November 3rd, 2008
Google lets you measure how useful corporate documents are
If you subscribe to Google Apps, you can now attach a Google Analytics account to features like Google Docs and Google Sites. This gives administrators a grasp on usage details for these services.
Have you ever wondered if your staff is actually reading the policies you spend so much time creating? Perhaps they are so boring that 99% of people that open your document leave right away. This type of information will help organizations measure how useful documents are, and how people within your organization are using Google Sites (Google’s take on Microsoft SharePoint)
Want to see how many employees checked out your company’s new travel policy? Curious if your European sales team is taking advantage of the same resources as your US team? Because you can slice and dice usage information for content by hour, day, week, month, user location, browser type and more, answering these kinds of questions is easy.
These are the kinds of things that could make Google Docs more compelling to businesses — measuring this information would be a lot more difficult if there are copies of a Microsoft Word document floating around as opposed to a centrally managed, and collaborative document.
Are features like this important to you? Let’s hear your opinion in the TalkBack!
Garett Rogers is employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry.
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