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GA4- Save Your Universal Analytics Historical Data

By now, you’ve successfully migrated from Universal Analytics to GA4 and are getting comfortable with the new user interface and accustomed to the updated processes. As of July 1, 2023, standard Universal Analytics properties stopped processing new data, but accounts have remained open with access to all historical data. That’s where today’s reminder comes in....  Read More

Matthew Brown

Have You Migrated to GA4?

Transition to the new Google Analytics 4 by July 1, 2023! Back in 2020, Google announced that they would be sunsetting the current version of Universal Analytics in favour of Google Analytics 4 (GA4). If you pushed your migration to GA4 off because you felt like you had nothing but time to prepare, here is...  Read More

Kathy Waterman

Why Online Reviews Are Essential to Your Business

Editor’s Note: This article was initially published in May 2019 and updated in February 2023. In a time when people don’t buy products or book a service without first reading reviews, it’s crucial to seek out these testimonials from your customers and know how to manage and use them to your advantage!  Why Reviews Are...  Read More

Matthew Brown

Responsive Search Ads are Replacing Expanded Text Ads

After June 30th, You Won’t Be Able to Update Expanded Text Ads One thing that is constant is change, especially at Google!  Starting June 30th, 2022, you will no longer be able to create or edit Expanded Text ads. Google’s move to sunset Expanded Text Ads is part of their push for automation with Responsive...  Read More

Ciprian Rusu

Core Web Vitals Update: Why Google Says You NEED to Fix Your Slow Website Experience

Sure – Google has told us for years that they favour websites with a strong user experience; something that loads quickly and allows users to explore and interact effortlessly with your content. And yes, we know that improving the speed of your website has been on your digital team’s “to-do” list for the last couple of...  Read More

Terri Carlson

How to Remove Private, Outdated, or Duplicate Content from Google

It happens to the best marketers. You search for your website on Google and notice the search engine has indexed some pages that you would have preferred to keep private or hidden. This could include outdated information, duplicate content or content that contains sensitive or private information. Once you’ve discovered this content on Google, one...  Read More

Kathy Waterman

Google Chrome to Add ‘NOT SECURE’ Label to Websites Without HTTPS – What You Need to Know

For most of the year, the web has been buzzing about Google shifting to label sites that don’t use HTTPS as “not secure”. In a recent round of emails to Google Search Console account holders with HTTP sites, Google confirmed their October deadline, saying, “Starting October 2017, Chrome (Version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE”...  Read More

Bryan Smith

Rank Higher on Google Search with Mobile-First Indexing

Mobile has been a key focus of Google’s for quite some time now. It used to be that when consumers prepared to make a buying decision they would flip through the phonebook to find listed companies before choosing one to do business with. That type of research was replaced by internet research, and now the...  Read More

Shauna Heryford

3 Ways Google Analytics Can Help Your Business Get Results

When most people think about Google Analytics, the first reports that jump to mind are often basic metrics like: Visits (or sessions) Pageviews Bounce rate Visit duration Chances are you’re already tracking these indicators, but they aren’t telling you much. So which reports are actually going to generate valuable insights and results for your business?...  Read More

Shannon Young

Bluetrain Earns a Premier Google Partner Badge

Just when we thought we had left our Brownie and Boy Scout badge-wearing days behind us, Google has bestowed us with our very own Premier Google Partner Badge. They like us. They really like us! What does it mean? The Premier Google Partner badge highlights Bluetrain’s expertise and represents our team’s dedication to growth, excellence,...  Read More

Alyce Kominetsky

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