The Analytics of Web Governance

July 2025 - FYI, I have decided to close this blog and migrate content back to my main website. I'll be updating the location of blog posts as I go along. You can read more about this here.


It is a mistake to think that the only things that can go wrong on a website are those that are easiest to measure.

While it is relatively easy to track the effects of poor design or content on online performance using web analytics - what about poor Web Governance? What if your site management is not up-to-the-job? How will you know?

As explained in this article, every Web Manager needs a new set of analytics to track the effects of governance on the quality of their site.


An image showing the 2 main categories of Governance analytics as explained below