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Direct link to the article On User Tracking and Industry Standards on Privacy
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On User Tracking and Industry Standards on Privacy

Inspired by Eva PenzeyMoog’s new book, Jeremy highlights the widespread user tracking situation in this industry:

There was a line that really stood out to me:

The idea that it’s alright to do whatever unethical thing is currently the

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Chris Coyier on Nov 22, 2021
Direct link to the article WooCommerce + Google Analytics
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WooCommerce + Google Analytics

Google Analytics is powerful analytics software. A common way to use it is to just slap the JavaScript snippet on every page template you have and let it collect basic data about unique visitors and pageviews and such. That’s useful, …

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Chris Coyier on Oct 12, 2021 (Updated on Nov 14, 2022)
Direct link to the article Comparing Google Analytics and Plausible Numbers
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Comparing Google Analytics and Plausible Numbers

I saw this blog post the other day: 58% of Hacker News, Reddit and tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics. That’s an enticing title to me. I’ve had Google Analytics on this site literally from the day I launched it. …

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Chris Coyier on Oct 8, 2021 (Updated on Oct 21, 2021)
Direct link to the article Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics
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Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics

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Jim Nielsen:

the datasets weren’t even close for me.

Google Analytics works by putting a client-side bit of JavaScript on your site. Netlify Analytics works by parsing server logs server-side. They are not exactly apples to apples, feature-wise. Google …

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Aug 25, 2020
Direct link to the article The Analytics That Matter
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The Analytics That Matter

I’ve long been skeptical of quoting global browser usage percentages to justify their usage of browser features. It doesn’t matter what global usage of a browser is, other than nerdy cocktail party fodder. The usage that matters is what users …

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Chris Coyier on Jun 25, 2020 (Updated on Jul 2, 2020)
Direct link to the article Extending Google Analytics on CSS-Tricks with Custom Dimensions
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Extending Google Analytics on CSS-Tricks with Custom Dimensions

The idea for this article sparked when Chris wrote this in Thank You (2018 Edition):

I almost wish our URLs had years in them because I still don’t have a way to scope analytic data to only show me

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Jacob Worsøe on Mar 11, 2019 (Updated on Mar 22, 2019)
Direct link to the article Google Analytics Data Studio
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Google Analytics Data Studio

I’ve said a number of times in the past:

I wish I could just check a checkbox and make certain Google Analytics data public.

I get that analytics can be a very private thing for some sites. I think there …

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Chris Coyier on Feb 26, 2017 (Updated on Oct 4, 2017)
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Google Analytics Can Show You Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window

It was five years ago when I wrote Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window. The idea was that, at the time, there was a lot of talk about monitor size in relation to how we design websites. JavaScript is happy …

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Chris Coyier on Dec 13, 2016 (Updated on Dec 14, 2016)
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#146: Getting More from Google Analytics with Philip Walton

I pair with Philip Walton (who works for Google on Google Analytics) in this screencast. It complements the case-study we put together: Learning to Use Google Analytics More Effectively at CodePen.

I learned a ton about how Google Analytics …

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Chris Coyier on Mar 7, 2016 (Updated on Feb 26, 2017)
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Learning to Use Google Analytics More Effectively at CodePen

Here’s how most people use Google Analytics: you copy and paste the default tracking snippet into your templates. Look at the pageview data that comes in. That’s all good, but that isn’t the most useful analytics for many sites. Google …

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Track Window Resizes through Google Analytics

Sparkbox has this snippet to help figure out how often browser windows really are resized.

(function() {
  var resizeTimer;
  
  // Assuming we have jQuery present
  $( window ).on( "resize", function() {
    
    // Use resizeTimer to throttle the resize handler
    clearTimeout( 
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Chris Coyier on Apr 3, 2013 (Updated on Feb 26, 2017)
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