Comments on: Filters for GA Part 4c: Cascading Custom Advanced Filters http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/ Traffic, Analysis, Action Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Web Design Bournemouth http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-268807 Web Design Bournemouth Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:19:42 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-268807 This is entirely foreign to me. What I do is write content based on keywords fed to me. I don't know how Cascading Custom Advanced Filters work but what I gather from this blog is that it can be useful in analytical work. I know someone who is an IT expert and that is my boss. He'll surely be able to follow this, if he doesn't already know this by now. I know this is a useful tool in our work. I will refer your site to him. Thanks. This is entirely foreign to me. What I do is write content based on keywords fed to me. I don’t know how Cascading Custom Advanced Filters work but what I gather from this blog is that it can be useful in analytical work. I know someone who is an IT expert and that is my boss. He’ll surely be able to follow this, if he doesn’t already know this by now. I know this is a useful tool in our work. I will refer your site to him. Thanks.

]]> By: Robbin http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-36256 Robbin Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:28:54 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-36256 @Brandon, glad you are enjoying. Amazing how I wrote it so long ago and it still is helpful..... @Brandon, glad you are enjoying. Amazing how I wrote it so long ago and it still is helpful…..

]]> By: Brandon http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-36250 Brandon Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-36250 Hey, got this link from the SEOmoz mozinar in Seattle and just wanted to say thanks for this info. So far it's worked great! Got a few different campaigns to implement but hey, 1 step at a time right :) Hey, got this link from the SEOmoz mozinar in Seattle and just wanted to say thanks for this info. So far it’s worked great! Got a few different campaigns to implement but hey, 1 step at a time right :)

]]> By: Robbin http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-18922 Robbin Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:38:52 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-18922 Hi Bournemouth, glad you like. Hi Bournemouth, glad you like.

]]> By: web design Bournemouth http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-18587 web design Bournemouth Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:55:39 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-18587 I’ve seen other articles about GA Filters but this is the first on cascading filters – but this is really well written and has much more detail – Thanks for sharing! *bookmarked* I’ve seen other articles about GA Filters but this is the first on cascading filters – but this is really well written and has much more detail – Thanks for sharing! *bookmarked*

]]> By: Business web design http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Business web design Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:31:27 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-685 Hey, thanks for this :D Have been fiddling around with these filters and getting some good results. Hey, thanks for this :D Have been fiddling around with these filters and getting some good results.

]]> By: John Rodriguez http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-684 John Rodriguez Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:38:19 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-684 Great post on "cascading" filters! I'd always been kinda choked at having only "Custom Field 1" and "Custom Field 2" available for holding data. I've been puzzling over how to generate a specific report with a bunch of data for a client, and I think I've now got what I needed. Thanks! With regards to the issue with using the comma in your constructor ("Shoes, Sandles, More — each of those would go into a separate cell in Excel"), Excel will not separate everything (Shoes, Sandles, More) if it's enclosed in quotes. In your second filter (Now associate Content with Source and Keyword), your Constructor would be: $A1,"$B1" This way the whole ad would go into one cell when you open the .csv in Excel. I just tested this out, creating a .csv in Notepad containing: shoes,google,"Shoes, Sandles, More" Opening it up in Excel, everything separates out into 3 cells properly. Interesting as well, the quotes get removed from the ad content... Great post on “cascading” filters!

I’d always been kinda choked at having only “Custom Field 1″ and “Custom Field 2″ available for holding data. I’ve been puzzling over how to generate a specific report with a bunch of data for a client, and I think I’ve now got what I needed. Thanks!

With regards to the issue with using the comma in your constructor (“Shoes, Sandles, More — each of those would go into a separate cell in Excel”), Excel will not separate everything (Shoes, Sandles, More) if it’s enclosed in quotes.

In your second filter (Now associate Content with Source and Keyword), your Constructor would be:
$A1,”$B1″

This way the whole ad would go into one cell when you open the .csv in Excel. I just tested this out, creating a .csv in Notepad containing:
shoes,google,”Shoes, Sandles, More”

Opening it up in Excel, everything separates out into 3 cells properly. Interesting as well, the quotes get removed from the ad content…

]]> By: Robbin http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Robbin Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:19:27 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-683 Atiq, you now have to enable "import cost data." You do it by going to ADWORDS, switching to the analytics tab from there, and then in the very basic edit (the top part of the most general part of every profile), you will have a box to check. You can't get at it from www.google.com/analytics (you have to start in Adwords.) Atiq, you now have to enable “import cost data.” You do it by going to ADWORDS, switching to the analytics tab from there, and then in the very basic edit (the top part of the most general part of every profile), you will have a box to check. You can’t get at it from http://www.google.com/analytics (you have to start in Adwords.)

]]> By: Atiq http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Atiq Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:02:05 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-682 Thanks for such a nice article. In fact I implemented these advanced filters on about 5 or 6 different Analytics Accounts (of off course different websites) and found great results. All of these Analytics accounts were integrated with their respective AdWords Accounts and were show PPC queries in detail. However, from 23rd March 2009, these filters (I created new profile in each account to use these filters) suddenly stopped working. Now there is no PPC visits data all. AdWords campaigns for these accounts are still running. I can see AdWords data inside Analytics accounts in normal profiles. The new advanced profiles with advanced query filters still showing other (organic, referral) visits but no PPC data, not even simple PPC visits. It is strange as every thing was normal a week ago. Any reasons? has Google stopped supporting some of variables or ...............? Please help. Thanks for such a nice article. In fact I implemented these advanced filters on about 5 or 6 different Analytics Accounts (of off course different websites) and found great results.

All of these Analytics accounts were integrated with their respective AdWords Accounts and were show PPC queries in detail.

However, from 23rd March 2009, these filters (I created new profile in each account to use these filters) suddenly stopped working. Now there is no PPC visits data all.

AdWords campaigns for these accounts are still running. I can see AdWords data inside Analytics accounts in normal profiles.

The new advanced profiles with advanced query filters still showing other (organic, referral) visits but no PPC data, not even simple PPC visits.

It is strange as every thing was normal a week ago.

Any reasons? has Google stopped supporting some of variables or ……………?

Please help.

]]> By: Paul http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Paul Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:07:12 +0000 http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/06/14/filters-for-ga-part-4c-cascading-custom-advanced-filters/#comment-681 Thanks. That would be great to know!! Thanks. That would be great to know!!

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