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This is weird, my google analytics doesnt show the statistics from the 14th of august, but it does still show active users in last 30 minutes,so it doesn't like it got disconne
Hi Lizzy
My GA4 realtime data and statistics dashboard are working fine.
It may be related to your location. I’m in the USA.
Have a Rockin’ weekend! 🤘🥳
Frank 🎸
still down and stats are completely off ( I know this for sure because of the stats from Pinterest and facebook and gsc), we'll see what tomorrow gives before I maybe reinstall the whole thing?
thanks Frank
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Did someone elses ga4 stopped showing statistics?
This is weird, my google analytics doesnt show the statistics from the 14th of august, but it does still show active users in last 30 minutes,so it doesn't like it got disconne
I've had a similar issue and had to reinstall the plugin. Like me, you have been one of the chosen ones it decided not to work for. It occurred on 2 different sites.
Michael
Hi Michael
I don't use Site Kit. I access GA4 and GSC data directly through my browser. They can provide you with more in-depth, actionable data.
Frank 🎸
hi, although GA4 is ridiculously complicated, I still want to use it for sites where I already connected to google ( I don't connect a new site because I want to hide that one from google), because I can see traffic from socials to my site way better than the site kit.
Site kit isn't down for me though,just GA4 still (I want to see my socials in depth)
but thanks for the info
Lizzy
at the moment I'm testing out different ones, to be honest and on my new site I only have about 20 articles yet haha. So I will tell you when I do get enough traffic lol
for now, I'm testing ' independent analytics", looks pretty decent so far.
The most annoying thing is to find a good one that also measures things like Pinterest well into detail, but still is free. It's a needle in a haystack, but we'll see. :-)
Thanks for the info, Lizzy! I'm still with GA4 and GSC, but I haven't started any new sites yet. 😎
Rock On! 🤘
Frank 🎸
yeah, just stick to your original site I say, especially when you see success from socials.
I haven't given up on my miniature site, but my English Africa site I kind of did.
So I am using that same content for a new Africa site, but in Dutch (not literally translated) and totally not connected to google. After that, I'll decide which one to keep, cause I don't want to lose the personal content and stories either. So the new one is kind of an experiment and a bit for my own fun as well.
It's interesting to see what other Dutch travel blogs do with their blogs, it can get very different results everywhere, not just in Google. ( we don't compete with things like Reddit, Quora, Medium, etc. on Google, but on the other hand, it doesn't do much so far on Pinterest, so I'm looking at a lot of things with a fresh view)
I'm surprised that I already have clicks in google lol.
As long as it still doesn't feel like a boring thing to do, we rock on!
:-)
and you know what I have learned so far with my new Dutch site? Get to the point and cut the fluff hahahahaha!
I only realise that now in my own language, English can get so looooong and winding, especially when using AI hahaha!
And another thing: I am not using a keyword search tool, at all, just Google. Curious how it will go!
Yeah, you’re working hard and doing an excellent job, Lizzy! 👍👍
I’m getting about 750,000 monthly views and almost 1,500 monthly outbound clicks on Pinterest for my guitar site.
I noticed that for my niche, the pins I make for product reviews only get a fraction of the impressions compared to the others.
I think the algorithm is singling out product reviews because it wants me to promote them to make money. Lol
Are you seeing anything like this on Pinterest?
I haven’t promoted any pins yet, but I might try it to see the difference. 😎
Frank 🎸
Hi Lizzy
Yeah, the search engines are using AI to give people exactly the answers they are looking for, so we need to be doing the same.
I agree with you that checking our competition in the SERPS is the best approach. 😎
Frank 🎸
oh really? haven't noticed that no, but I'm also focussing on outbound clicks to my Youtube channel, so maybe I confuse their algorithms hahahaha!
Adds surely help, but don't spend too much in the beginning, test out which ones work and which don't. And if you can, use videos :-)
(testing for my Facebook page as well)
Hi Lizzy
My GA4 realtime data and statistics dashboard are working fine.
It may be related to your location. I’m in the USA.
Have a Rockin’ weekend! 🤘🥳
Frank 🎸
still down and stats are completely off ( I know this for sure because of the stats from Pinterest and facebook and gsc), we'll see what tomorrow gives before I maybe reinstall the whole thing?
thanks Frank
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Hi all,
I just created a forum on my site, (needs fine-tuning), because I saw a lot of SEO gurus talking about sites that survived the recent Google updates, by having eithe
Hi Lizzy,
I hope everything in your online journey is going fine. When it comes to forums my advice to you (without having much more info) would be to get a Facebook group first grow an email list and from there get your forum growing from your email list. That is the best way to do it in my opinion.
Eric
hi Eric, it is growing again slowly, with all kinds of traffic from different sources, I hope you're fine as well, thanks for asking!
Thanks for the tip, but I already have 1 large FB group and 1 smaller one, growing my Facebook page (with adds as well) and my newsletter is growing from the groups., So I'm good there.
But adding a forum would be a fantastic addition, so yes I will also be promoting it through my newsletter as well.
So I hope that by the time I have grown it, and getting lots more socials signals, that Google will pick me back up and reward me again SEO wise, for the next update (September?), we'll see!
Lizzy
Hi Lizzy - there's a few responses on this post, on the same topic.
Obviously, I don't know what you have used to create your forum, but it's not formatting properly on mobile.
Have a chat with Andy, he should be able to help you sort it out. Can adding a forum to my website be a way to increasemy site's authority and increase affiliate sale
Hi Diana,thanks for the link! Yes, I'm talking with Andy for the forum, he will be working on it :-) Gosh, installing 2 plugins and figuring out the subforums was already a huge struggle for me hahaha, will let Andy check the rest hahaha!
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Does anybody here manage a forum on their site and how is it going for you?
Hi all,
I just created a forum on my site, (needs fine-tuning), because I saw a lot of SEO gurus talking about sites that survived the recent Google updates, by having eithe
Hi Lizzy,
I hope everything in your online journey is going fine. When it comes to forums my advice to you (without having much more info) would be to get a Facebook group first grow an email list and from there get your forum growing from your email list. That is the best way to do it in my opinion.
Eric
hi Eric, it is growing again slowly, with all kinds of traffic from different sources, I hope you're fine as well, thanks for asking!
Thanks for the tip, but I already have 1 large FB group and 1 smaller one, growing my Facebook page (with adds as well) and my newsletter is growing from the groups., So I'm good there.
But adding a forum would be a fantastic addition, so yes I will also be promoting it through my newsletter as well.
So I hope that by the time I have grown it, and getting lots more socials signals, that Google will pick me back up and reward me again SEO wise, for the next update (September?), we'll see!
Lizzy
Hi Lizzy - there's a few responses on this post, on the same topic.
Obviously, I don't know what you have used to create your forum, but it's not formatting properly on mobile.
Have a chat with Andy, he should be able to help you sort it out. Can adding a forum to my website be a way to increasemy site's authority and increase affiliate sale
Hi Diana,thanks for the link! Yes, I'm talking with Andy for the forum, he will be working on it :-) Gosh, installing 2 plugins and figuring out the subforums was already a huge struggle for me hahaha, will let Andy check the rest hahaha!
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I've had a similar issue and had to reinstall the plugin. Like me, you have been one of the chosen ones it decided not to work for. It occurred on 2 different sites.
Michael
Hi Michael
I don't use Site Kit. I access GA4 and GSC data directly through my browser. They can provide you with more in-depth, actionable data.
Frank 🎸
hi, although GA4 is ridiculously complicated, I still want to use it for sites where I already connected to google ( I don't connect a new site because I want to hide that one from google), because I can see traffic from socials to my site way better than the site kit.
Site kit isn't down for me though,just GA4 still (I want to see my socials in depth)
but thanks for the info
Lizzy
Hi Lizzy
What analytics app are you using to see your data on new sites?
Frank 🎸
at the moment I'm testing out different ones, to be honest and on my new site I only have about 20 articles yet haha. So I will tell you when I do get enough traffic lol
for now, I'm testing ' independent analytics", looks pretty decent so far.
The most annoying thing is to find a good one that also measures things like Pinterest well into detail, but still is free. It's a needle in a haystack, but we'll see. :-)
Thanks for the info, Lizzy! I'm still with GA4 and GSC, but I haven't started any new sites yet. 😎
Rock On! 🤘
Frank 🎸
yeah, just stick to your original site I say, especially when you see success from socials.
I haven't given up on my miniature site, but my English Africa site I kind of did.
So I am using that same content for a new Africa site, but in Dutch (not literally translated) and totally not connected to google. After that, I'll decide which one to keep, cause I don't want to lose the personal content and stories either. So the new one is kind of an experiment and a bit for my own fun as well.
It's interesting to see what other Dutch travel blogs do with their blogs, it can get very different results everywhere, not just in Google. ( we don't compete with things like Reddit, Quora, Medium, etc. on Google, but on the other hand, it doesn't do much so far on Pinterest, so I'm looking at a lot of things with a fresh view)
I'm surprised that I already have clicks in google lol.
As long as it still doesn't feel like a boring thing to do, we rock on!
:-)
Thanks for the tip!
and you know what I have learned so far with my new Dutch site? Get to the point and cut the fluff hahahahaha!
I only realise that now in my own language, English can get so looooong and winding, especially when using AI hahaha!
And another thing: I am not using a keyword search tool, at all, just Google. Curious how it will go!
Yeah, you’re working hard and doing an excellent job, Lizzy! 👍👍
I’m getting about 750,000 monthly views and almost 1,500 monthly outbound clicks on Pinterest for my guitar site.
I noticed that for my niche, the pins I make for product reviews only get a fraction of the impressions compared to the others.
I think the algorithm is singling out product reviews because it wants me to promote them to make money. Lol
Are you seeing anything like this on Pinterest?
I haven’t promoted any pins yet, but I might try it to see the difference. 😎
Frank 🎸
You’re welcome. 😎
Hi Lizzy
Yeah, the search engines are using AI to give people exactly the answers they are looking for, so we need to be doing the same.
I agree with you that checking our competition in the SERPS is the best approach. 😎
Frank 🎸
oh really? haven't noticed that no, but I'm also focussing on outbound clicks to my Youtube channel, so maybe I confuse their algorithms hahahaha!
Adds surely help, but don't spend too much in the beginning, test out which ones work and which don't. And if you can, use videos :-)
(testing for my Facebook page as well)
Thanks, Lizzy! 😎
Great advice. 👍
Frank 🎸