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All KPIs are metrics, but not all metrics are KPIs. Are they key to the business’ success? Or do they contribute to it? When it comes to analytics, not all performance indicators are critical.
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All KPIs are metrics, but not all metrics are KPIs. Are they key to the business’ success? Or do they contribute to it? When it comes to analytics, not all performance indicators are critical.

This week Dan and Dara dig deep into the ABCs of Google Analytics metrics. Defining what they actually mean and their relevance and/or place in the modern technological age.

This week Dan and Dara chat attribution modelling and how/where/if/when it's useful and important to invest in.

This week Dan and Dara run through an audit for Universal Analytics properties in 15 minutes. They touch on common issues when looking at GA and how to fix them.

If you’re migrating from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4, our PIVOT framework provides guidance on what you’ll need to consider at each stage of the process. See our GA4 migration guide.

This week Dan and Dara discuss the PIVOT framework they've been working on to help people 'pivot' to GA4. Clever, very clever...

This week Dan and Dara discuss the questions you can ask yourself to see if you need to consider upgrading to Google Analytics 360 (GA360).

This week Dan and Dara discuss Google Analytics' infamous UTMs. They talk about what they are and why they're important in having good, reliable and clean data.

Google Analytics offers unlimited options for customising your event parameters. George explains how you can get yours made to order.

BigQuery is literally the next “Big” thing (with a capital B) in analytics. We explain what it is, how some of our clients are already using it, how much it costs and where you can start.

This week Dan and Dara discuss what makes a good analytics consultant. In other news, Dara is running and Dan is still harking on about skateboarding in the Olympics!

Flattening tables in Google BigQuery can be painful when doing multiple fields with UNNEST. User-defined functions (UDFs) make life easier and this one will do it for you automatically.

We’re so obsessed with analytics that we started a podcast! Here’s how we turned our passion into The Measure Pod.

This week Dan and Dara discuss the four things analytics practitioners should consider before rolling out Google Analytics 4 (GA4).

This week Dan and Dara debate the usefulness of the Google Analytics (GA/GA4) Session, and try to see if there is an alternative.

This week Dan and Dara chat about the three key reasons they think we should care about GA4 right now.

We all need to play our part in promoting a more responsible, ethical approach to collecting and using customer data. If we don’t, there’s a risk we’ll be left with nothing to measure.

Be warned: the risk of sticking with your current Google Analytics implementation may well be greater than any costs associated with the "migration" to GA4.