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What Should I Do First in GA4?
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has emerged as a powerful analytics platform, replacing its predecessor, Universal Analytics (UA). As a new user of GA4, it’s essential to understand the key differences and take specific actions to harness the full potential of this upgraded platform. In this blog post, we will explore the crucial aspects you need to know and the actions you should take to…
A Comprehensive Comparison of Google’s Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4
Google Analytics has long been a valuable tool for advertisers, providing insights into website performance and user behavior. With the recent switch to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Google aims to adapt to the changing landscape of data privacy and offer enhanced features for data analysis. In this blog post, we will compare and contrast the features of Universal Analytics (UA) and GA4, exploring the…
Will Congress Force the Sale of TikTok?
Social and political controversy around TikTok has increased over the past few months, with some suggesting the only way to ensure the app’s data impartiality is to mandate TikTok’s sale by its Chinese owning company. A March appearance in front of US legislators by TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, only increased polarization, calling attention to the app’s Chinese ownership and potential collaboration with the…
What Does Bluesky Mean for Advertising?
What Is Bluesky? In 2019, Jack Dorsey founded the decentralized social network Bluesky. Created independently of Twitter but funded by the company (until 2022), Bluesky was intended it to fix what Dorsey viewed as the biggest issue with Twitter: its corporate structure and interests. In contrast, Bluesky is a protocol, a system through which different social mediums can interact and, importantly, which cannot be…
Expansions Made to Google’s Malicious Software Policy
Google has announced updates to their policy on malicious or unwanted software. The changes, which will be finalized May 9, 2023, are likely intended to boost user confidence following the disastrous launch of Google’s AI chat function, Bard. But that’s not all – shaken by recent volatility in cryptocurrency value and consumer outrage over irresponsible advertising practices, Google is planning new restrictions in financial…
Banner Ad Specifications
Banner advertisements (or display ads) are images appearing on the top, bottom, and side margins of webpages. They’ve been ubiquitous on the web for twenty years, and despite the shifting landscape of online marketing, purchasing this space for your business is as valuable today as it ever had been. However, because each platform has its own specifications for things like aspect ratio, size, and…
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Moz is a website with both free and paid analytical tools. They can help you to analyze your social media, web links, SEO, google rankings and much more.
Quirk has a great free tool that allows you to see how any website is performing. This search status tool provides extensive search-related information in a convenient toolbar.
SEO Book is a tool we use and recommend for keyword and competitive research. They have a variety of different SEO tools available: including an SEO toolbar, a rank checker, keyword suggestion and SEO training.
If your internet speed seems slow, Speakeasy provides a free tool to test the upload and download times to various locations to help you determine the problem.
Need to find your IP address? This website can help. They can also perform IP address and Whois lookups, and teach you how to anonymize your IP address from servers.
Website Speed Testing Tools
User experience on a website is an important part of ranking organically in Google, of which the loading time is a vital part. Fortunately, there are some free tools to determine the speed of a website load time. This will allow you to diagnose and correct any problems discovered during the test. The following are a couple we like:
Google Developers have provided this tool, Page Speed Insights, to evaluate the loading speed on both computers and mobile devices.
Pingdom will determine the website loading speed on a computer.
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