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Connecting dirty GA4 data to Claude is like playing with matches in a gas station

Before you let AI analyse your marketing data, make sure the data is safe, necessary, and properly governed. Otherwise, you’re playing with fire.

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How to feed your content marketing machine with data in 2026

Finding fresh ideas for blog posts or content marketing can be a challenge. In this blog post, you’ll learn how to use data for creating new content ideas.

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Matomo Cloud or Matomo On-Premise: Which is best in 2026

You’ve decided to take control of your analytics data—but now you face a critical decision: Cloud or on-premise?

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Web analytics for healthcare, pharmaceutical industry, drugstores and pharmacies requires a different mindset

In this article, I consider ways to reduce compliance risks of healthcare digital analytics implementations. These should not be understood as legal advice or as a “what to do” list, rather as an introduction to topics to consider when tracking website visitors.

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How to use document language as a custom dimension in GA4

Very often, I use content language as a custom dimension in GA4 and other digital analytics tools. It is very easy to do as long as your HTML code defines the language correctly.

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Should you use Matomo Tag Manager or Google Tag Manager (GTM) with Matomo Analytics?

Matomo Tag Manager is an open-source tag management tool which can also be self-hosted. But should you still prefer GTM to it?

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Server-side tracking and server-side tag management: why they do not automatically improve data or privacy

Server-side tracking and tag management provide a solid technical foundation for analytics, but they are not a silver bullet.

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350 tags in Google Tag Manager: A symptom of poor tag management design

Tag management is about building a system that works. It should be simple enough to understand, strong enough to trust, scalable enough to grow, and maintainable enough to change.

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GA4 / Google Analytics 4 certification study guide (2026)

Are you new to GA4 or Google Analytics in general? Do you want to pass the Google Analytics certification? There is a lot of free study material available. With the right resources and some hands-on practice, you can learn the basics of Google Analytics 4 surprisingly quickly. GA4 is not always easy for beginners. The […]

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Matomo’s goals and conversion tracking explained: support better decisions

Goal tracking helps translate user behaviour into outcomes that matter for the organisation.