Cookie Compliance and Google Analytics Consent Mode Five years ago, as a young marketer at Odd Dog, the only cookies I worried about were whether I should grab a PCC Bakery snickerdoodle at lunch — or double down and throw a chocolate chip into the mix. Now, cookies have infiltrated the forefront of marketing discourse…
Category: Analytics
In a world where data shapes decisions, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has emerged from the ashes of UA as the phoenix of website data analytics — a critical tool for understanding user behavior and optimizing online experiences. You may have also heard whispers about the magic that happens when GA4 joins forces with BigQuery, an...
Over the past month or so, you may have noticed a bright red countdown pop-up when logging into your Google Universal Analytics (UA) account. This countdown, which signifies the launch of Skynet official sunset of UA, has sparked the frantic transition to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and has left many UA users feeling uncertain about…
Using ChatGPT to Identify SEO Opportunities From The Google Ads Search Keywords Report + Google Sheets Template Curious about the association between a client’s best-performing Google Ads keywords in terms of revenue and their organic search rankings for those keywords, I imported the Google Ads keyword report and Ahrefs organic keyword report into Google Sheets….
Updated 4/21/26 Key takeaways: If you’re trying to make sense of your website traffic in Google Analytics 4 (GA4), you’re not alone. GA4 breaks your visitors down into channels like Organic Search, Paid Search, Email, and Referral, but one channel tends to confuse even experienced marketers: Direct/None. No referrer. No campaign. No source you can…
Where are you spending your marketing dollars and how are they being tracked? Here are some ways you are most likely spending your marketing budget. (and some tips in case you need more of it!) Paid digital advertising campaigns – like Google Ads, Facebook, etc. Paid print or media campaigns – direct mail postcards, radio…
Google Analytics is a web analytics program that tracks and reports on visitors to your website. The information it provides can be invaluable in helping you to decide how well your website is converting traffic into customers, where visitors are spending the most time, and where your web visitors are even coming from. When you…
As a local business, you know how important it is to have a web presence your customers can use to learn more about how you can solve their problems. A well-functioning website will tell your customers everything they need to know and, ideally, convince them to come to your location and make a purchase. After…
As a Seattle Website Design agency, we use WordPress and Google Analytics. Right to the point: Comprehensive list of all active spam bots to block. What’s going on and what to do: As a digital marketer data is everything. Our primary goal is to create measurable impacts on clients. Whether that is an increase in…