Here’s again the last post of the month saved for the top 5 interesting Google Analytics related resources I found on other sites. Here are the five for August – you may want to bookmark those as they can be very useful:

Stop Ghost Spam in Google Analytics with One Filter

This post covers the types of spam and some common mistakes and offers a solution for the referral spam with a simple include filter of your hostname / related hostnames.

Google Search Console vs. Google Analytics – Why Clicks Don’t Match Sessions

The LunaMetrics guys explain why the count of clicks in the Search Analytics report in Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) doesn’t match the count of sessions in Google Analytics for the source Google and medium organic. They explain why they’re different, how both are measured and more.

Form Field Timing With Google Tag Manager

Simo Ahava continues his post on form abandonment tracking with an example how to track the time users spend on your form fields, using the User Timings hit type and sending the data for just one form.

User-ID: Measuring Real Users Instead of Devices

LunaMetrics post again, explaining how to identify your visitors with unique User-IDs, configure GTM to collect the User-ID and assign it to users, configure the User ID settings in Google Analytics and configure a User-ID View.

Understanding Tag Sequencing In Google Tag Manager

Another post by Simo Ahava about the recent update to Google Tag Manager, called Tag sequencing. It facilitates the sequential firing of tags and you can specify a setup and a cleanup for each tag in your container.

P.S. Got a Google Analytics question? Send it to me and I’ll try to answer it on the blog.

Margarita Evtimova

Margarita Evtimova is a Google Analytics fan, who also loves SEO, conversion optimization, online marketing and social media. You can follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn.