Top Locations is a feature that allows you to track where your audience is sharing your content. It also allows you to understand where social referrals (traffic coming from shares) are coming from.
The locations feature analyses three dimensions:
Dashboard: aggregated location analytics of your website
Stories: location analytics for each of your pages
Channels (social networks): location analytics for each social network engaged
Dashboard view
The dashboard view can be accessed through Analytics >> Top Locations.
Once opened, it will show geographically all the shares and referrals that happened in a defined time period.
Stories View
The dashboard view can be accessed through Analytics >> Top Stories >> View Story Locations. Once opened, it will show geographically all the shares and referrals that happened in a specific story during a defined time period.
Example for Dashboard & Stories:
Channels (Social Networks) View
The dashboard view can be accessed through Analytics >> Top Channels >> View Channel Locations. Once opened, it will show geographically all the shares and referrals that happened in a specific social network during a defined time period.
Example for Channels: