Google Analytics Help

[bubbles]

Any recommendations for someone trying to learn their way around Google Analytics?

[jaywhy]

Lynda.com

[bubbles]

Lynda.com

thanks

Anything cheaper/free for now?

[jaywhy]

YouTube.
Google's own documentation is very solid too.

[bubbles]

YouTube.
Google's own documentation is very solid too.

scratch that, have free access to lynda through my wife's school. Thanks!

[jaywhy]

scratch that, have free access to lynda through my wife's school. Thanks!

Sweet. Those tutorials are frikkin long but definitely the best resource.

[bubbles]

Sweet. Those tutorials are frikkin long but definitely the best resource.

okay finishing up GA tutorial and starting on adwords.

any others ideas how to get some good hands on experience? (other than opening a competing blog  )

[jaywhy]

okay finishing up GA tutorial and starting on adwords.

any others ideas how to get some good hands on experience? (other than opening a competing blog  )

Well why are you learning it to begin with?

[bubbles]

Well why are you learning it to begin with?

I would consider working in the analytics field somewhere down the line.

[jaywhy]

I would consider working in the analytics field somewhere down the line.

I would suggest learning SEO before ad networks. SEO and analytics very often get bundled together.

[bubbles]

I would suggest learning SEO before ad networks. SEO and analytics very often get bundled together.

those are the next 2 on my que 

[jaywhy]

those are the next 2 on my que 

Do SEO first.

[bubbles]

Do SEO first.

okay thanks. though I plan on getting through both of those soon either way.

[jaywhy]

okay thanks. though I plan on getting through both of those soon either way.

Soon you'll be an Internet Renaissance man. 

[bubbles]

Soon you'll be an Internet Renaissance man. 

lol

this thread is starting to remind me of this one already. time for a title change? 

[jaywhy]

lol

this thread is starting to remind me of this one already. time for a title change? 

Go for it

[smurf]

lol

this thread is starting to remind me of this one already. time for a title change? 

Funny, I was about to chime in. I once researched the same fields lynda came up as well as a few other (more expensive) resources,

[bubbles]

I once researched the same fields lynda came up as well as a few other (more expensive) resources,

and what happened with that?

[bubbles]

Anyone can answer one or two questions for me about custom variables?

[bubbles]

Anyone can answer one or two questions for me about custom variables?

Bump

Anyone? Nothing complicated, pretty straightforward questions.