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Shadow Traffic: Why Your Traffic Numbers Are Off By 20%

Parse.ly

Getting the complete picture of your traffic has always been challenging. Dark traffic first popped up in 2012, when it became clear that traffic stripped of its referrer information was categorized as “direct.” What is Shadow Traffic? What Causes Shadow Traffic? The Rise of Shadow Traffic.

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Google Analytics 4 vs. Universal Analytics: Key Differences and What They Mean for Content Teams

Parse.ly

Google recently announced that they are sunsetting Universal Analytics (UA), also known as Google Analytics 3 (GA3), and that users will be forced to switch to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) by July 2023. Some are considering other analytics solutions that better fit their needs as content-focused organizations.

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Understanding Direct Traffic: What It Is & How to Decode It

Parse.ly

There’s a big blind spot in the world of content analytics: direct traffic. Marketers often don’t know the source(s) of their direct traffic, which leaves them a bit powerless. They can’t determine how to attract more of the traffic or whether it’s even meaningful without knowing where it comes from. Table of Contents.

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What is Dark Social and How Is It Affecting Your Brand?

Convince & Convert

They won’t know where you got the article from, making dark social a form of referral traffic that is attributed to the wrong channel. The term was coined by Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic in 2012, who then said we’re only seeing—and measuring—the tip of the sharing iceberg. analytics Click To Tweet. Image via RhythmOne.

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11 Crucial Facebook Metrics You Should Track to Grow Your Business

SocialPilot

As if it was not enough, Facebook recently added more to the confusion by completely overhauling the look and feel of its analytics section. So, we are going to consider Facebook Meta Business Suite and one more analytics to take your reporting to the next level. Don’t worry. Let’s roll! Yes, you heard that right!

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5 Content Marketing Lessons from the Fastest Growing SaaS Companies

Marketing Insider Group

It’s forecasted to account for a whopping 82% of all internet traffic by the end of 2022, and audiences across industries and topics increasingly prefer it over other types of content. Here’s two examples, one of their early videos from 2012 on keyword targeting, and one of their most recent from 2021 on the ROI of SEO.

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Our Favorite Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2012

KoMarketing Associates

For KoMarketing Associates, 2012 was a year of growth, collaboration, successes (and challenges), and good fortune. As the year draws to a close, we wanted to look back and share some of our favorite posts from 2012, organized by a handful of KoMarketing team members. You can never stop learning and sharing. Mike Pickowicz.