What is google heat map?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by alenn, Feb 28, 2011.

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    Hello Everyone,

    I am new in SEO field. Please let me know what is google heat map and how to use google heat map. If you know about google heat map so please tell me with steps.

    Thanks in Advance
    Umakant Sharma
     
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    As far as I know, people have different ideas regarding what heat maps are.
    But in general, heat maps are maps that show what areas on your webpage get clicked the most. This way you know where it's better to place the information that you want to expose. There are special programs that track clicks to your site (you have to upload them to your server) and produce charts, with areas that get the most clicks marked red, and areas that get the least clicks marked blue (but not necessarily, it depends on a program). So, these programs, like Crazy Egg or Click Heat also show what screen width your visitors have or other kind of information that concerns clicks.
    The Google heat map was created to show those who sign up for Google Adsense what areas on a webpage are the most profitable to place an ad. So it's a general idea about what spots are the best, it's not tuned to your particular website, it deals with an average webpage. You'll find it easily, just search for google adsense heat map.
     
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    Heat map simple shows where you cursor has moved over the page the most and which places have been clicked the most so you can get an insight on how your users behave on your website which can in turn help you make improvement to your website.

    Another great place to get infomation about how users behave on your website is. http://www.usertesting.com
     
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    I am also in SEO profession but i have never Liston and read about it. I also want to know about it.
     
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    The witness tool for websites have specific areas where human eyes always spend the most time. "Heat Maps" have been created perfect data, and they help you choose the best and most popular place to stick your Pay Per Click & affiliate advertisement.

    Best Regards
    Manish Kumar
     
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    I even didn't heart about this map, and i don't think it is used in SEO . I any know about this new thing then please share with us
     
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    I already have explained it, and you can findout more just by looking at your google analitics control panel, click on content and select inpage analytics.

    Here is another site which does a more advanced style if your into visitor behavior, this is by far better.
    http://www.clicktale.com

    Wrong, look at your google analitics and it has built in heat map for your website telling you what links have been clicked the most . See my other messages in this thread with links to better services provided by others though if visitor behavior is of interest to you.

    http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/google-in-page-analytics-heatmap.html
     
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    Are you referring to overlay in google analytics? If so, then yes, it can be called a heat map, but not really, since on heat maps values are normally represented as different colors, on a color scale. But, yes, it does show clicks on links.
    But, anyway, I was referring to the map that's often used to explain the best places to stick an adsense ad, a lot of people call it google heat map. Like i said, there a lot of confusion, folks mean different things when they say "heat map".
     
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    Heatmap is the appearing table with oftenly searched keywords, the main aim of this stuff is to help people and make their search more comfortable.
     
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    Google heat map is used to increase the usability of the websites.With a heat map, you can see which part of a link is being clicked more.
     
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    Google heat map is the map that boosts the website usability.
     
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