diff --git a/source/analysis/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb b/source/analysis/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb index 488bee75..2f11217b 100644 --- a/source/analysis/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb +++ b/source/analysis/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ review_in: 6 months Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is used to collect data on the usage of the [GOV.UK blogs](https://www.blog.gov.uk/). -More information about the different GOV.UK GA4 data sources can be found on the [GOV.UK GA4 data source pages](/data-sources/ga/blogs-ga4/). +More information about the GOV.UK blogs GA4 data source can be found on the [GOV.UK blogs GA4 data source page](/data-sources/ga/blogs-ga4/). ## Get access to GOV.UK blogs GA4 data @@ -22,13 +22,18 @@ If you have any issues, please contact the [GOV.UK GA4 support inbox](mailto:gov The blogs GA4 data can be viewed in the GA4 interface, or it can be used in various reporting or data visualisation tools (such as Looker Studio). +Much of the same advice for using the GOV.UK GA4 data is relevant to using the GOV.UK blogs GA4 data, so you may wish to review the guidance on: + +- [Google Analytics 4 user interface best practice](/analysis/govuk-ga4/use-ga4/ga4-interface/#google-analytics-4-user-interface-best-practice) +- [Looker Studio best practice](/analysis/govuk-ga4/use-ga4/looker-studio/#looker-studio-best-practice) + ## Find things in the GOV.UK blogs GA4 data In Universal Analytics, we used 'views' to separate out the data associated with each blog site. -'Views' do not exist in GA4, so all of the data from all blogs is stored together. -This will mean you will need to filter to the blog or blogs you are interested in to see only stats relevant to your blogs. +'Views' do not exist in GA4, so all of the blogs data is stored together. +This means you will need to filter to the blog or blogs you are interested in to see only the data about your blogs. -### Page views by blog (hostname) +### Page views There is a report in the GA4 interface which shows views by page path. In explorations and in Looker Studio, you can get numbers of page views either using a count of page_view events or using the ‘views’ metric. @@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ A count of page_view events in GA4 should provide you with a similar number to t ‘Unique pageviews’ no longer exists as a metric in GA4, but the ‘sessions’ metric is conceptually similar, telling you how many sessions contained a visit to this page. However, the definition of a session has changed in GA4, so the figures produced here will deviate significantly from those in UA. -### Page views by hostname +#### Page views by blog (hostname) We recommend using ‘page path’ over the ‘page location’ as the 'page' dimension as ‘page location’ is compatible with fewer other dimensions. diff --git a/source/data-sources/ga/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb b/source/data-sources/ga/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb index 5081dc37..ceb1dfda 100644 --- a/source/data-sources/ga/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb +++ b/source/data-sources/ga/blogs-ga4/index.html.md.erb @@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ Blog editors should be able to grant users access to the blogs GA4 property. If you have any issues, please contact the [GOV.UK GA4 support inbox](mailto:govuk-ga4-support@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk). ### Location -There are three GA4 GOV.UK properties. These correspond to the integration, staging, and production or live GOV.UK websites. +There are is one GA4 property for all GOV.UK blogs data. + +In Universal Analytics, 'views' were used to separate out the data associated with each blog site. +'Views' do not exist in GA4, so all of the blogs data is stored together. +If you only wish to see the data for a selection of blogs, you will need to [filter to the blog or blogs you are interested in](/analysis/blogs-ga4/#page-views-by-hostname). ## GA4 settings ### Property set-up