--- title: Website analytics show what visitors do. Feedback helps explain why. description: Enhance your website's performance by combining analytics and visitor feedback to uncover insights, improve experiences, and boost conversions. image: https://pulse.novellahq.com/hubfs/Your%20website%20analytics%20show%20what%20visitors%20do.%20Feedback%20helps%20explain%20why.png --- [Skip to content](https://pulse.novellahq.com/your-website-analytics-show-what-visitors-do-feedback-helps-explain-why#main-content) [![Novella](https://pulse.novellahq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-horizontal-white-2x.png?width=300&height=51&name=logo-horizontal-white-2x.png)Homepage](https://www.novellahq.com) - [Explore Novella](https://www.novellahq.com/) - [Library](https://library.novellahq.com/) - [Support](https://support.novellahq.com/) - [Blog](https://pulse.novellahq.com) [Get early access](https://www.novellahq.com/early-access) - [Explore Novella](https://www.novellahq.com/) - [Library](https://library.novellahq.com/) - [Support](https://support.novellahq.com/) - [Blog](https://pulse.novellahq.com) [Get early access](https://www.novellahq.com/early-access) ![Your website analytics show what visitors do. Feedback helps explain why.](https://pulse.novellahq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Your%20website%20analytics%20show%20what%20visitors%20do.%20Feedback%20helps%20explain%20why.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Your%20website%20analytics%20show%20what%20visitors%20do.%20Feedback%20helps%20explain%20why.png) Integrations Analytics # Your website analytics show what visitors do. Feedback helps explain why. ![Andy Hoek](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/8113c3b7dcd2c70ba5222580f4df369b) Andy Hoek October 10, 2026 Website activity tells you what visitors do. Feedback adds their perspective. Novella’s own web analytics show sentiment per page and per channel, helping you understand where experiences differ. The Google Analytics 4 and Plausible integrations also bring feedback engagement into the website analytics tools you already use. Someone visits your pricing page, spends a minute reading and leaves without getting in touch. Were they comparing options? Did they find the information they needed? Was something unclear? Website analytics can show the visit and the next action. They cannot tell you what that person thought. A short survey gives visitors a way to explain their experience while they are still on the page. Novella brings those responses into its own web analytics, where you can explore sentiment by page and channel. Connecting GA4 or Plausible gives you another way to examine feedback engagement alongside website activity. ## Ask while the experience is still fresh A feedback button gives visitors a way to share their experience without leaving your website. Start with a short rating question, followed by an optional open question. For example, on a pricing page you could ask: > How helpful was the information on this page? Then follow up with: > What could we make clearer? The rating helps you spot patterns. The comment adds detail: a missing pricing example, uncertainty about what is included, or a question about implementation. You will hear from the visitors who choose to respond, so their answers should inform your investigation rather than stand in for everyone’s experience. Even a few specific comments can give you something concrete to check. [![From Feedback to Revenue How EU B2B teams turn NPS, CSAT, and CES into decisions that drive growth.  ](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/147347163/interactive-422306864335.png)](https://pulse.novellahq.com/hs/cta/wi/redirect?encryptedPayload=AVxigLKNn8BnyODtRLgTa5sn5i3fi2Ny90yRB9Uc4x6fh9eIjubYXQzv2It6k%2BxAIU7lHvZ6v%2FMV4QCJGBB3jvhouBX%2FvSTGNgm9kOxf%2BU0oiJcN8CiaSTTxYRvsKUO0AtsQHev8mfKXwgQ17L5qUWHaCP67ljyCXjQLhCj5A2KMxaPmxlxA87jIo7RTTUQmKaTbhy%2BdXFhV%2F%2FA5XXX4jgRc0ozSbOR44cDAnPl60Y7mLbxHyLQ%3D&webInteractiveContentId=422306864335&portalId=147347163) ## See sentiment per page and channel in Novella Novella’s own web analytics help you understand how respondents feel about their website experience. You can see sentiment per page and per channel, then read the responses behind the ratings. Page-level sentiment helps you identify where respondents report positive experiences and where they encounter friction. Channel-level sentiment lets you compare feedback across channels and investigate differences that overall scores can hide. A page may attract plenty of traffic while receiving less positive feedback than other pages. Or respondents from one channel may report a different experience from those in another. These are useful starting points for checking the page content, the expectations visitors arrive with and the questions they still need answered. You can use these views within Novella without connecting GA4 or Plausible. The integrations extend your existing analytics setup by adding survey interaction events there too. ## Bring feedback engagement into GA4 and Plausible Novella supports website feedback tracking through Google Analytics 4 and Plausible Analytics. Both integrations use the analytics setup already installed on your website, so you can examine survey participation alongside the traffic and conversion reports you already work with. You can track five events: | Event | What it tells you | | --- | --- | | Feedback button impression | The feedback button was displayed. | | Survey opened | A visitor opened the survey panel. | | Rating selected | A visitor selected their first rating for that opening. | | Survey completed | A response was successfully submitted. | | Survey closed | A visitor closed an open survey panel. | These events help you examine participation as well as the feedback itself. If visitors open the survey but few submit, review the question wording and the steps that follow. The event counts tell you where to investigate; they do not establish the cause on their own. A closure also does not necessarily mean abandonment. Someone can submit their response and then close the panel. ## Three ways to use analytics and feedback together ### Find gaps on your pricing page Start with pricing-page sentiment in Novella and read the responses behind it. Use GA4 or Plausible to examine page activity and feedback engagement alongside your existing conversion reporting. If several respondents say they cannot work out which plan fits their team, check whether your plan descriptions answer that question. You might add a comparison or a worked example, then review subsequent page sentiment, comments and website activity to assess the change. ### Understand a campaign landing page A campaign may bring visitors to a landing page without generating the enquiries you expected. Feedback can help you investigate whether the page answers the questions raised by the campaign. Ask how useful the page was and what information visitors still need. In Novella, review sentiment for the landing page and compare sentiment across channels. Read the comments to investigate whether visitors’ expectations match the offer on the page. Alongside that, use GA4 or Plausible to examine traffic, survey engagement and your existing conversion reports. Comments about an unclear offer or missing detail can guide your next revision. ### Check whether help content is useful A visit to a help page does not tell you whether someone solved their problem. A short usefulness question gives visitors a way to tell you. Compare sentiment across help pages in Novella and read the comments for missing steps or confusing instructions. The events in GA4 or Plausible add context about how often visitors engage with the feedback button. ## Use each tool for the questions it helps answer The integrations send survey and widget IDs, the delivery channel, the widget variant and the selected rating where applicable. Names, email addresses and written feedback are excluded from those event fields. Use Novella to analyse sentiment per page and channel and read the written responses. Use GA4 or Plausible to examine survey engagement alongside the website activity you already measure there. Together, those views help you investigate both participation and the experience respondents describe. The integrations currently support website feedback buttons. They do not extend this tracking to standalone survey links, QR codes or email embeds. ## Connect your existing analytics setup In Novella, open **Settings → Integrations** and choose your analytics tool. For **Google Analytics 4**, select your existing Google tag or Google Tag Manager setup. For **Plausible Analytics**, enable tracking and create matching custom event goals in Plausible. You can enable the two integrations independently, including using both together. Tracking is off by default. Follow the relevant guide to configure and verify your setup: - [Track website feedback with Google Analytics 4](https://support.novellahq.com/p/track-website-feedback-with-google-analytics-4-NBk0gw) - [Track website feedback with Plausible Analytics](https://support.novellahq.com/p/track-website-feedback-with-plausible-analytics-t0xsP8) Every customer tells a story. Combining website activity with feedback gives you more context for deciding what to improve next. ### Every customer has a story Listen, understand, and act on customer feedback with powerful surveys, real-time analytics, and seamless integrations with HubSpot, Slack and Zapier. 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