GA4 Flashcards
Attribution
control on how to define conversion in different campaings
Tell me about the difference between UA and GA4 in under 50 words
UA tracks website visits in sessions, GA4 tracks every user action as an event. GA4 offers a more detailed, privacy-focused view across devices. Cross platform tracking designed to be future proof.
Three common ways of measuring quanitity of traffic to a site
Users, Sessions, Page Views/ Events
User
Number of distinct users who visit a website
Session
Duration of a users time on website, user can have multiple sessions
When does default session end
After 30 mins of usage
Page Views/ Events
Events measure user interactions on a website (Clicks/Filling in a form/ Playing a video etc)
Average Engagement Time
It is the average time that users have spent on your website, excluding any time when the website was minimised or hidden within a browser window
Cohert Exploration
Analysing specific groups of users over a period of time
Engaged Session
A session that lasts longer than 10 seconds, 2+ page view, or at least one key event
New User
Anyone who has used the website for the first time in the given time frame set, or if the id is not recognised
Returning User
Anyone who has used the website or opened the app at least once before in the specified period
Active Users
All Users (New/ Returning)
Total Users
All Users ( Measured in the same way as UA)
What does infinite scroll mean for GA4
Turn away from tradiotinal tracking (page visits) and focuses on interactions
Engagement Rate
The percentage of engaged sessions
Engaged Sessions per User
Engaged Sessions divided by unique users
Event
Any engagement with the website
Event Parameter
Additional context to the event occured (Eg Purchase , parameters = item_name item_category item_price)
Analytics Hierachy
Account Property Data
Google signals
Cross-device data for enhanced demographic reports
Traffic acquisition report
Shows where new and returning customers are coming from
How does GA4 measure customer insights?
metrics over traffic
GA4 new features
conversions, engaged predictive and AI metrics
Engaged User
Can be one user across different devices eg 1 1/2 engaged user if you use a dell and an iphone
Direct Search
URL into browser