How to Build a GA4 Funnel with BigQuery and Looker Studio?

The funnel explorations in Google Analytics 4 enable you to analyze the completion and abandonment rates along a pre-defined user journey, which can help you identify bottlenecks in specific paths on your site. Identifying obstacles along these paths can help improve the user experience by pinpointing areas where users encounter difficulties. However, there are some […]
Julius Fedorovicius
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Track Spotify Player with Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager

Even though GA4’s automatic tracking is more capable than the previous version (Universal Analytics), it still has its limitations. Especially if you have a niche situation, like wanting to track the usage of a Spotify player. With the help of a listener created by Tomás Foch Nalle, it’s actually pretty simple to do this. In […]
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Track Content Engagement using Google Analytics 4 Funnels

This article was written by Jude Nwachukwu, who was kind to share his tips with Analytics Mania’s readers There are several ways to measure content performance using Google Analytics, including utilizing Google Analytics (GA4) funnels for business and marketing insights. In this guide, I’ll walk you through a straightforward method to use funnels in Google Analytics to […]
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Microsoft Conversion Tag Still Running? Here’s the fix

You configure the Conversion Tag for Microsoft Ads, you think it should be firing correctly, but Google Tag Manager preview mode shows it’s “Still running”. Frustrating, I know. I’ve been there. This usually happens due to a subtle misunderstanding of how the Microsoft Advertising UET tag template works. In this post, I’ll walk you through […]
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Default channel group in Google Analytics 4

Updated: May 7th, 2025 Google Analytics 4 provides a lot of information about user’s actions on your site, but sometimes it can be overwhelming looking at so many rows of data. The default channel group in Google Analytics 4 follows a set of predefined rules created by Google. These rules can include combinations of different […]
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How to Customize Reports in Google Analytics 4

Google Analytics 4 has far fewer built-in reports than its predecessor (Universal Analytics). However, you can customize and adapt the reports according to your needs. The customization process is not perfect (I will talk about that, too), but it can still cover many use cases. In this tutorial, I will show you how to customize […]
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Google Analytics 4 Best Practices

Once you have installed Google Analytics 4 on your site, there are many capabilities that you can take advantage of to understand user behavior better and find data-driven insights. The better equipped you are with analytics, the more leverage you will have to drive growth and innovation. This can start with how effective you are […]
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