Today, Google Analytics real-time reports are showing… unexpected traffic! 😉
Looks like at any given time today, any Google Analytics account will show 41 visits from the International Space Station in the Real-time / Location report!
Use that as a filter and click on Sources and drill down 😉
Hi folks, Yes, you read that title right. As another proof of concept after server-side PDF tracking, in this post I will show you a method for measuring your Gmail activity with Google Universal Analytics. Not that you *need* it, but it is a good example of the sort of upcoming applications for Universal! Again,…
As a follow-up to my post on (not provided)Â , in this post I give you *one* of the methods I use for capturing “(not provided)” keywords in Google Analytics. Just to be clear this solution is far from perfect and you will remain frustrated. As I said in my previous post, short of a Google…
Every month, I get quite a few questions about the bounce rate, a metric that is supposed to provide insights into visitor engagement. How much time did users really spend on a given page? Did they find what they were looking for? Why the heck do they leave my site right away instead of browsing…
June 2013 EDIT: we now have a new Google Analytics dimension for day names: I get this question a lot: Which days of the week are the most profitable for my website? How can I see Google Analytics days of the week? You should know that this kind of information is not available as is…
Google Analytics 4 has introduced a benchmarking feature, enabling businesses to compare their performance against industry peers. While this functionality was previously available in the now defunct Universal Analytics, GA4 offers enhanced standardization through the use of reserved and recommended events, providing more accurate and reliable comparisons. The process for enabling benchmarking in Google Analytics…
February 2019 EDIT: Google announced at Superweek Hungary the imminent release of tag templates, allowing for more tag flexibility! If you use Google Tag Manager on a daily basis like I do (or hourly in my case), you probably love the fact that you can tie in tags for the entire Google ecosystem, especially now…