Google Analytics Code to Support Display Advertising

Jump to Last Post 1-3 of 3 discussions (18 posts)
  1. angryelf profile image90
    angryelfposted 10 years ago

    Is Hubpages going to be keeping up with the changes to Analytics?

    For example:
    Analytics has a new feature in which you can observe your traffic's interests. Knowing your traffics's interests allows you to cater to them more; you can adapt your content, videos, images, Q & A, offerings and even affiliate capsules to give them more during their visit.

    However, this feature CANNOT be used until there is a change made to the Analytics tracking code. We, as simple members, are not able to change this tracking code.

    Is this going to be addressed? Or not? Does anyone know?

    1. bat115 profile image79
      bat115posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      This would be a good idea!

      1. angryelf profile image90
        angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        It most definitely would be! For many of us, that would mean we could adapt our wording to the level of the readers (younger crowds, older crowds, students, parents, etc), change our amazon capsules to products that relate to the readers (even just basic products, such as hair care, pet food, and clothing), and even country or city specific information that applies to those crowds. I found ZERO information on this on hubpages, so I thought I would bring it to the attention of the moderators AND writers smile

      2. EGamboa profile image72
        EGamboaposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        Good catch AE! I hope your observations are brought to the attention of Hubpages.

        1. angryelf profile image90
          angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          I do too! That would be awesome if they changed it! smile

      3. Matthew Meyer profile image68
        Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        Do you have any details regarding what new featured are supported and what needs to be changed in the implementation on HubPages?

        1. angryelf profile image90
          angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          If you yourself have an analytics account, please go into it. You'll see an option on the left hand side that says demographics (it's able to display information about a visitors interests, their age, their sex, etc etc). In order to activate this feature, a change needs to be made to the tracking code that is implemented into the site. I could only assume hubpages would have to not only offer the option to support this feature, but ALSO offer the ability for a hubber to insert this altered tracking code somehow. If this doesn't make sense, please go and check this out in your personal analytics account to see what I mean by altering the tracking code. Thanks for looking into it, it would be a HUGE help for all hubbers if this is possible smile

          1. Matthew Meyer profile image68
            Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks for the info.  I looked into it and collected documentation and have forwarded to to our engineering teak to see if we can easily implement the needed changes.

            This link seems to have most of the details.
            https://support.google.com/analytics/an … ;utm_id=ad

            1. angryelf profile image90
              angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

              Thank you! I really hope this is a possibility. Do keep us updated, as I'd like to take advantage of the feature as soon as it becomes available, if it does.

      4. LuisEGonzalez profile image79
        LuisEGonzalezposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        Good observation on your part. If it can help gain viewers then I am all for it!

        1. angryelf profile image90
          angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          Thank you! And it may not necessarily help to gain viewers directly, BUT it can indirectly. For example, if you have a hub with a recipe, and you go to analytics to see detailed information regarding your visitors' ages and interests, it can help you to create new hubs that cater to them. For example: let's say that the people who view your recipe hub are mainly 25 year old mothers with a lack of experience in cooking, who are interested in learning to cook  and home care tricks. This would allow you to create hubs catering to their interests, DRASTICALLY improving bounce rate, viewer retention, and visit duration. This will help hubpages overall too if hubbers use that information in their hubs. It can overall help the PR of Hubpages and increase the weight of each hubber's personal subdomain smile

      5. Matthew Meyer profile image68
        Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        We recently made change to support the new format for Google Analytics.
        You can find more information in our blog post here.
        http://blog.hubpages.com/2014/06/its-ti … s-account/

    2. susi10 profile image88
      susi10posted 10 years ago

      Hi Angry Elf!
      I completely agree with you, I was just going to make  a thread on this. I would love to have this feature enabled so we can see what kind of audiences we are targeting and this will decrease bounce rate, create more SEO friendly content etc. This will really increase quality content on HP and will get more traffic in the long run. smile

      To enable this, I am sure that HubPages has to make a change to their Google Analytics code, it is a simple one line piece of code that will enable this. Here is a link with more info:
      https://support.google.com/analytics/an … 9948?hl=en

      1. angryelf profile image90
        angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        Yes I've been waiting for two weeks for an answer and finally one last night LOL. Maybe this will happen; it's a very powerful feature, and many hubbers have yet to realize just how powerful it is!

    3. angryelf profile image90
      angryelfposted 10 years ago

      Any news to update us with yet? Patiently awaiting some! smile

      1. Matthew Meyer profile image68
        Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        The request has been forwarded to our engineering team to be assessed and prioritized as a possible future project.  If we decide to implement this feature, it may take some time to do so.

        1. angryelf profile image90
          angryelfposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          It has been four months now; hopefully, you have some updates for us Matthew??? If so, it definitely would be exciting to hear! smile

          1. Matthew Meyer profile image68
            Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Nothing to announce now, but keep en eye on the blog for future features.
            http://blog.hubpages.com/

     
    working

    This website uses cookies

    As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

    For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

    Show Details
    Necessary
    HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
    LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
    Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
    AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
    HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
    HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
    Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
    CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
    Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
    Features
    Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
    Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
    Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
    Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
    Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
    VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
    PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
    Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
    MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
    Marketing
    Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
    Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
    Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
    Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
    Statistics
    Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
    ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
    Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
    ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)