Long story short, in August 2019, Google launched its Privacy Sandbox initiative to develop open standards to enhance privacy online. On 7 January 2021, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority commenced an investigation into Google's Privacy Sandbox proposals under section 25 of the Act. As a result, Google pushed the expected start from the end... Continue Reading →
“Be ready to sacrifice weekends,” the founder of OptimizeSmart.com Himanshu Sharma reveals the recipe of a successful website
Himanshu Sharma is digital optimiser behind well-known website Optimizesmart.com, which helps digital marketers to overcome complex challenges. From sharp everyday advises How to reverse ecommerce transactions in Google Analytics for gtag.js and analytics.js to a detailed overview of How to build a data layer from JavaScript arrays, Himanshu covers crucial digital analytics topics, publishes books and... Continue Reading →
Robert J. Shiller predicts the narrative epidemics
Last Wednesday, Robert J. Shiller, Nobel Laureate for the empirical analysis of an asset, presented his Narrative Economics book, describing how global stories drive major economic events. I was fascinated by his Financial Markets Coursera series of lectures about the mechanics of finance in modern society, so I was glad to accept CFA UK invitation.... Continue Reading →
Analytics Canvas trumps the end of sampling
BI tool from Analytics Canvas finalises the untold truth about Universal Google Analytics reports: they should be unsampled. After API configuration, you are more than welcome to connect Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Data Studio and other data sources together with pre-calculated fields or/and filters & segments. To convert DataStudio filter into Analytics Canvas filter,... Continue Reading →
Tealium is easing up custom JS tags
Event tracking through tag management platforms empowers marketers to control and manage the data at the source. Vendor’s integration enables to easily mapping of data elements in a code-free environment. One of the well-known tag management platforms, Tealium, is built with privacy control features and granular vendor management capabilities to support data governance needs. The... Continue Reading →