No tag manager, no extra script
Goals use the same small ReaderCount script you already have. There is nothing else to load, nothing to configure in a separate tool, and still no cookies.
Works on Ghost, WordPress, Squarespace, Webflow, Shopify and any site where you can add an attribute to a button or a form.
Which posts bring in sign-ups
Your most-read post is not always the one that grows your list. Goals show the pages and sources that turn readers into subscribers, so you know which posts deserve a better sign-up box, and which sources are worth more of your time.
Goals with no code: triggers
No access to your website’s code? Set up a goal in Settings instead: a page visited (such as /thank-you), a link clicked (any link to amazon.) or a form sent. It counts your past visits too, and can email you or post to Slack, Teams, Discord or Zapier when it happens.
Why people leave straight away
When most people leave a page without opening another, What to fix says why it’s likely happening and what to do: slow on phones, something broken on the page, worse for one source, people not scrolling, or readers who got their answer and had nowhere to go next.
Problems your readers run into
When a picture or file fails to load for a reader, or a script on the page breaks, it shows on your stats page with the page it happened on and the browsers affected. No crawling needed: if it breaks for a reader, you see it.
The missing page report also names the page of your own site that links to a missing page, and Form Drop-Off shows how many people start each form and how many send it.
Missing page report
When a visitor lands on a page that says “404” or “Page not found”, we list the address they tried, how often it happened, and where they came from. Then you can fix the link or add a redirect, and stop losing those readers.
- Picked up from the page itself, so it works on almost any platform
- If your error page says something else, add
<meta name="readercount" content="404"> to it - Shows where most of those visitors came from, so you know which link to fix
- Busiest first, so you fix the ones that matter
