Why do I see only 2 month data in Google Analytics 4?

Here’s a situation. You install Google Analytics 4 on your website, start collecting data, and then after several months, you decide to check the data in Explorations. Unfortunately, you realize that the data there is only of the last 2 months. Why is that? In this quick blog post, I will explain why you see only […]
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Missing Link Text of Outbound Clicks in GA4?

Even though Google Analytics 4 can track events automatically (not just page_views), there are also some problems. One of the challenges is missing Link Text (link_text) of outbound link clicks. If you try to build a report using the Link Text dimension with the click event, you won’t succeed (at least when I write this blog post). I expected […]
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A Guide to Bounce rate in Google Analytics 4

Bounce rate. Some people love it. Some hate it. When Google Analytics 4 was introduced, bounce rate was not available (even though many people used it in the previous versions of GA). However, after a couple of years, it is back. In this tutorial, I will explain what it is and how it is different […]
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How to Remove FBCLID from Google Analytics 4?

When I am writing this blog post, Google Analytics 4 does not have a native method to easily remove unwanted URL query parameters. As a result, your reports might look something like this: See all those fbclid=xxxx? They make your reports harder to read, and if the same page was visited by multiple users from […]
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What Does Exit Mean in Google Analytics 4?

Exits. You probably saw this metric somewhere in the Google Analytics 4 interface. But what does it mean? The exit page is the last page of the session. Every time a page is the last page of a session, the Exits metric increases by 1.   Where to find exits in Google Analytics 4? To view […]
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How to View Custom Dimensions in Google Analytics 4

Here’s a situation. You have implemented Google Analytics 4 on your website, and you started sending custom events. For example, events of successful form submissions. Together with that event, you are sending some custom parameter (e.g., a form name). After waiting for 24 hours, you checked the reports, but you cannot see anything related to that […]
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Where to Find Video Engagement Data in Google Analytics 4?

Google Analytics 4 is capable of tracking additional events, not just page views. This is all possible thanks to Enhanced Measurement. But finding that data in GA4 reports is trickier than you might think. In this article, I will explain where to find video engagement data in Google Analytics 4. Note: if you have configured GA4 […]
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