Squarespace Tips Archive

Here’s a lot of old hints, tips and opinions that may not be relevant any more.

A lot of it was written for Squarespace 7 or earlier.

SEO & SEM Colin Irwin SEO & SEM Colin Irwin

A Google Analytics filter that improves on the "Search Term Not Provided" message

When Google started moving all of its tools over to https access they also took the step of not reporting referring search terms for users who searched on an https connection. 

The upshot was that the specific search terms that bring in visitors via Google search are all reported as (not provided).  

Adding a filter to Google Analytics replaces any "(not provided)" data with "np - [landing page title]" - this at least lets you know which pages on your site are receiving search traffic. 

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Scripting & Styling, SEO & SEM Colin Irwin Scripting & Styling, SEO & SEM Colin Irwin

Using Google Analytics to Measure Visitor Engagement in Squarespace websites

I wanted to understand how people are engaging with my Squarespace website so I performed a test to measure visitor engagement and to work out whether single page “bouncing” visitors are engaging with the site at any level.  

The test results revealed that the vast majority of visitors interact and engage with the site, with only 12% not interacting at all. 

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