Sectioning or page groups

When and why can sections be used

Sectioning means that you can group the website's pages into categories or themes. Each section contains pages that are somehow related to each other and form a cohesive whole. Sectioning facilitates the analysis of the report because you can inspect the page groups themselves without necessarily having to look at each page individually. Sectioning adds a new panel into the report; it won't replace your list of individual pages, so you'll get the best of both.

You can create an infinite number of sections and they may be created at any time.

Examples of good sections

Any group of pages can be gathered into a section. Common usages include:

Language and country versions
Product categories
Order process (for web stores)
Main navigation categories

More ideas for what pages to group into sections »

Image 1. Examples of language and product section, clicking the section will show further section data

Two alternative methods for making sections

1) Manually through Snoobi's settings

Best suited for websites, which have URL addresses that contain a common denominator or category that the sectioning can be based on
- If the pages that you wish to group don't share a common denominator, each page must be assigned a section one by one
Manual section are added through Snoobi's settings, which requires an "Administrator" level username
Can be used simultaneously with other sectioning method or to complement it

2) Into the source code (automatic sectioning)

Automatic sections are installed into the Snoobi tag using an additional &section= parameter
Requires programming knowledge and access to the website's source code or page templates
The website is built on a content management system or uses a dynamic programming language
Manual sections and automatic sections can be used simultaneously. Pages that have been assigned identical section names merge no matter what method was used to create them