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Parse.ly Product & Support Updates

  • Product update: December 13, 2018

    When creating a scheduled report, you can now add a custom subject line to the report that will appear when the report arrives in your emailbox.

    The new option appears at the bottom of the Parameters screen when creating or editing a report.

    The custom title will also appear in the Recently Run and Scheduled tabs in the dashboard interface and will be the title that appears on your HTML report.

  • Product update: November 14, 2018

    Path Fragments

    Users now have the ability to use URL path fragments as a filter when viewing post or non-post data.

    A path fragment refers to the parts of a URL separated by slashes. For example, in the URL https://tea-fanatics.com/flavors/black-tea/earl-grey/, the path fragments are “flavors” “black-tea” and “earl-grey”.

    Two notes about fragments: 1) Data is only available since Oct. 1; 2) Your site must have a URL structure where paths are present in order for data to be available.

    Path fragments are displayed like this:

    When making a selection, the list of fragments will immediately narrow to show only the lower-level fragments that appear with the selected fragment.

    The height of each row shows the popularity of the fragment compared to other fragments. That is, the taller the path fragment’s box, the more page views it received (or referrer views when on a referrer detail page) relative to the other path fragments.

    Once you have selected a path fragment, you can click on the “View Details” option to see full information about URLs matching the pattern.

    You can drill down as many levels as need be – additional levels can be added to the screen using the arrows in the upper right corner of the Paths box.

    Paths are available as a filter in all sections of the dashboard as well as in the reporting suite.

  • Product update: September 18, 2018

    Channel Filtering in Reports

    In the reporting suite, you now have the option to see data specifically for Google AMP or Facebook Instant – or specifically without both channels. September 18, 2023 Update: Facebook Instant Articles is deprecated.

    In Top Listings, Details and Stats Over Time, these new options are now available, giving you increased visibility into the impact of your efforts on those platforms.

    Saved Views

    You now have the ability to save configured views in the dashboard, a request we’ve heard from many users and the highlight of this release.

    You can now, for example, set up a combination of filters once and not have to redo those configurations each time you use the dashboard. Perhaps you want to quickly see what stories in a specific section received the most traffic from Facebook during the past week. Easy enough:

    Or perhaps you want to track a specific group of authors on a single screen. Again, easy to set up and save:

    Simply save the desired view and decide whether to share it with the rest of your organization or keep it for yourself.

    Once you save a view, you can access it by using the star in the menu in the upper right portion of the screen:

    Useful Views

    In the Guide tool, we’ve also added some quick clicks to popular views. Think of these as useful filters to help you easily find the information you need:

    These appear in each dashboard screen where the Guide button is available.

  • Product update: August 7, 2018

    Audience Segments

    Often, it’s hard to pick out the habits and interests of niche audiences from sweeping aggregate trends. With audience segments, you can understand and optimize for audience subsets like subscribers, users, regional readers, and more.

  • Product update: July 17, 2018

    This release aims to help you get more out of the reporting suite.

    See campaign performance in Top Listings and Details reports

    Get a high-level look at the top campaigns or dig into a detailed report on a specific campaign’s performance.

    When you create a new report, you can add campaign data by selecting Campaigns and a campaign aspect. (Note: campaign data is not yet available for Stats Over Time, Evergreen Overview, or Audience Overview reports.)

    Campaign data also appears in all Details reports, so you can see the top campaigns by section, author, tag, etc.

    Create a Details report for your whole network or a site group

    If you have Network Rollup enabled, you can see how content is performing across your entire network or a group of sites. Select All Traffic or the site group name in the drop down and then select Network or Site Group when you create a Details report.

    Filter Details and Stats Over Time reports

    Add filters to your reports to show the performance of certain topics in a section, specific sections for an author, etc.

    Other improvements

    • Stats Over Time reports and exports now contain a column showing the number of posts published in the selected interval.
    • Export Top Listings directly from author, section, or tag details pages.
    • Get an export or report for a network’s top sites.
    • UI updates to the mobile app.
  • Product update: March 29, 2018

    New

    • Admins can choose the default time range, metric, and more in the new Preferences panel.

    Improved

  • Product update: December 19, 2017

    New

    Improved

    • The redesigned tweets display introduces new ways to understand Twitter engagement.
    • Schedule recurring reports to track progress toward your monthly or quarterly KPIs.
    • Filter Overview listings by publish date.
    • Video badges now show how many visitors started watching videos on a page.
  • Product update: October 31, 2017

    Improved

    • Overview can now be customized to show the information that matters most to you, like your stories, sections, or beats.
    • The header got a redesign to make things a bit less cramped.

    New

    • Create a campaign group to filter paid traffic or any other traffic tagged with campaign parameters.
    • Network admins can now group multiple sites (by vertical, location… you name it) to see data in one place.
    • We’ve added a footer that lets you send feedback and shows tips for getting more out of the Parse.ly dashboard.
  • Product update: July 27, 2017

    Improved

    Parse.ly’s on-page analytics bookmarklet now has seven metrics for evaluating slot performance, as well as referrer, visitor, and device breakdowns on each and every page.

  • Product update: June 5, 2017

    New

    • You can now gauge the impact of marketing campaigns on video engagement. The Campaigns page shows how video starts, visitors, and minutes watched vary from campaign to campaign. Video details pages also display campaign data.

Last updated: November 12, 2025