Duplicate Events in Google Analytics 4 and How to Fix them

Updated: April 2nd, 2025 Lately, I have noticed an increasing number of people complaining about duplicate events in their Google Analytics 4 debug view. Sometimes, the reasons for this are quite obvious, but in other cases, they were a bit trickier than I initially anticipated. If you are seeing something similar in your GA4 DebugView, […]
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Where to Find File Download Data in Google Analytics 4?

Updated: April 1st, 2025 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 file download data in Google Analytics 4. Video […]
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Demystifying user_engagement Event in Google Analytics 4

Updated: April 1st, 2025 If you are at least a little familiar with event tracking in Google Analytics 4, you already know that one of the automatically tracked events is called user_engagement. When exactly does it fire on a website? After looking at the official Google Analytics documentation, you’ll see this: user_engagement fires when the app is […]
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Path Exploration report in Google Analytics 4

Updated: March 30th, 2025 Exploration reports in Google Analytics 4 are a suite of features that allow you to dive deeper into your data. In the past, I have explained how to work with Free Form reports and Funnel Exploration. This time, let’s look at another type of report, Path Exploration. In the older versions of […]
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How to Track Custom Events with Google Analytics 4

Updated: March 30th, 2025 Google Analytics 4 has a steep learning curve. In one of my previous blog posts, I explained how GA4 event tracking works in general. But if you understand the basics of Google Analytics 4 and want to dive deeper into custom event tracking, you’ve come to the right place. In this […]
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Google Analytics 4 Explorations: a Complete Guide

Google Analytics 4 may not hold its strength in the built-in standard reports that it provides, but it does make up for it with its Explorations feature. Google Analytics 4 explorations allow you to dive deeper into your data to get insights through customizable and interactive reports tailored to your business needs. For example, you […]
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Google Analytics 4 cross-domain tracking not working? Here are the fixes

Cross-domain tracking in GA4 is a built-in workaround that allows you to send user information from one domain to another, preserving session data across domains. This makes sure that the same user is consistently tracked across multiple websites, enabling more accurate and unified analytics. If you’re reading this article, chances are you already know this […]
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