Privacy
Choosing a Google Analytics Alternative in 2026
Compare what to look for in a Google Analytics alternative, including privacy, performance, campaigns, goals, exports and realtime reports.
6 min read
PureStats journal
Cookieless Analytics Blog
Guides on privacy-friendly analytics, GDPR-compliant tracking, page speed, campaigns, goals and practical website measurement.
Tutorials
Analytics Alerts and Monitoring for Tracking Health
Use analytics alerts for tracking outages, traffic spikes, goal drops and rollup health monitoring.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Ecommerce Analytics for Checkout and Campaign Quality
Review ecommerce traffic with campaign quality, landing pages, checkout events, funnel drop-off and bot filtering in mind.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Content Site Analytics: Measuring Articles Beyond Pageviews
Measure blog and content performance with sources, landing pages, return visits, conversions and search visibility beyond raw pageviews.
6 min
Analytics Tips
SaaS Landing Page Analytics: From Visit to Signup
Measure SaaS landing pages by source, campaign, signup goals, funnel drop-off and visitor quality instead of pageviews alone.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Google Search Console and Web Analytics Together
Use Google Search Console data with PureStats analytics to connect search queries, landing pages and website outcomes.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Cross-Domain Session Stitching: When It Helps and When It Does Not
Understand cross-domain session stitching for www, app and checkout flows, including privacy tradeoffs and setup requirements.
6 min
Tutorials
Site Aliases and Multi-Domain Analytics Mapping
Configure site aliases so example.com, www.example.com and app.example.com can map to one canonical analytics site.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Consolidated Analytics Views for Multiple Sites
Use consolidated analytics views to compare multiple sites, top pages, countries, sources and included properties in one report.
6 min
Analytics Tips
CSV Exports and Data Ownership in Web Analytics
Learn when to use CSV exports, why large exports should run asynchronously and how exports support data ownership.
6 min
Tutorials
Scheduled Email Reports for Website Analytics
Set up weekly or monthly analytics email reports with traffic, top pages, campaigns and goals for consistent review.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Custom Dashboard Views: Build Analytics Around Your Workflow
Create custom dashboard views for marketing, product, content and executive reporting without duplicating analytics setup.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Saved Segments for Repeat Analytics Workflows
Use saved segments to revisit important audiences, campaigns, sources and traffic modes without manual filter setup.
6 min
Tutorials
Custom Event Naming Conventions for Cleaner Analytics
Create custom event naming conventions for signups, downloads, forms and outbound clicks so analytics stays readable.
6 min
Tutorials
No-Code Event Tracking with CSS Classes
Use no-code event tracking with CSS classes or data attributes to measure clicks, downloads and conversions in PureStats.
6 min
Performance
Lightweight Analytics and Core Web Vitals
Understand how lightweight analytics scripts protect Core Web Vitals and keep website performance easier to maintain.
6 min
Performance
First-Party Proxy Analytics: When to Serve Tracking from Your Domain
Learn when to use a first-party proxy for analytics, how it helps loading reliability and what still needs to be configured correctly.
6 min
Privacy
Data Retention for Website Analytics: Keep What You Need
Choose analytics retention periods that preserve useful trends while avoiding unnecessary raw data storage.
6 min
Privacy
IP Anonymization in Analytics: Why It Matters
Learn how IP anonymization reduces privacy risk while still allowing useful country, region and traffic quality analytics.
6 min
Privacy
GDPR-Friendly Web Analytics: A Practical Setup Guide
Set up GDPR-friendly analytics with cookieless tracking, IP anonymization, retention settings and a clear privacy center.
6 min
Analytics Tips
AI Crawler Traffic in Analytics: What Site Owners Should Know
Learn how AI crawler traffic appears in analytics, why it should be labeled and how to review it without confusing it with visitors.
6 min
Privacy
Bot Traffic Filtering: Keeping Analytics Reports Useful
Understand bot traffic in analytics and learn how filtering, scoring and traffic modes keep reports focused on human behavior.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Realtime Analytics: When Live Website Data Is Actually Useful
Learn when realtime analytics matters, what to watch live and how to avoid overreacting to normal traffic fluctuations.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Funnel Drop-Off Analysis for Better Conversion Paths
Use funnel drop-off analysis to find weak steps in signup, checkout, onboarding and lead-generation flows.
6 min
Tutorials
Conversion Goal Tracking: From Pageviews to Outcomes
Set up conversion goals for signups, downloads, purchases and contact forms so analytics reports connect traffic to outcomes.
6 min
Analytics Tips
Landing Page Analytics: What to Measure After the First Visit
Learn which landing page metrics reveal traffic quality, content relevance and conversion potential for marketing and product pages.
6 min
Tutorials
UTM Campaign Tracking Best Practices for Cleaner Reports
Use UTM parameters more consistently with practical naming rules for source, medium, campaign, content and term in PureStats reports.
6 min
Analytics Tips
How to Read Traffic Sources Without Getting Misled
Understand direct, referral, search and social traffic sources and learn how to avoid common attribution mistakes in website analytics.
6 min
Analytics Tips
What Is a Unique Visitor in Website Analytics?
Learn what a unique visitor means, why analytics tools count visitors differently and how to use visitor numbers without misreading traffic quality.
6 min
Privacy
Cookieless Analytics vs Cookie-Based Tracking: What Changes for Site Owners
Compare cookieless analytics with cookie-based tracking and learn what changes for traffic reports, consent, visitor counts and privacy controls.
6 min
Analytics Tips
PureStats.io Launches Today: Privacy-Friendly Web Analytics Is Now Live
PureStats.io launches today as a privacy-friendly web analytics service for realtime traffic, campaigns, goals, funnels and lightweight cookieless tracking.
7 min
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