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Google Analytics
A free, browser-based software that allows users to link their website to the Google Analytics (GA) platform. The tool then gives users information about users and traffic to their website including, but not limited to, total visitors and visits, individual pages visited, what site users entered your website from, and demographic information on users such as age and geographic region.
The most recent version of Google Analytics is GA4, replacing the previous version, Universal Analytics. Having GA set up for your business is an easy and important step to gathering useful data on your website’s effectiveness.
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Content Marketing
Content Marketing is the holistic process of planning, creating and distributing content across media platforms. Content marketing can include, but isn’t limited to, blogs, videos, podcasts, print publications, apps and more.
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Analytics
Analytics in digital marketing can refer to any type of analysis of data collected from a digital source. Trends and insights from this data can inform business decisions.
Google Analytics is a specific analytical platform, designed to monitor and analyze web traffic. However, there are hundreds of different analytical tools available online, and thousands of types of analysis. Structuring your analysis to focus on the most important data points is key in avoiding confusion.
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator, or URL, refers to a website, individual web page or other resource online.
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