package delivery company and provider of supply-chain management solutions, UPS. With a strong business model and a renowned brand, it’s hard to understand why it ranked only 40 on Forbes’ list. When analysing the site and its performance to calculate the Koozai Score, we found it to be very effective.

Domain Authority: 92

External Backlinks: 62,157,237

Referring Domains:  95,928

Koozai Score: 57184658

8

Oracle

Site: http://www.oracle.com/

Forbes Ranking: 17

The renowned American computer hardware company barely made it onto Forbes’ list of the top 100 brands this year. But the Koozai scoring system just goes to show how Domain Authority and backlinks shouldn’t be overlooked: they are an incredibly powerful way to boost a site’s performance.

Domain Authority: 98

External Backlinks: 56,122,070

Referring Domains: 181,103

Koozai Score: 54999629

9

MasterCard

Site: http://ift.tt/Kjxcun

Forbes Ranking: 53

The financial services corporation didn’t fare well in Forbes’ most recent list of authoritative brands, which placed it merely at 53. However, when we analysed the brand’s Domain Authority, external backlinks and referring domains, it became clear that the site is performing considerably better than the Forbes ranking suggests. The brand has a very strong social following, no doubt boosted by the on-site blog, which adds further value to the already sturdy site.

Domain Authority: 92

External Backlinks: 58,653,283

Referring Domains: 57,347

Koozai Score: 53961020

10

American Express

Site: http://ift.tt/HuvxAb

Forbes Ranking: 22

The multifunctional financial institution has a reputation for its card being accessible to all and there for the all-important moments. Which is why it’s surprising that Forbes only ranked American Express at Number 22. It’s one of the industry leaders, with a wealth of high-quality backlinks and referring domains. It gained a Koozai score of 49738872, placing it at number 10.

Domain Authority: 88

External Backlinks: 56,521,445

Referring Domains: 73,722

Koozai Score: 49738872

11

Hewlett-Packard

Site: http://www.hp.com/

Forbes Ranking: 35

Koozai Score: 44385720

12

IBM

Site: http://www.ibm.com/

Forbes Ranking: 5

Koozai Score: 338181565

 13

Visa

Site: http://usa.visa.com/

Forbes Ranking: 30

Koozai Score: 30211366

 14

Samsung

Site: http://www.samsung.com/

Forbes Ranking: 7

Koozai Score: 26983591

15

Gillette

Site:  http://ift.tt/XJzCuL

Forbes Ranking: 26

Koozai Score: 26815889

 16

FedEx

Site: http://www.fedex.com/

Forbes Ranking: 80

Koozai Score: 25703571

17

Cisco

Site: http://www.cisco.com/

Forbes Ranking: 15

Koozai Score: 21814170

18

Phillips

Site: http://www.philips.com/

Forbes Ranking: 77

Koozai Score: 20049710

19

Toyota

Site: http://www.toyota.com

Forbes Ranking: 8

Koozai Score: 19462542

20

Mercedes-Benz

Site: http://ift.tt/1BW1oVU

Forbes Ranking: 24

Koozai Score: 18046768

21

SAP

Site: http://www.sap.com/

Forbes Ranking: 28

Koozai Score: 17552652

22

Thomson Reuters

Site: http://ift.tt/xImqqp

Forbes Ranking: 68

Koozai Score: 16687638

23

Porsche

Site: http://www.porsche.com/

Forbes Ranking: 78

Koozai Score: 15635253

24

Verizon

Site: http://www.verizon.com/

Forbes Ranking: 21

Koozai Score: 14972197

25

Siemens

Site: http://www.siemens.com/

Forbes Ranking: 46

Koozai Score: 14704864

26

Audi

Site: http://www.audi.com/

Forbes Ranking: 39

Koozai Score: 13711340

27

MTV

Site: http://www.mtv.com/

Forbes Ranking: 99

Koozai Score: 12767294

28

Nike

Site: http://www.nikeinc.com

Forbes Ranking: 18

Koozai Score: 12706774

29

IKEA

Site: http://www.ikea.com/

Forbes Ranking: 45

Koozai Score: 11496120

30

Ebay

Site: http://www.ebayinc.com/

Forbes Ranking: 50

Koozai Score: 10873600

31

Ford

Site: http://www.ford.com/

Forbes Ranking: 41

Koozai Score: 9932692

32

HSBC

Site: http://www.hsbc.com/

Forbes Ranking: 36

Koozai Score: 9459180

33

Fox

Site: http://www.fox.com/

Forbes Ranking: 48

Koozai Score: 8509243

34

AT&T

Site: http://www.att.com/

Forbes Ranking: 12

Koozai Score: 8199322

 35

Accenture

Site: http://ift.tt/ydC6Sc

Forbes Ranking: 44

Koozai Score: 8060424

 36

Ralph Lauren

Site: http://ift.tt/IX4lg1

Forbes Ranking: 89

Koozai Score: 7556380

37

Red Bull

Site: http://www.redbull.com/

Forbes Ranking: 76

Koozai Score: 7209448

38

John Deere

Site: http://www.deere.com/

Forbes Ranking: 70

Koozai Score: 6482064

39

Wells Fargo

Site: http://ift.tt/nqliwM

Forbes Ranking: 47

Koozai Score: 5956855

40

Lego

Site:  http://www.lego.com/

Forbes Ranking: 95

Koozai Score: 5099452

41

Sony

Site: http://www.sony.net/

Forbes Ranking: 79

Koozai Score: 4780816

42

H&M

Site: http://www.hm.com/

Forbes Ranking: 33

Koozai Score: 4719737

 43

General Electric

Site: http://www.ge.com/

Forbes Ranking: 9

Koozai Score: 4561533

44

Starbucks

Site: http://ift.tt/enxzyh

Forbes Ranking: 52

Koozai Score: 4107902

45

Target

Site: http://ift.tt/1hBZrZW

Forbes Ranking: 92

Koozai Score: 4025156

46

Home Depot

Site: http://ift.tt/IuEWoS

Forbes Ranking: 37

Koozai Score: 3820443

47

ESPN

Site: http://www.espn.com/

Forbes Ranking: 32

Koozai Score: 3795550

48

McDonald’s

Site: http://ift.tt/uyedHs

Forbes Ranking: 6

Koozai Score: 3729926

49

Honda

Site: http://www.honda.co.jp/

Forbes Ranking: 23

Koozai Score: 3615320

50

Exxon Mobil

Site: http://ift.tt/14yr2Rt

Forbes Ranking: 91

Koozai Score: 3527741

51

Chevrolet

Site: http://ift.tt/xOieTQ

Forbes Ranking: 62

Koozai Score: 3351005

52

Bank of America

Site: http://ift.tt/p6pPKn

Forbes Ranking: 72

Koozai Score: 3259541

53

Zara

Site: http://www.zara.com/

Forbes Ranking: 58

Koozai Score: 3107685

54

Lexus

Site: http://www.lexus.com/

Forbes Ranking: 66

Koozai Score: 3056323

55

Chanel

Site: http://www.chanel.com/

Forbes Ranking: 85

Koozai Score: 2940375

56

Pepsi

Site: http://www.pepsi.com/

Forbes Ranking: 29

Koozai Score: 2915332

57

L’Oréal

Site: http://www.loreal.com/

Forbes Ranking: 34

Koozai Score: 2911486

58

RBC

Site: http://www.rbc.com/

Forbes Ranking: 86

Koozai Score: 2899445

59

Adidas

Site: http://ift.tt/GMyP6C

Forbes Ranking: 83

Koozai Score: 2834207

60

Rolex

Site: http://www.rolex.com/

Forbes Ranking: 65

Koozai Score: 2541990

61

Louis Vuitton

Site: http://ift.tt/tDGuQZ

Forbes Ranking: 14

Koozai Score: 2466154

62

Frito-Lay

Site: http://ift.tt/I7kxXM

Forbes Ranking: 38

Koozai Score: 2251076

63

Gucci

Site: http://www.gucci.com/

Forbes Ranking: 42

Koozai Score: 2248463

64

Boeing

Site: http://www.boeing.com

Forbes Ranking: 82

Koozai Score: 2160601

65

Chase

Site: http://www.chase.com/

Forbes Ranking: 71

Koozai Score: 1984078

66

Hyundai

Site: http://ift.tt/1kCO43T

Forbes Ranking: 64

Koozai Score: 1953991

67

Hermès

Site: http://www.hermes.com/

Forbes Ranking: 51

Koozai Score: 1432774

68

Canon

Site: http://www.canon.jp/

Forbes Ranking: 73

Koozai Score: 1415270

69

Coach

Site: http://www.coach.com

Forbes Ranking: 63

Koozai Score: 1383120

70

Coca-Cola

Site: http://ift.tt/Wbo91I

Forbes Ranking: 4

Koozai Score: 1380873

71

Subway

Site: http://www.subway.com/

Forbes Ranking: 84

Koozai Score: 1312125

72

Cartier

Site: http://www.cartier.com/  

Forbes Ranking: 55

Koozai Score: 1267671

73

Panasonic

Site: http://ift.tt/1fqzk3s

Forbes Ranking: 93

Koozai Score: 1242633

74

Santander

Site: http://ift.tt/OKiD2N

Forbes Ranking: 69

Koozai Score: 1169926

75

Citi

Site:  http://ift.tt/KTIqJu

Forbes Ranking: 81

Koozai Score: 1006120

76

J.P. Morgan

Site: http://ift.tt/1AjZYpQ

Forbes Ranking: 56

Koozai Score: 958419

77

Nestlé

Site: http://www.nestle.com/

Forbes Ranking: 43

Koozai Score: 892750

78

BMW

Site: http://ift.tt/KEbJtw

Forbes Ranking: 16

Koozai Score: 864669

79

Volkswagen

Site: http://ift.tt/KVP3e8

Forbes Ranking: 67

Koozai Score: 767868

80

Nissan

Site: http://ift.tt/zfIEio

Forbes Ranking: 75

Koozai Score: 672165

81

Goldman Sachs

Site: http://ift.tt/itisrH

Forbes Ranking: 88

Koozai Score: 638661

82

Wal-Mart

Site: http://ift.tt/1wnDgZA

Forbes Ranking: 20

Koozai Score: 605450

83

Allianz

Site: http://ift.tt/A1UN9F

Forbes Ranking: 87

Koozai Score: 512794

84

Pampers

Site: http://www.pampers.com/

Forbes Ranking: 49

Koozai Score: 466117

85

Colgate

Site: http://www.colgate.com/

Forbes Ranking: 61

Koozai Score: 429312

86

Caterpillar

Site: http://ift.tt/yc3wYt

Forbes Ranking: 57

Koozai Score: 424489

87

Budweiser

Site: http://ift.tt/W8ccuY

Forbes Ranking: 25

Koozai Score: 422875

88

Hershey

Site: http://ift.tt/1oktrGs

Forbes Ranking: 94

Koozai Score: 380723

89

Danone

Site: http://www.danone.com/

Forbes Ranking: 54

Koozai Score: 244931

90

KIA Motors

Site: http://www.kia.co.kr/

Forbes Ranking: 97

Koozai Score: 222270

91

Lancôme

Site: http://www.lancome.com/

Forbes Ranking: 96

Koozai Score: 222270

92

Disney

Site: http://ift.tt/Ki39QT

Forbes Ranking: 11

Koozai Score: 174316

93

Nescafé

Site: http://www.nescafe.com/

Forbes Ranking: 31

Koozai Score: 153827

94

Kraft

Site: http://ift.tt/UGXKbj

Forbes Ranking: 60

Koozai Score: 104752

95

Kellog’s

Site: http://ift.tt/wEIlsp

Forbes Ranking: 59

Koozai Score: 90725

96

Prada

Site: http://ift.tt/19aP4F4

Forbes Ranking: 74

Koozai Score: 79071

97

Estée Lauder

Site: http://ift.tt/1lYBme2

Forbes Ranking: 100

Koozai Score: 27368

98

Sprite

Site: http://www.sprite.com/

Forbes Ranking: 98

Koozai Score: 17311

99

Heineken

Site: http://ift.tt/1jAB4dE

Forbes Ranking: 90

Koozai Score: 11749

100

Marlboro

Site: http://ift.tt/O1xeLI

Forbes Ranking: 27

Koozai Score: 605450

Conclusion

Brand authority will remain the main focus for many companies, but those who also keep Domain Authority at the forefront of their minds for their site will reap the rewards.

As our analysis shows, being an authoritive brand doesn’t necessarily guarantee fantastic site performance. To safeguard your brand’s success, you also need to monitor the quality of your backlinks and referring domains.

Let me know your thoughts on the importance of Domain Authority. Do you have any good examples to share? If so, leave a comment below or tweet me @Koozai_Ruth.

If you need backlinks analysis and help improving your Domain Authority, get in touch today.

[All figures correct as of June 2015. Forbes figures taken from: http://ift.tt/1d0dEbG]

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Are Amazon Text Ads a Promising Alternative to Product Ads?

As Amazon Product Ads are soon discontinued, Text Ads will be introduced to take their place. How will the successor compare to the original?

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Bing Reveals a Frighteningly Delicious Recipe for PPC Success

Fall is nearly here, marking the start of the annual holiday shopping season. In anticipation of Halloween, here are tips to help marketers polish up omni-device PPC advertising campaigns.

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Wednesday, 2 September 2015

How To Analyse Your Competitors SEO

This is the transcript from our new video so it may not read as well as a normal blog post would.

Okay, so competitor analysis is one of those things in SEO that everybody thinks they do, and everybody thinks they do well. But in actuality, not a lot of people do. And it might be that you just don’t go deep enough and don’t look in enough depth at different competitors. Or it might be that you go really, really deep, but you don’t actually use the information that you’ve learnt in the right way.

So I recently wrote a post about this, providing some steps to get you started. And I’m going to elaborate on that a little bit more today.

So there’s four key elements here, the who, the what, the where, and the why. And I’ll discuss them as we go through.

So firstly, who. And it might seem obvious. You might think you know who your competitors are, or your client might think that they know who their competitors are, and they might be right. But actually, there’s a good chance that when it comes to search competitors, you haven’t got an exhaustive list just by thinking about it or off the top of your head. You really need to think about who your search competitors are. And they may not be the same ones you think they are. And it may not be the same ones that they are offline.

So one really good way to do this is the related search. So you can just search this in Google, related: yourdomain.com. And it will show you the sites that Google thinks are related to your business. And that is a great way to get a really good search understanding of who your competitors are. Obviously, you can also see who’s ranking for the keywords you want to rank. And sometimes those lists will collaborate, and sometimes they won’t. But the more competitors you’re aware of, the more you can research and the more information you’re going to have.

And another good way to learn about competitors you might not have considered is LinkedIn. If you have a look at your company LinkedIn page, over on the right, it says pages that other people view. And often, they’re brands that work in your industry, in your niche, that you may not have thought about. So it’s another really good way to think of more competitors. And then you can go in and have a look at those. And obviously, you can then click through into their page and see who the suggested companies and brands are there, and they may be different again.

So when you’ve got a really good understanding of who your competitors are, you need to have a think about what they’re doing. So this is primarily things like social and content. Obviously, there’s a much bigger scale in terms of things you need to look at your competitors. But this process is really to help you get information that you can use for your own campaign. And social side of things and content is where you can really find some great ideas and some good opportunities.

So what channels are they engaging with on social? What platforms? And how are they doing it? Are they successful? Do they have a big following? In terms of content, do they have a blog? Are they regularly updating it? What kind of content are they doing? What works well for them? Really starting to dig deep into what their content strategy is is going to help you build your content strategy and make sure that you’re one step ahead.

And there’s loads of tools out here that can help with that, BuzzSumo being one of them, really good for getting social shares and understanding what works best. There’s so many tools out there that can help you better analyse this. But really have a dig deep into their blog and their social channels and get a feel for what they might be doing.

So where. Similarly, you need to think about where they’re getting their links and their good engagement from. So this comes down to backlink analysis and really analysing those social platforms to see which ones work best for them.

If you’re in a B2B environment, you’re probably going to see things like LinkedIn and Twitter work best. But you might find that they found a way to capture Facebook interests in a different way that you haven’t thought of and you might have not thought was possible.

Where are they getting their links from? Now, this is really vital. If you carry out a comprehensive backlink analysis and look at all of their really strong links, I guarantee you will find some opportunities that you haven’t considered, sites that are linking to them that may very well link to you too and that you can build a relationship with. And suddenly, you’ve got a much broader understanding of the opportunities available to you on the basis of what they’re doing.

Most importantly, and this is the step that a lot of people miss, is the why. Why have they done it, and why are you going to do it? What’s their audience? Who are they talking to? What’s the purpose of the piece? And what are they trying to achieve? What are the goals?

If you can’t understand what their goals are, then it might be that their strategy didn’t really consider goals? They may not be measuring the success of their piece. They may not have thought much about who they’re actually talking to and what they want them to do.

Every piece of content that you do is different. And you need to think, when you’re putting your piece of content together, who is this for? What am I trying to achieve? And how am I going to measure its success? And that’s really, really important because a content strategy should be made up of lots of different types of content, and it’s going to be for lots of different audiences.

You may think you’ve got one target audience, but I guarantee that you haven’t. You’re going to have people that are your peers, your clients, prospects, potential influencer link, people who are going to share your content and link to it, and they all behave very differently. You need to understand those audiences so that you can deliver content for each one and measure the right KPI for each piece.

So looking at your competitors to see what they’re doing and how they’re differentiating their content on social channels or the tone of voice for different pieces is a really good way to get the idea and maybe think about some audience types you haven’t thought about that could really deliver value for your business.

So that’s a top level overview of competitor analysis for social. And obviously, you see it’s a cycle. You’ve always got to keep coming back to this. You shouldn’t do this once at the start of a project and be done with it. This is an ongoing process. There’ll be new competitors entering the market. There will be new links to look at on a regular basis. And you should. You should look at their backlink profiles at least once a month to see what they’re doing. Have a look at their blog, their social platforms, at least once a month. What’s new? Have they changed anything? Are there any new ideas? And all of this comes together to help you be in a better position for your own content strategy.

So I hope that’s given you something to start with. And as I say, go ahead and check out my blog post as well for a little bit more details and also some tools that can better help you do this. But make sure that you’re doing competitor analysis, that you’re doing it well, that you understand what you’re finding, and that, most importantly, you use it in the right way and strategize your content accordingly.

Thanks for listening.

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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Screaming Analytics! A Guide to Google Analytics Integration in Screaming Frog

A long-trusted servant of mine, Screaming Frog, had itself a little upgrade back in June. A number of changes were made but the standout features that caught my attention were the new ‘Custom Extraction’ and, OMG… GOOGLE ANALYTICS INTEGRATION!

SEOs, digital marketers and all other Holistic Inbound Internet Botherers rejoiced at the news, for at last there would be a means to combine Google Analytics data with HTML elements in a more convenient format than tinkering with the inner workings of the Google Analytics interface.
 
In this post, we’ll set ourselves up and consider and touch on what we can do with the results of the crawl.
 
Point of order: crawl responsibly, folks. There are things to bear in mind when crawling a website, as you are sending a lot of requests to a server in a very short space of time. 

Setting Up Google Analytics In Screaming Frog

1. Before you start a crawl, you need to enable access to the GA API. Go to Configuration –> API Access –> Google Analytics and a box will appear:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Click ‘Connect to New Account’ and use the email address linked to your Google Analytics account:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Sign In
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Now you can pick the Google Analytics account, property and view for the domain you’re looking to crawl. Do this from the drop-down menus and don’t hit ‘OK’ just yet:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Account Picker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Now pick your date range. Sadly, there isn’t a comparison function here, that would be even sweeter:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Date Picker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Let’s choose some metrics to look at. Currently, the limit is 20. For a set of 10 metrics, the API call is much smaller and therefore much quicker to execute. As a result, you’ll see a default set of 10:
 
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Metric Picker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Get Crawling!

Once you’re happy with your set-up (and have added a domain to crawl!), hit the Start button and go get a coffee.
 
On your return, that shouty frog, as he is known at Koozai HQ, will have returned a crawl of all the HTML pages and the console will look a little like this:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Analytics Console View
 
Note that the Export drop down has three pre-defined segments ready to export:
 
• Sessions Above 0
• Bounce Rate Above 70%
• No GA Data
 
But we can do even better than that. By switching to the Internal tab and then selecting the HTML option from the Export drop-down, we can see the Google Analytics data alongside the other HTML elements extracted from the crawl:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Internal HTML Console View
 
I open up the CSV export in Excel and get tinkering. First of all, I hide the following, mainly because they aren’t needed:
 
• Content
• Status
• Meta Keyword
• Meta Keywords 1 Length
• The tag lengths
• Meta Refresh 1
• Size
• Hash
• Response Time
• Last Modified
 
What’s left can let me know where there are HTML improvements to make as well as the various GA metrics you may want to look at.
 
You may have different preferences or scenarios but these choices work for me as regards combining GA data with the key elements of a page that should be, or have been, optimised and should have their performance checked.
 
Now, on to practical uses. I’m going to look at a few ways to use this data to analyse your content.
 
When you first start working on a project, you will typically run a crawl of your site as well as pick through the various Google Analytics reports to build up a picture of the site you’re looking at.
 
Now you can add the GA data and specify as large a date range as possible to see meta data like title tags, header status next to Pageview or ecommerce data.
 
For an SEO focus, if you set up the API access details to pull specifically Organic sessions, you can pinpoint certain performance measures that cover SEO and conversion analysis:
 
Google Analytics Integration Into Screaming Screaming Frog - Organic Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In your export, add a filter to each column and freeze panes so your URL remains in view and get busy isolating pages by a common theme (subfolder), for instance.
 
From here, you may look for pages that stand out. These can then be investigated further and improved from a usability, conversion or search engine perspective. Here are some suggestions:
 
• High bounce rates and low conversions – Is the meta optimised? What is the word count? When was the last content audit?
 
• Pages duplicating meta or URLs with/without trailing ‘/’ – Which has had the most sessions? This could point you in the right direction of which URL to canonicalise.
 
• For a range of products, are there any conversion or session outliers that significantly outperform the rest? What can be replicated or what needs removing?
 

Summary

Screaming Frog was always one of the most popular tools used by SEOs and the like. Ideally, you should use as few tools as possible, but a one-stop SEO shop doesn’t yet exist. That said, with Google Analytics integration, Screaming Frog is now a step closer to that.

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