Root Cause Analysis: Shopify + Google Search Console
Why did this number change? askotter reads Shopify and Google Search Console together and answers it for your business, by text.
How does root cause analysis with Shopify and Google Search Console work for a small business?
askotter reads Shopify and Google Search Console side by side so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause. A ranked list of likely causes, each with the evidence behind it.
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The owner asks follow-up questions by text.
- From Shopify
- Orders and revenue, Product performance, Customer profiles and segments.
- From Google Search Console
- Search queries and impressions, Click-through rates by query, Average position by keyword.
- Status
- Both connect today.
- Not for
- Replacing Shopify or Google Search Console. Both keep working exactly as they do now.
Why did this number change?
Bookings dropped 23%. The ad, the website and the weather all get blamed. Without your accounts side by side, it stays a guess.
How askotter handles it
askotter reads Shopify and Google Search Console side by side, so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause.
A person checks the result before it reaches you. This is part of our conversion rate optimization work.
How Shopify and Google Search Console records line up
Shopify and Google Search Console share no customer or visit identifier. askotter puts them on one timeline instead, so a change in Shopify orders can be read against what Google Search Console recorded in the same hours.
What root cause analysis uses from each
Root cause analysis needs timestamps precise enough to put events in order.
From Shopify that means order timestamps, discount codes and refund dates. From Google Search Console it means the date a page's position moved.
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Shopify on its own
Shopify sees the order and the landing page. It has no view of the ad impressions, emails or searches that came before that session.
Timing. Shopify writes each order the moment it is placed, including the landing page and referring site of the session that bought.
Access. Read-only access through the Shopify Admin API, approved from the store admin.
Google Search Console on its own
Search Console sees the search up to the click and stops there. It cannot say whether that visitor booked, bought or left.
Timing. Search Console numbers usually arrive two to three days behind, reported as daily totals per query and page.
Access. The Search Console API with read access to the property.
Related guides
- Which Integrations Are Worth Connecting. An integration earns its place when it changes a decision. Most of them just move data from one screen you ignore to another.
- You Rank on Page One and Nobody Clicks. Here Is Why.. A page-one ranking that earns no clicks is a more solvable problem than a page-three ranking. It is also more annoying, because it looks like success.
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Questions about Shopify + Google Search Console
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How is askotter's Root Cause Analysis different from what Shopify shows on its own?
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