Using Google Analytics to measure visitor statistics: The case of food composition websites

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 504-512

  Pakkala, H ^a   Presser, K ^b   Christensen, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food composition; Internet; Visitor statistics; Web analytics

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINES; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CORE ACTIVITY; FINLAND; FOOD COMPOSITIONS; FREE TOOLS; GOOGLE ANALYTICS; SWITZERLAND; WEB ANALYTICS;

WEB DESIGN;

EID: 84870539954     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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