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femdomdestiny · 04-20-2023, 01:57 PM

This an old question but still useful especially at the moment of moving to GA4.

What's your opinion of using Google Analytics? Is it too much information sharing with google? (for example, bounce rate). Is anyone here who did some kind of test trying to discover if are there differences in ranking depending on the analytics used?

thanks

V_RocKs · 04-20-2023, 04:05 PM

Google calculates your bounce rates whether you use analytics or not. Analytics just allows you to see what Google has been collecting about your sites.

Analytics use is not a ranking factor in any way. It is solely to give you the information Google is already compiling and to give you the ability to do things like track conversions and then use them in pivot tables to track trends.

TACNet · 04-23-2023, 08:51 PM

As femdomdestiny says, analytics itself does not affect your ranking.

A couple of things to bear in mind though :-

1. The GA4 javascript tag is heavier than the previous Universal Analytics tag and can have an impact on your page speed (which DOES affect ranking). There is a simple way of offloading the tag until the page load is complete. pm me if you want details

2. When switching to GA4, make sure you do your whole site at once. Any pages that still have the old UA javascript tag will load BOTH the UA javascript AND the GA4 javascript libraries and that will really slow down your page

Hope this helps

fris · 04-23-2023, 09:54 PM

i use plausible

TheLegacy · 04-24-2023, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TACNet

As femdomdestiny says, analytics itself does not affect your ranking.

A couple of things to bear in mind though :-

1. The GA4 javascript tag is heavier than the previous Universal Analytics tag and can have an impact on your page speed (which DOES affect ranking). There is a simple way of offloading the tag until the page load is complete. pm me if you want details

2. When switching to GA4, make sure you do your whole site at once. Any pages that still have the old UA javascript tag will load BOTH the UA javascript AND the GA4 javascript libraries and that will really slow down your page

Hope this helps

excellent - I've been trying to get others to see this exactly thing. Thank you for making a simple understandable explanation.

femdomdestiny if you want me to do a quick review I"d be happy to at no cost and send you the data. Always best to make sure things check out

fuzebox · 04-26-2023, 03:01 PM

femdomdestiny · 04-26-2023, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheLegacy

excellent - I've been trying to get others to see this exactly thing. Thank you for making a simple understandable explanation.

femdomdestiny if you want me to do a quick review I"d be happy to at no cost and send you the data. Always best to make sure things check out

Hi, Not sure what kind of review you are mentioning?

04-20-2023, 01:57 PM	#1
femdomdestiny Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,113	visitor analytics opinion This an old question but still useful especially at the moment of moving to GA4. What's your opinion of using Google Analytics? Is it too much information sharing with google? (for example, bounce rate). Is anyone here who did some kind of test trying to discover if are there differences in ranking depending on the analytics used? thanks __________________ Femdom Destiny -------------------------------------------- ICQ: 463-630-426 email: webmaster(at)femdomdestiny.com

04-23-2023, 08:51 PM	#3
TACNet Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 446	As femdomdestiny says, analytics itself does not affect your ranking. A couple of things to bear in mind though :- 1. The GA4 javascript tag is heavier than the previous Universal Analytics tag and can have an impact on your page speed (which DOES affect ranking). There is a simple way of offloading the tag until the page load is complete. pm me if you want details 2. When switching to GA4, make sure you do your whole site at once. Any pages that still have the old UA javascript tag will load BOTH the UA javascript AND the GA4 javascript libraries and that will really slow down your page Hope this helps __________________ TAC Amateurs - The World's LARGEST Amateur Porn Network

04-23-2023, 09:54 PM	#4
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04-20-2023, 04:05 PM	#2
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,306	Google calculates your bounce rates whether you use analytics or not. Analytics just allows you to see what Google has been collecting about your sites. Analytics use is not a ranking factor in any way. It is solely to give you the information Google is already compiling and to give you the ability to do things like track conversions and then use them in pivot tables to track trends.

04-26-2023, 03:01 PM	#6
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