Analysis debunking claims of low iOS 26 adoption, attributing flawed reports to a change in Safari's user agent string reporting.
A developer overcomes 'possibility blindness' by building a custom analytics platform to replace Google Analytics and Chartbeat in under 20 minutes.
A guide to self-hosting the Umami website analytics platform for free using Vercel, Xata, and GitHub, including workarounds for common setup issues.
A developer's experience trying out GoatCounter, a privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Google Analytics for basic website traffic tracking.
Explains why analytics showing high desktop usage might be misleading due to survivorship bias, urging deeper investigation into mobile performance.
Exploring the privacy concerns of Google Analytics and why the author switched to the privacy-focused alternative, Plausible Analytics.
A tutorial on building a serverless click tracker using the HTML ping attribute and AWS Lambda for transparent, cookie-free website analytics.
The article argues that current web analytics practices fail to meet ethical standards of informed consent and calls for industry reform.
Article critiques Google Analytics' privacy and performance costs, and explores ethical, self-hosted alternatives for website tracking.
A tutorial on configuring Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics to operate without using cookies, addressing GDPR compliance concerns.
A guide to using Google Tag Manager to simplify managing analytics and marketing tags, reducing code changes and improving data flow.
A guide to understanding and setting up Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic, from basic setup to advanced insights.
A developer shares technical insights on using Google Analytics filters and interpreting bounce rate data to improve a blog.
Analyzes the performance and privacy costs of web tracking scripts for businesses and users, questioning their true value.
Critique of using Google Analytics for site speed data, highlighting sampling flaws and recommending real user monitoring for accurate performance insights.
A guide on using the Navigation Timing API with Piwik analytics to monitor and track website page load time performance.
A technical guide on using R, RSiteCatalyst, and d3Network to create Sankey charts for visualizing website visitor pathing data from Adobe Analytics.
A technical guide on implementing Google Analytics in multi-tenant SaaS applications, covering tracking setup and reporting per tenant.
A critique of 20 non-actionable reports in Adobe Omniture/SiteCatalyst, focusing on mobile, technology, and visitor profile metrics.
Analyzing the impact of custom jQuery code on Google Analytics metrics like bounce rate and user engagement tracking.
