News, Articles & Knowledge

Google recently announced the planned retirement of its Universal Analytics properties within the Google Analytics platform, which are currently due to stop collecting data as of 1^st July 2023. Moving forward, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties will become the only property choice on the platform. Whilst this change may seem like a long way off, it is vital to begin your preparation and planning now to ensure your company isn’t adversely impacted come July 2023.

Every business seeks accurate data. Accurate data can be transformed into useful insights that guide your overall strategy. You may rely on Google Analytics for accurate and reliable website data however if this is the case; you need to be aware of something called ‘dark traffic’. Although dark traffic can go mostly under the radar, it’s likely having a huge effect on the quality and accuracy of your data.

Google Tag Manager (or for the purpose of speed GTM) is a hugely popular and powerful platform. However, it’s incredibly easy to get wrong. And if you’re using Google Analytics (which you most likely are) any mistakes you make are going to be forever visible on your account/view. This often can lead to problems comparing data, for example if you want to look at year on year (YOY) metrics, an issue with GTM tracking could easily lead to distorted and inaccurate figures.