{"id":5262,"date":"2024-04-02T11:35:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:10:40","slug":"what-microsoft-clarity-gets-right-why-simple-is-actually-the-better-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/what-microsoft-clarity-gets-right-why-simple-is-actually-the-better-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"What Microsoft Clarity gets right &#8211; Why simple is actually the better bet."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Blog #1 in the series:&nbsp; How to become a Clarity power user<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">About the author<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Silverbauer is a highly accomplished analytics and conversion rate optimization (CRO) expert, known for his ability to combine complex analytics concepts with music &amp; humor\u2026With over 10 years of experience, he has consulted with some of the world&#8217;s largest brands, and has spoken at major events like SXSW &amp; MeasureSummit. Josh is currently the Head of Analytics and CRO at<a href=\"http:\/\/ftf.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"Read more about What Microsoft Clarity gets right &#8211; Why simple is actually the better bet.\"> From The Future,<\/a> a CX &amp; performance growth agency, and previously served as CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatbigdigitalagency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\" aria-label=\"Read more about What Microsoft Clarity gets right &#8211; Why simple is actually the better bet.\">Great Big Digital Agency<\/a> for 6 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Why Simple is Better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Doesn\u2019t it feel like digital analytics is going in the opposite direction of the rest of technology? Everything is getting simpler, but digital analytics is getting more complicated, technical, and kinda blah. Sure, if you like torture you can sit for hours playing with SQL and looking at numbers in tables until your brain explodes, but shouldn\u2019t there be an easier way? Making something complicated requires little thought, but creating something that is simple, yet powerful is incredibly difficult.&nbsp; So why invest time and resources into simple? Well, simple is better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">1. It\u2019s easier to understand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter1-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter1-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter1-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a toddler, and my toddler loves to continually come back to mac and cheese every night. He knows that he will like mac and cheese. He likes the presentation of mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is digestible, delicious and dependable. You can even throw some peas in and he\u2019ll be fine with it. The point? If you take a bunch of data and put it into a format that is digestible and easy to understand, it will get eaten (ahem\u2026used)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">2. It\u2019s actionable<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter2-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter2-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter2-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my 10 year career, I\u2019d like to say that most likely about 75% of the data that I\u2019ve architected and implemented has gone unused (and that\u2019s being generous). Why? Because people want to feel like they are being data-driven, so they ask for all sorts of data that they will never really use or understand. People have a vision for what they think they can do with data but then once put into practice, they find themselves confused by how to use it. Clarity provides the most streamlined, straightforward display of data that I\u2019ve seen. The data is displayed directly on your website. You can see it at the heart of where the actions are happening. It gets to the point, and gets there quickly, and even if you need a little help, there\u2019s AI right alongside to help you turn questions into action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">3. It\u2019s so much less time-consuming<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter3-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter3-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter3-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter3.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting stuck in analysis paralysis is one of the most wasteful activities one can do in business. Identifying trends quickly can lead to adaptation, agile thinking, and quick action which can create major opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">4. Simple analytics lead to better optimizations&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter4-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter4-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter4-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/simpleisbetter4.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple analytics help you focus on the metrics that matter, enabling you to identify opportunities quickly. This simplicity accelerates your ability to gain insights, which in turn allows you to take action and improve your website&#8217;s user experience. An enhanced user experience can lead to increased purchases, leads, and conversions, directly contributing to the success of your business. The better your business does, the more money you will make. The more money you make, the more everyone will say \u201cdang, look at that money-makin\u2019 king\/queen right there, that one\u2019s got it goin on.\u201d (and that\u2019s the goal right?)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Clarity\u2019s Core Features: Simple Design, Major Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featHeatmapRebrand.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featHeatmapRebrand.png 800w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featHeatmapRebrand-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featHeatmapRebrand-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarity is best known for its Heatmaps and Session Recording features. But within each one of those, there are hundreds of ways to slice and dice the data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Say you wanted to see a heatmap of only people who converted, or compare two different landing pages to determine which one had a greater impact on a conversion action that happened on a completely different page. Yeah, you can do that. Or how about if you want to understand which elements specific channels interact with on their pathway to conversions, yeah, Clarity can do that too. Or what if you wanted to see which caused the most friction during a user\u2019s pathway through the site\u2026Clarity?\u2026yep! And if you want to see these features in action, you\u2019re in luck because, over the next few months, I\u2019ll be releasing more blogs on how to get the most out of Clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">What makes Clarity standout?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>How does all of this compare to other heat mapping &amp; session recording tools on the market?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clarity is free &#8211; nuff said.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarity has a beautiful design and UX that isn\u2019t overly complicated and crowded by a billion unimportant features. It\u2019s clean, user friendly and gets to the point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarity has AI capabilities that ARE SUPER FRICKIN COOL YO.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Wow, you seem very passionate about those AI features Josh. Yeah, that\u2019s because they are revolutionary.<br><br>It\u2019s not often you get the heart of a startup within the midst of a major organization like Microsoft. Clarity is special like that. The group who breathes life into Clarity are pouring their soul into the product but the resources they get to pull from are BIG.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the top features where Clarity really shines.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">CoPilot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.20.34\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.20.34\u202fPM.png 1600w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-768x381.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-1536x762.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a single click, Clarity has the ability to analyze hundreds of aggregate session recordings and output meaningful insights. You can filter by any criteria (i.e. people who converted, people who abandoned, returning purchasers, etc), then select their sessions and uncover any commonalities between them. It can even summarize entire heatmaps in a single click including any filters you want. Talk about time-saving insights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Customization Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.21.33\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.21.33\u202fPM.png 1600w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.21.33\u202fPM-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.21.33\u202fPM-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.21.33\u202fPM-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.21.33\u202fPM-1536x674.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the AI, Clarity has the ability to be incredibly customizable. For instance, if you ARE the type of person who wants to configure every itty bitty thing yourself and not rely on the beauty of simplicity (which is totally fine\u2026you do you), there are custom tags! Custom tags allow you to tag any type of event and ultimately build segments that you can filter down by based on your own criteria. So for instance if you\u2019d like to understand how your logged in users are navigating the site or a page vs your non-logged in customers\u2026you could tag the login event and have the ability to segment the users by whether they are an existing customer (though there\u2019s a native smart event now for that too).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OR how about if you want to understand users\u2019 pathways who answered a specific way on a quiz that was displayed, or a newsletter signup. All of this (and more) can be done with custom tags. Or even if you want to tag when someone looks at a picture of spinach on your site for 15 mins\u2026that\u2019s doable in Clarity\u2026and maybe Copilot could help you figure out why they are doing that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature also allows you to see A\/B landing page tests in Clarity by configuring events based on the landing page variation that was shown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Conversion maps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/conversion-maps.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/conversion-maps.png 1600w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/conversion-maps-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/conversion-maps-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/conversion-maps-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/clarity.microsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/conversion-maps-1536x890.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most powerful features that doesn\u2019t get enough credit is Clarity\u2019s conversion maps. This feature has the ability to rank elements based on how much it was clicked in relation to a purchase. There have been countless times that I\u2019ve interacted with clients who want to know how their content\/widgets end up leading to purchase. A lot of time is spent building these features and as with anything, time is money, so wouldn\u2019t it be super useful to actually see how your time is equating to money and where to focus your efforts?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarity is one of the absolute best tools to quickly assess where to focus your energy on your website. It\u2019s a super important experience analytics platform and it should be in every marketer\u2019s analytics toolbelt. I happen to know that there are so many amazing things on the horizon for them as well. Do yourself a favor and add Microsoft Clarity. And then invite me to your website. 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