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Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7 - Second Edition

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Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7 - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Squarespace is a web-based tool that allows non-technical people to create and manage professional-looking websites quickly, without needing to write any code. It empowers business owners to take total control of their own websites, without needing to pay someone to design or maintain it. This book covers much more than just how to use Squarespace. It covers all aspects of creating a successful business website, from developing your brand identity, to writing and structuring content to match your target audience's needs, and dozens of other other valuable tips that will help your website shine. Most importantly, you'll learn the correct steps to follow in order to ensure your project is smooth and stress-free. The book starts by helping you plan your website project and gather all the raw materials you'll need. Next, you'll set up your account and become familiar with the terminology and tools that you'll be using. Once you've learned the basics of how the Squarespace interface, templates, and different page types operate, you will create the framework of your website, ready for you to insert content and functionality. Then, once all the core elements are in place, you'll apply the aesthetic fine-tuning needed to bring your website in line with your brand. After the aesthetics have been honed and all functions tested, you will launch your website and drive traffic to it, monitor it, and improve it.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
13
Squarespace Templates in a Nutshell
14
List of Online Resources Used in This Book

Monitoring visitors and activity on your website


There's no point in building a if it's not visited and, more importantly, delivering the right information and functionality to your visitors. Monitoring the activity on your website can help you understand why and how people are finding and using your site, and help you informed decisions about changes that you might want to make in the future.

You can carry out basic monitoring and using Squarespace Analytics, which is Squarespace's own built-in statistical reporting tool. You can find out things such as:

  • The number of visitors your site receives, on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis
  • The number of pages viewed, and the relative popularity of each page
  • The words that people typed into the search box on your­ website
  • Which websites are linking to yours, and how much traffic those links generate

You can access Squarespace Analytics in the Analytics panel, accessible the Home menu.

Note

Some businesses find that the statistics...