Category: Website analytics
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Identify Website Visitor Sources
Understanding the source of website visitors is crucial for the online success of any business. You can improve your online visibility and optimize your marketing efforts by identifying where your website traffic is coming from. For example, if most of your traffic comes from social media, you may want to invest more time and resources…
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Data Anonymization: The Pillar of Ethical Web Analytics
According to the DBTA Report on meeting the growing challenges of data security & governance, there has been a staggering 70% rise in data compromises from 2020 to 2021. The impact of each data breach has also become notably costly, averaging $4.24 million. Particularly concerning are the fines related to GDPR violations, which surged seven-fold…
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Event-based web analytics: Everything you need to know
The end goal of data analytics is to deliver value to users by understanding what they need and creating value for the business in the form of conversions and revenue by meeting their needs. With the rise of modern analytics approaches and tools, businesses are better able to get user insights. Event-based web analytics operates…
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Exploring the 13 key Google Analytics limitations
Starting July 1st, 2023, Universal Analytics (UA) stopped processing hits, including standard properties in accounts containing 360 properties. Businesses that use UA are left with no option other than migrating to an alternate analytics solution. While Google came up with a more advanced version of UA, called Google Analytics 4 (GA4), to replace it, the…
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How to track user activity on your website: Beginner’s guide
Do you know what your website visitors are doing on your site?Are they clicking on certain pages, spending much time on specific blog posts, or leaving after just a few seconds?Understanding user activity on your website is essential for improving user experience, increasing conversions, and ultimately growing your business. Luckily, tracking user activity on your…
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Number of sessions per user: Understanding user behavior
Have you ever wondered how many times users visit your website or app before making a purchase or leaving for good? Understanding user behavior and the number of sessions per user can provide valuable insight into how to improve your website or app’s user experience and increase conversions. By analyzing data on the number of…
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Enhancing Website Performance: The Significance of Usability and User Experience
Have you ever landed on a website that frustrated you to no end?Maybe the page wouldn’t load, the navigation was confusing, or the content was difficult to read. Whatever the reason, you probably didn’t stay on that site for very long. This is why usability and user experience (UX) are critical for your website. Usability…
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Hungarian DPA Ordered a Halt Against Google Analytics Use
Hungarian Data Protection Authority ordered a weather forecast website to stop using Google Analytics. The prohibition resulted from the lack of safeguards for U.S. data transfers as required by Article 46 GDPR. According to a recent GDPRtoday release (a newsletter by noyb), the Hungarian DPA might soon go against the use of Google Analytics. Furthermore,…
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7 Best tools for privacy-friendly analytics
Organizations utilize data to understand their customers better. They use data to deliver an improved customer experience. However, when it comes to privacy analytics, consumers are greatly concerned about data collection and data privacy practices. A KPMG survey reports that 86% of the US population considers data privacy a growing concern. And more than half…
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What does the users metric measure in Google Analytics?
If you’re a website owner, then it’s important to track your site’s performance using an analytics tool. If you know this, you’ve heard of Google Analytics. One of the key metrics that GA tracks are the number of unique visitors. What does the users metric measure in Google Analytics? This metric, regardless of the analytics…