Successful Rollout of New Web Analytics Software for ETH Zurich

After winning the public tender for the university-wide migration of the existing analytics software a year ago, we have now successfully completed the migration for over 300 users. We convinced ETH by proposing the analytics solution of Piano Analytics (formerly AT Internet) in combination with Google Tag Manager and have …

Google Data Studio becomes Looker Studio

The data visualization tool Google Data Studio has been renamed Looker Studio. Many of the functionalities remain, however through the announcement of the Looker Studio Pro tier, some functions will certainly be subject to a subscription fee. Google itself writes about the rebranding: “Data Studio is now Looker Studio. With …

The new Google Helpful Content Update: What it means for your website

Google Helpful Content Update

What is the Helpful Content Update exactly? Google has confirmed that the helpful content update has been live since September 9th, following the announcement on August 25th. The new Google update specifically targets “content created primarily to rank well in search engines, rather than to help or inform people.” In …

What’s new in Google Search Console?

It has been more than 3 years since the new Google Search Console was released for general use. We last covered this topic in November 2018 in our blog post “The New Google Search Console”. As we all know, three years is an eternity in the Digital field and applications, …

Data protection points to check before choosing a web analytics tool

Data protection is increasingly becoming a larger topic year by year. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the shift started in the European Union (EU) but it influences businesses all over the world now. Hence, it is important to stay up to date on the constantly changing regulations. GDPR …

Five Tips for Successful Remarketing in Google Ads

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In previous blog posts on remarketing, we mainly discussed the functions of remarketing and successful campaign implementation in Google Ads. This blog post will go one step further and provide five tips for successful remarketing campaigns in Google Ads. 1) Variety of Creatives When setting up remarketing campaigns, we recommend setting …

Is Cookieless Tracking the Future of Web Analytics?

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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 …