Traffic Alerts

[joseph.chambers]

I know that with the new version of google analytics coming out we're going to be able to see live data. My question is this.

• Is there a way that I can set something up where we're getting more traffic from some source we haven't got before and it's sending a lot of traffic.. I get alerted?
• I would also like to know if we're loosing or increasing traffic from a source by % percent that I get alerted.

When I say get alerted I mean: Something in the dashboard or somehow do this with GA or some other way?

[ChristopherGlaeser]

Have you looked at http://www.woopra.com?

Best,
Christopher

[joseph.chambers]

Actually this looks really cool. I never heard of it. Do you know if you can do this in google analytics? woopra looks pretty awesome though! I'm going to sign-up.

[ChristopherGlaeser]

I don't think GA can do this currently.  I use both GA and Woopra, and watch Woopra in real time.

Best,
Christopher

[joseph.chambers]

Yea I have woopra going right now and google analytics real-time shows 48-50 (active visitors) woopra shows 18. it's so weird. The live chat thing is cool.

How do I set-up alerts that shows me when we're getting more traffic than normal from a x site?

[ChristopherGlaeser]

I think it has to do with the different timeout settings.  I use AliveChat and Woopra to monitor real time activity.  The two initiate a session at the same time, but rarely terminate a session at the same time.  Woopra often reports that someone is gone while still there, and AliveChat often says they are still there after they are gone.

Best,
Christopher

[KeriMorgret]

This blog post applies to regular Google Analytics, but some of it might be applicable to the real-time version as well, or may be helpful to you in general. It's "7 Essential Google Intelligence Custom Alerts That Keep Me Sane" and looks at traffic increases, drops, etc.

7 Essential Google Intelligence Custom Alerts That Keep Me Sane

[joseph.chambers]

EXACTLY what I was looking for.