Google Universal Analytics services will be turned off as July 1st.

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   bravewarriorposted 3 months ago

   HP has not yet transitioned us to GA 4. If UA isn't transferred/exported to GA4 by Monday, July 1st, all existing data will be permanently deleted and won't be recoverable.
   
   What is HP doing about this?

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      Kenna McHughposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      I suspect Matt will say they are working on it.

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         CYong74posted 3 months agoin reply to this

         Is it really that difficult to do? This has been asked about for almost a year, I think.

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      tsmogposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Good question! I remember months ago I supposedly converted to the new system. I followed the step-by-step procedure at analytics. But, I just now went to analytics and they are wanting me to create an account. Huh!
      
      I attempted to do that, yet I must confess I am confused what they want to complete it. So, I'll forgo it for now. Maybe if HP communicates something to us, then I will make a valiant attempt to do something about it.
      
      Is there any value to using the new version of analytics? I used the old system mainly to see where my articles were read, how long readers were staying on articles, and how they were read. I use the analytics HP provides at our articles today.

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      TheShadowSpecterposted 3 months agoin reply to this

      Because HP was phasing out the use of Google Adsense for monetization by the time I joined HP, I got approved for Google Adsense; but I never really went into Google Analytics.  I checked it today, but I could find no historical data on my account.  It hasn't been deleted altogether yet, but it provides me warning that it will be soon.

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   eugbugposted 3 months ago

   I thought we were? I have trends and real time data since last year, but I gave up using GA because it didn't give any useful information like it did previously and is user unfriendly. I think we lose historical data anyway and have to export from UA if we want to keep our stats data?

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   Rupert Taylorposted 3 months ago

   It's not a matter of concern in my world. Finding out how many people in Uzbekistan read my article on Marmite is of total irrelevance to me.

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   Jodahposted 3 months ago

   It isn’t of concern to me either, as Rupert says, and I agree with Eugene, I also find it very user unfriendly.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 3 months ago

   Hi, Rupert and John! You share my opinion. I am not worried of it either.
   Concentrate on the quality and friendliness of your stuff. That is the only thing we should think of.

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   Gregory DeVictorposted 3 months ago

   I do not bother much any longer with GA. I do spend lots of time though with Semrush. You can learn a lot about HP's niche sites with a daily dose of Semrush.

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   Janda Rakerposted 3 months ago

   Thanks for this info. I getting back to my travel writing, and that may help me decide what to work on next for  HP.

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