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How to integrate user-generated content into your SEO strategy

Search Engine Land

One activation that is seeing growing prominence for brands is user-generated content (UGC). Understanding UGC Before we delve into its impact on SEO, let’s start with the basics and define what user-generated content actually is. Google is developing a UGC-prominent search feed with Perspectives.

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Google Analytics 4 bug causes data gaps in reports

Search Engine Land

Google Analytics 4 is allegedly missing data from User Acquisition and Traffic Acquisition reports due to a bug. Additionally, your data is not lost – you can still generate reports on traffic in Exploration reports or Standard reports using a different dimension such as source/medium. What Google is saying.

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Universal Analytics is officially replaced by Google Analytics 4

Search Engine Land

Well, it’s finally happening – the dreaded Universal Analytics sunset has started. Once this goes into effect, you’ll need a Google Analytics 4 property to measure website performance.” Today’s forced migration to GA4 is a historic transitional moment in digital marketing. Why we care.

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Threads enables post-scheduling in live API pilot, plans to add analytics capabilities

Search Engine Land

The app also plans to introduce reply moderation and analytics insights capabilities for select third-party partners as part of the pilot. ” “The API currently enables users to authenticate, publish threads, and fetch the content they posted through these tools – and soon, we will enable reply moderation and insights capabilities.”

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How to use Google Analytics 4: A complete guide

Search Engine Land

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has now become the defacto analytics tool for millions of users across the globe. If you’ve been procrastinating on growing your GA4 knowledge, now is the time to learn the ins and outs of the “new” analytics tool. a user landed on a thank-you page). all those filters will appear here.

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Why we care about search marketing

Martech

Search marketing is a very big deal. Any way you slice it, it amounts to millions of searches per minute , all day, every day. And a huge percentage of those users are researching products to buy, deciding whether to buy those products, looking for options from multiple sellers and so on. billion to a truly staggering 8.5

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Your guide to Google Analytics 4 attribution

Search Engine Land

As Google’s deprecation of Universal Analytics (UA) nears, it’s crucial to understand attribution in Google Analytics 4 (GA4) – including what is new, what is missing, and what the differences mean for search marketers. (If How Google Analytics 4 attribution works. By the way, what is a session?

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