Hotjar & Google Optimize Announce New Integration

Big news for those of us who love both testing and qualitative data!

Hotjar and Google recently announced the ability to add some qualitative data to your Optimize tests.

• Enable session recordings within your Hotjar account on a page running an Optimize test.

• Collect recordings!
• To view recordings of users interacting with Optimize tests, use Recordings filters. Within the filters dropdown, there is an “Experiments” header, which Google Optimize is within.

• Identify the Experiment ID of the Experiment you’d like to view recordings of. At this time, Hotjar can only automatically pick up experiment IDs, not their names. You can find which Experiment ID matches up with each Experiment within Google Optimize.

• Once you’ve identified which Experiment ID you would like to view recordings of, you can select if you want to view recordings from the Original, or one of your Variants (or all of them!).
• Analyze the recordings from your test!

Use this new integration to uncover the truth behind how users interact with your experiments.

Analyzing Your Optimize Recordings

While Optimize lets you set KPIs for an A/B test, recordings unlock a whole new avenue of insights. A few questions to ask yourself when viewing your recordings:

• Are people actually engaging with the tested site element?
  • If so, are they behaving as expected?
  • If not, what are they doing instead?
• Are there any unexpected points of friction within the variant experience?
• Where is the tested element falling within the overarching user journey throughout a recording?
  • Is the element making this experience easier for the user?
  • Is the element changing the trajectory of the user journey?

What do you think about the new integration? Let us know in the comments below!

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