Expert Excel Essentials
Brett Snyder
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Saving You Time, Resources, and Headaches
Brett Snyder
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Simple Data
Valuable Data
Actionable Data
Technical Audit: Canonical Tag Inconsistencies
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Canonical Tags
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Canonical Tags
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=IF
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=IF
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=IF(B3=C3,"Match","No Match")
=IF
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=IF
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=IF(B3=C3,"Match","No Match")
=IF
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=IF(Logical Test, Value if Yes, Value if No)
Nested Functions
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Nested Functions
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Nested Functions
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Nested Functions\
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Nested Functions
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=IF(F20=0,"∞%",(F19-F20)/F20)
Nested Functions
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=IF(Logical Test, Value if Yes, Value if No)
Nested Functions
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=IF(F20=0,"∞%",(F19-F20)/F20)
Nested Functions
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Nested Functions
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=IF(F6=G6,"No Change",(IF(G6="200",SUBSTITUTE("200",G6,0),G6))-(IF(F6="200",SUBSTITUTE("200",F6,0),F6)))
Analytics Audit:Find Pages Driving No Traffic
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Google Analytics
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Landing Pages
Landing Pages
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=CONCATENATE
=CONCATENATE("http://www.brettasnyder.com",C3)
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=CONCATENATE
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Screaming Frog
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=VLOOKUP
=VLOOKUP(B3,'Google Analytics'!B:D,3,FALSE)
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=VLOOKUP
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=VLOOKUP
No organic traffic to this page!
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NOINDEX
Oh snap!
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=VLOOKUP
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=VLOOKUP
=IF(B6="total","total1",IF(B6="total1","",IF(ISBLANK(F7),"total",IF(F7=F8,F7,CONCATENATE(F7,"1")))))
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=VLOOKUP
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=VLOOKUP
=VLOOKUP("organic",B6:P42,7,FALSE)
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=VLOOKUP
=(VLOOKUP("organic",B6:P42,7,FALSE)-VLOOKUP("organic1",B6:P42,7,FALSE))/VLOOKUP("organic1",B6:P42,7,FALSE)
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=VLOOKUP
Competitive Analysis: Removing Duplicate Domains
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Duplicate Domains
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Duplicate Domains
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Duplicate Domains
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=LEFT
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=LEFT
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=LEFT(C3,FIND("/",C3,9))
=LEFT
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Remove Duplicates
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Final Thoughts
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Excel is the most versatile problem-solving tool you have
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Goal is to transform actual data into actionable data
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Determine what solution you need, then back into the problem
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Thank You!
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President, Knucklepuck
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