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Google Content Experiments (discontinued)

Google Content Experiments (discontinued)

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What is Google Content Experiments (discontinued)?

Google Content Experiments was a tool that can be used to create A/B test from within Google Analytics. It has been discontinued since 2019, and Google now recommends using its Google Optimize service for A/B testing.

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Google Content Experiments was a tool that can be used to create A/B test from within Google Analytics. It has been discontinued since 2019, and Google now recommends using its Google Optimize service for A/B testing.

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What is Google Content Experiments (discontinued)?

Google Content Experiments was a tool that can be used to create A/B test from within Google Analytics. It has been discontinued since 2019, and Google now recommends using its Google Optimize service for A/B testing.

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google Content Experiments for AB testing in our Digital Marketing Department. Google Content Experiments allows us to test bounces, duration, click-throughs and session duration of users that enter our consumer websites. This tool allows us to test different marketing messages and designs to enhance the users experience, and helps us convert shoppers into buyers.
  • Real time data
  • Personalization
  • Back end development needed for detailed tests.
  • Some training required.
Google Content Experiments is suited for large and small organizations, no matter your organizational goals. It is not recommended for organizations that are only interested in qualitative data, as there are other tools for receiving specific user experience feedback. It is also not recommended that you implement tests without some sort of goal in mind.
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Google Content Experiments was one of the tools that we used when looking to do A/B testing within the organisation. Typically we would work with customers to determine what elements were important to their business and use this to come up with ways to validate the ideas or disprove them. Content Experiments was ideal as it was a free tool - that could be rolled up quite quickly and was free!
  • Has a great analytics engine in its backend which uses multi-arm bandit methodology- and thus can perform multiple variations at once.
  • Multi-arm bandit means that it's also really effective in finding the winning solution.
  • It can be based on Analytics Goals via Optimize so you can drive things that are important to the business.
  • Their documentation is not the best and it's quite a steep learning curve.
  • They also don't tell you particularly well what sorts of things you should be testing.
  • Compared to other suppliers of A/B testing tools- it needs a simpler interface. Optimize is starting to answer that - but is still quite Beta-like.
Google Content Experiments (along with Optimize) are best suited to get your team started on the path of A/B testing. It's a cheap and low-risk way to test, and also ties well into Google Analytics. Its integration with Optimize is built on top of Google Tag Manager so again this is well-understood technology and chances are most businesses would have someone who is familiar with it.
Mark Castaldo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google Content Experiments to regularly test and improve website performance, primarily on our lead generation websites. Content Experiments has also been used to settle what design elements to move forward with and what ones to let go when planning new updates.
  • Easy to use and implement.
  • Easy to understand the reports.
  • Seamless integration with Google Analytics.
  • No support for multivariate testing, a feature that was pulled from the product when it was rebranded as Google Content Experiments from Google Website Optimizer.
I'm a believer in ongoing website optimization. This being said, I would suggest every website owner run A/B tests at all times. Google Content Experiments is an easy and free way to get started.
Antonio Segovia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google Content Experiment is used to optimize our websites through A/B/n testing. It is utilized by a user in Marketing and IT. It allows our company to improve our visit to lead conversion rate, which translates to higher sales and ROI of all marketing campaigns.
  • It's FREE
  • It ties into Google Analytics
  • Requires code setup for each experiment (less of an issue if also using Google Tag Manager)
  • Does not allow for multivariate testing
  • Does not allow for advancing testing and targeting
I would recommend it, especially for beginners, because it is free, so there is nothing to lose. For robust website optimization and testing, Google Content Experiment is probably not going to be sufficient.
Eric Olsen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are utilizing Google Content Experiments to simply and freely test content changes on a small scale before implementing them site-wide.
  • Seamless integration with Google Analytics
  • Absolutely free of charge
  • Once Google's Universal Analytics supports Content Experiments and requires no additional javascript to implement, it will be a truly seamless experience.
Google Content Experiments are a great gateway into web content testing.
Lee Duong | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Google Content experiments to run in house A/B testing as part of our Google Analytics package. The tool enables us to test significant web page variation changes default vs. new test variant. This allows us to identify the performance changes of new pages if they increase/decrease conversion rate.
  • Integrates well with Google Analytics to perform segmentation analysis
  • Capability of using server redirects rather than java script redirects unlike most testing tools.
  • Easy to set up
  • It doesn't handle multivariate testing
  • Basic test configuration compared to other testing tools in the market
  • Still requires a developer to code new pages rather than CMS capabilities of some products
It's well suited to A/B testing in house, and best of all it's free. The setup process is straight forward and developers appear to be happy using it. There are ample resources for instructions to use the tool on Google Forums. For complex tests the tool wouldn't be used to replace a dedicated MVT testing tool.
David Jackiewicz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
My organization was interested in examining how we could redesign webpages to reduce bounce rate. We thought rewriting product descriptions was as far as we would need to go, however we learned differently. Google CE taught us that we needed to mix good design with good content and streamline product searching on our site.
  • Google CE really gives in-depth insight into why some pages perform better than others. You can see where the readers eyes travel most often.
  • Talk about putting yourself in the audience's shoes! Thats exactly what A/B testing does
  • There is also multivariate testing for advanced changes.
  • There was a somewhat high learning curve which I would like to see flattened.
  • Google needs a more robust help section integrated in CE to help users navigate better.
  • There should be more mock testing windows during evaluation stages.
It is most appropriate for webpage redesign and email marketing. There are many forums that help clarify concepts that Google takes for granted having an advanced knowledge of. People who just want to reduce bounce rate may want to go somewhere else, but to truly build a robust website with strong pages CE is the trick!
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