Recommendations for Books on Analytics, Ecommerce and Data Manipulation?
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Having just moved into a position where an Ecommerce site is now a big part of my responsibilities I'm looking to get up to speed on the topic (been a while since I worked on a shop). Site is Magento based. I'd also like any recommended books on broader analytics and using/reporting data.
Obviously finding books on these subjects isn't difficult, I'd just like mozers thoughts on any that are particularly good and more important still relevant ie fairly recently published. Quite broad topics these I know but open to any or all suggestions - however not too worried about covering wider SEO, more 'technical' guide style is what I'm interested in.
Couldn't really find any threads on books in general so should be an interesting topic (I hope!)
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.
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Thanks Tom,
Yep, WA 2.0 is obviously very popular, my only slight concern was it's still pretty pricey and 3 years old now. I know the basics still hold true but had heard from a few people that it was quite heavy on how to's/step by steps, and I know Analytics has evolved a great deal in those 3 years. Any thoughts on how dated or not it is?
Thanks for the quick response.
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Hi Steve,
Avinash' Web Analytics 2.0 is by far the best place to start IMO: http://www.amazon.com/Web-Analytics-2-0-Accountability-Centricity/dp/0470529393
Two honorable mentions go to Bryan Eisenberg's A/B Testing http://www.amazon.com/Always-Be-Testing-Complete-Optimizer/dp/0470290633/ref=pd_sim_b_7 and Brian Clifton's Advanced Web Analytics: http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Metrics-Google-Analytics-Edition/dp/0470562315/ref=pd_sim_b_5
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