{"id":2019,"date":"2012-02-01T13:17:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macgirl.com\/designs\/?p=963"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:41:50","slug":"error-pages-how-to-set-up-alerts-on-google-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterhosting.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/01\/error-pages-how-to-set-up-alerts-on-google-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"404 Error Pages &#8211; How to set up alerts on Google to track Error Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>How to Set Up a Google Alert on Google Analytics<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">In his article <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2011\/05\/18\/optimizing-error-pages-creating-opportunities-out-of-mistakes\/\">Optimizing Error Pages: Creating Opportunities Out Of Mistakes<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Daniel Waisberg explains how important it is to track, monitor and analyze error pages. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">One way to do this is to create an alert for 404 Error Pages on Google Analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics\u00a0can\u00a0alert you each time 404 traffic reaches a certain number of visits a day. You can get notified by email, or text message each time someone hits an error page.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #41b7d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1create-an-alert-screenshot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100073\" title=\"Google Analytics Alerts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1create-an-alert-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"Google Analytics Alerts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Find 404 Error Pages on Google&#8217;s Webmaster Tools<\/h3>\n<p>You can also get 404 Error Page\u00a0information from Google&#8217;s Webmaster Tools &#8212; .\u00a0Your first view of a web site&#8217;s dashboard will tell you if there are any Crawl Errors:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1942\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-26-at-9.47.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1942\" class=\"wp-image-1942 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-26-at-9.47.34-AM-300x236.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-26 at 9.47.34 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Webmaster Tools &#8211; Not Found Pages<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When you&#8217;re ready to correct your errors, go to CRAWL &gt; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CRAWL ERRORS<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1945\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Crawl-errors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1945\" class=\"wp-image-1945 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Crawl-errors-300x139.png\" alt=\"Crawl-errors\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Webmaster Tools Crawl Errors<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The URL Errors are listed, and when you click on the specific URLs a window shows you the page\u00a0with the mistaken link.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1946\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-26-at-9.57.17-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1946\" class=\"wp-image-1946 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-26-at-9.57.17-AM-300x232.png\" alt=\"error pages\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Error Pages &#8211; Find the broken link<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once you fix your errors, mark the page as fixed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1947\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mark-as-fixed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1947\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1947\" src=\"http:\/\/medsites.macgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mark-as-fixed-300x232.png\" alt=\"Error Pages - Mark as Fixed\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark as Fixed in Google&#8217;s Webmaster Tools<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Set Up a Google Alert on Google Analytics In his article Optimizing Error Pages: Creating Opportunities Out Of Mistakes\u00a0Daniel Waisberg explains how important it is to track, monitor and analyze error pages. 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