Comments on: What Kind of Analytics Tools Should You Use For Your WordPress Site (And How Many Is Too Many)?

By: iamJayChong

iamJayChong — Wed, 05 May 2021 07:58:24 +0000

Wow! I didn’t realized Microsoft have one call “Microsoft Clarity”!
Just installed on one of my website and see how it goes.

All these while I used “Hotjar” to enable the features of:

1) Heatmaps
2) Recordings
3) Feedback collection (love the way they allow visitor to screenshot the elements that have issue when providing feedback)

Thanks for sharing!!

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:08:49 +0000

I have also wondered whether it is good practice to use more than one tool for analytics. I use Cloudflare and this was the first I’ve heard of theirs, so I’ll have to check that out.

I’ve been looking for a good way to track member activities and see which membership articles are most popular, so hopefully one of these solutions will help.

By: N. Fakes

N. Fakes — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:08:57 +0000

In reply to Shiv Patel.

Thanks, Shiv! Clarity is pretty cool. Check it out and let us know what you think.

And Beehive is constantly improving! I don’t have an ETA on the Facebook pixel/WooCommerce analytics support, however, we’ll be sure to announce it here on the blog once released (and in the roadmap).

Cheers!

By: N. Fakes

N. Fakes — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:42:53 +0000

In reply to James.

True that depending on how the business is doing will say a lot! Depending on what operation you have, it will vary on making use of the info.

For example, I find Microsoft Clarity interesting to see what a user looks at and does when it comes to my site. I think there’s great value in seeing what’s holding them up, where they click, etc.

All of the tools though have their own benefits — just depends.

Cheers!

By: N. Fakes

N. Fakes — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:40:10 +0000

In reply to NewNowCreative: Victoria.

Thank you! Glad it helps and is insightful for you.

By: NewNowCreative: Victoria

NewNowCreative: Victoria — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:32:59 +0000

Thank you great info I was always trying to limit to one…good to know most suggest more than that! Thanks for the list and insight! Very Helpful!

By: N. Fakes

N. Fakes — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:08:15 +0000

In reply to Baldafrican.

Glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, there are some crazy differences between all of them. Woopra is really interesting to me to see exactly what the customer does along the way. Analytics are really getting in-depth more and more.

By: Shiv Patel

Shiv Patel — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:36:04 +0000

Hey! Great post – i have to say im really interested in Microsoft Clarity – a huge plus is its free, will surely try this out. Great blog into exactly what you need to see exactly what your users are doing/improve the user experience.

Beehive analytics has improved over the 8 months I’ve been a member and i have to say real-time visitor analytics is amazing. Still however waiting on the Facebook pixel support and woocommerce analytics which I’ve seen on the roadmap for a while :( Curious if there is an update on this?

By: Dimitris

Dimitris — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:53:33 +0000

In reply to Dominique.

These are the WPMU DEV Dashboard Analytics that you see on Hub and Hub Reports. https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/wpmu-dev-dashboard-plugin-instructions/#wpmu-dev-dashboard-analytics And we are utilizing Matomo for these stats.

Thank you,
Dimitris

By: James

James — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:44:44 +0000

I only ever really use Analytics, using Beehive of course to implement within WordPress.

To be honest, I’d like to understand more how I can make use of the information – depending on the site we track users and pageviews, but ultimately we track success via other means; e.g. how well business is going!