Some Google Analytics metrics confuse the world of online marketing and are often misinterpreted. This article clarifies these and explains precisely how the individual values are calculated and how they should be interpreted. 1. Average time on page / Average Session Duration Google Analytics calculates the time spent on a …
The search function on a website is a win-win situation: your users find their way around your site faster, and you can derive essential insights from the search terms. To analyze search input from internal website searches, you can use the Site Search Report in Google Analytics. In the following, …
Google Analytics 4 was launched on 14th October 2020, as the next generation of Google Analytics, where cross-platform and cross-device tracking allows to unify all data in one central location, the new Google Analytics 4 property. Within this new Google Analytics property, datastreams can be configured from one or all …
Dashboards are helpful tools for monitoring the performance of your online marketing campaigns. This fact is especially true in online marketing, where it’s easy to lose track of the vast amount of digital data. Below, we’ll introduce you to one of our most popular dashboarding tools – Klipfolio. What Is …
Your social media campaign is not generating any conversions and you are faced with the question: to pause or not to pause? Before you label your campaign as unsuccessful, you should check the attribution model: Perhaps this campaign has contributed significantly to the success of another campaign and achieved a …
Gaining conversions out of marketing activities is a big goal for most companies – that’s clear. However, often, what is unclear, is how prospects become customers (or don’t). In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that the journey is the goal with regards to customers. Therefore, the path to …
Apple iOS 14 is here – and now a privacy update for all compatible iPhones and iPads is supposed to follow soon. Even before the roll-out, this update is already causing a stir and many questions have come up. We explain why this update is so controversial and how it …
The new version of Google Analytics has been launched. On the 14th of October 2020, the Google Analytics team announced that the App and Web property has been rebranded as Google Analytics 4 and will be the new version of Google Analytics going forward. This is a major step in …
In Part 3 of our updated Google Tag Manager Tutorial, we covered form tracking with the Form Submit Trigger, which is an easy approach to master contact form tracking. However, depending on the form’s code and its technology, this might not always work. This can be linked to on-site JavaScript …
To comply with new privacy legislations, like GDPR and the Swiss DPA, and to be in line with the now global focus on online privacy, many browsers have started to limit or completely block the setting of cookies. We recently wrote a blog post about this. Additionally, even if the …
In Part 2 of our updated Google Tag Manager Tutorial, we covered the tracking of download links. If you missed it, you may want to start here. In this third part, we will take a closer look at a very popular topic – Form submissions. Most marketers will be interested …
In our previous blog post, we provided you with an overview of what exactly app analytics is and how to best choose the right tool based on important key factors. We have done this tool evaluation ourselves and would like to introduce our winner: Amplitude! We will take a close …
