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Getting started with Google Geo (Maps, Mapplets & Earth) APIs

There is a great quantity of quality resources to help get you started on making your first geo mashups. This page links to all those great resources from one easy location. Google Maps API Google Streetview API Google Mapplets API Google Earth API Google Earth Google Maps API Get started with the Google Maps API [...]

Testing your regular expression Goal URLs for Google Analytics

Your dilemma: You want to create a Google Analytics Goal that defines a Goal URL using a regular expression match.  But how do you test it without having to wait 24 hours for your Google Analytics reports to be updated? Help is at hand: Regular expressions can be tested using the search box in Google Analytics [...]

Google Analytics and Troubleshooting AdWords Auto-Tagging

When reading your AdWords reports in Google Analytics, there are many possible reasons why there may be discrepancies between Google Analytics visits and AdWords clicks.  If you see wildly different numbers for visits and clicks, the likely culprit is that the AdWords auto-tagging parameter is being stripped from the landing page URL. What happens when [...]