{"id":2326,"date":"2021-07-06T07:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.kanavu.org\/blogs\/uncategorized\/google-analytics-vs-universal-analytics-explained\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T07:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:19:34","slug":"google-analytics-vs-universal-analytics-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.kanavu.org\/blogs\/digital\/google-analytics-vs-universal-analytics-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Analytics vs Universal Analytics &#8211; Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction &#8211;  Google Analytics 4 vs Universal Analytics <\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4 vs Universal Analytics is the most popular question right now. It&#8217;s definitely relevant, Google Analytics is indeed groundbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics is used by 52.9 percent of all websites on the internet. This is definitely convincing, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s address your question now.<\/p>\n<p>What is Google Analytics 4?<\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4 is its default property type for analytics account. It is in fact a recent development of Google Analytics. Thus, it could be called a rebuilt Google Analytics. <\/p>\n<p>In GA4, The Google Analytics 360 features are available. GA 360 was previously the paid version of Google Analytics. <\/p>\n<p>The Difference<\/p>\n<p>Although Google Analytics 4 is like a rebuilt version, it is not independent. It simply isn&#8217;t mature enough to replace Universal Analytics. <\/p>\n<p>GA4 focuses more on user-centric views. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go through the key differences between the features available from them. <\/p>\n<p>The Difference in Features &#8211; Google Analytics 4 vs Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p>Tracking Users<\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p>It creates new sessions when it expires based on the three conditions of session and records session details <\/p>\n<p>Tracks users based on events <\/p>\n<p>It tracks visitor&#8217;s activity. <\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p>Instead of creating a new session when the user returns to the site, it records all the events it completes <\/p>\n<p> Tracks user via sessions <\/p>\n<p> It counts the visit of users <\/p>\n<p>Reports <\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4 <\/p>\n<p>GA4 has top-level built-in reports. It also provides options for getting a specific type of data with great freedom on how the reports look. Google Analytics 4 lets us analyze the most critical data.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p> It has a set of reports with some possible customization features<\/p>\n<p>User Visit Type <\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p> All the user interactions are events.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p>All user visits have counted an activity like page view, clicks, conversions, and events.<\/p>\n<p>Event Attribute<\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p>25 properties of a visitor can be passed with each event.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p>While creating an event category, action, value, and label can be given. <\/p>\n<p>Reporting Interface Setup<\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p>It combines data from\u00a0 apps and website<\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics  <\/p>\n<p> It uses a property and view setup.<\/p>\n<p>User Report Groups<\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p>Users<\/p>\n<p>Demographics<\/p>\n<p>Behavior<\/p>\n<p>Ecommerce <\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p>Realtime<\/p>\n<p>Audience<\/p>\n<p>Acquisition<\/p>\n<p>Behavior<\/p>\n<p>Conversions <\/p>\n<p>Reports <\/p>\n<p>Google Analytics 4<\/p>\n<p> Drag and drop report builder.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Analytics<\/p>\n<p> Flat table custom report type <\/p>\n<p>Conclusion <\/p>\n<p>This here is the basic difference between Google Analytics 4 and Universal Analytics. <\/p>\n<p>You can also track events and set goals on Google Analytics. Make good use of all these features to step up your game. <\/p>\n<p>Have a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the difference between Google Analytics 4 and Universal Analytics? Let&#8217;s find out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/tech.kanavu.org\/blogs\/author\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/tech.kanavu.org\/blogs\/category\/digital\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"What's the difference between Google Analytics 4 and Universal Analytics? 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