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UTM Parameters: Track Campaigns Without Cookies

UTM Parameters: Track Campaigns Without Cookies

Marko SavranJanuary 26, 2026January 26, 2026

You’re running ads on Facebook, sending newsletters, and posting on LinkedIn. Traffic is coming in—but from where exactly? Which campaign is actually driving results? UTM

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Bot Traffic Detection in Privacy-First Analytics

Bot Traffic Detection in Privacy-First Analytics

Marko SavranJanuary 22, 2026January 26, 2026

Your analytics show 10,000 visitors last month. But how many were actual humans? The answer might surprise you—and disappoint you. Bot traffic accounts for nearly

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Cookie-Free Analytics: How It Works and Why It Matters

Cookie-Free Analytics: How It Works and Why It Matters

Marko SavranJanuary 20, 2026January 26, 2026

Cookie consent banners are everywhere. They interrupt the user experience, slow down websites, and—ironically—many visitors just click “reject all” anyway. The result? You lose data

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From Users to Loyal Customers: How to Choose Your Product’s Critical Retention Event

From Users to Loyal Customers: How to Choose Your Product’s Critical Retention Event

Marko SavranDecember 1, 2025December 2, 2025

If you ask a product or marketing team what metric they want to improve, you’ll often hear the same answer: “We want better retention.” But

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Privacy and GDPR Compliance Features in Plausible, Fathom, Umami, and Simple Analytics

Privacy and GDPR Compliance Features in Plausible, Fathom, Umami, and Simple Analytics

Marko SavranOctober 21, 2025January 26, 2026

All four privacy-first analytics platforms—Plausible, Fathom, Umami, and Simple Analytics—are designed to avoid adtech-style profiling and to minimize personal data. They take different routes to

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The 80/20 Rule for Content: Find the 20% of Pages Driving 80% of Revenue

The 80/20 Rule for Content: Find the 20% of Pages Driving 80% of Revenue

Marko SavranOctober 1, 2025October 30, 2025

If your content portfolio were a stock portfolio, only a handful of “tickers” would carry the returns. The Pareto pattern shows up in nearly every

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Customer Success Analytics: Privacy-Compliant Support Optimization

Customer Success Analytics: Privacy-Compliant Support Optimization

Marko SavranSeptember 27, 2025September 29, 2025

Customer success teams sit on a goldmine of signals—tickets, chats, NPS comments, usage patterns—yet privacy expectations and regulations make many leaders hesitant to mine that

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Personal Blog Analytics: What to Track

Personal Blog Analytics: What to Track

Marko SavranSeptember 19, 2025September 19, 2025

You don’t need an enterprise stack to run your blog like a pro. A handful of clear, behavior-driven metrics will tell you which ideas resonate,

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Internal Search Analytics: What Visitors Look for on Your Site

Internal Search Analytics: What Visitors Look for on Your Site

Marko SavranSeptember 17, 2025September 18, 2025

Your visitors already tell you what they want—right inside your site’s search box. Treat that stream of queries as a living focus group and you’ll

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Matomo vs Plausible vs Fathom: Which Privacy‑First Analytics Tool is Best for Your Business?

Matomo vs Plausible vs Fathom: Which Privacy‑First Analytics Tool is Best for Your Business?

Marko SavranSeptember 4, 2025September 23, 2025

Choosing a web analytics platform can be daunting for marketing managers and small business owners, especially in an era of heightened privacy concerns. Google Analytics

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