Cash Cows and Fixer-Uppers

How to figure out which pages drive the most value and which to work on.

Today I’ll share a powerful tip that is so simple that it's almost embarrassing to share:

But try opening your Google Analytics 3 and go to Behavior -> Site Content -> All pages.

This page tells you which pages drive the most value and which to work on.

The page value columns show the average revenue attributed to each visit to that page.

Look for:

  1. Pages with a lot of traffic and low page values. These are your fixer-uppers.

  2. Pages with a lot of traffic and a high page value. These are your cash cows. Try to improve them and make sure to link to them around your site where relevant.

Disclaimer: You need a certain amount of data to do this. There is no right amount of data. And the analysis can still be useful and give some direction. Just be aware of not concluding anything on low amounts of data.

Bonus tip: Filter for pages including "/pages" if you want to see only landing pages.

Is the table full of weird-looking URLs like the one below? Then you haven't set up your GA correctly.

This happens because, e.g., Facebook appends parameters to the URL. In this case, the “fbclid” parameter. Consequently, GA treats all the pages as different, even though they’re all visits to the same “collections/new” page.

Luckily, it's easy to fix. Just go to Settings (Admin) -> View Settings and write fbclid in "Exclude URL Query Parameters." Remember to exclude all the other query parameters you find in your table.

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