With Google Analytics dashing of us on Common Analytics to arrange Google Analytics 4, many are asking if they need to run each UA3 and GA4 code on the identical time. The reply, for my part, is sure, not less than till UA3 stops monitoring.
It’s attention-grabbing as a result of we now have totally different responses from two totally different Googlers on totally different sides of the corporate.
Ginny Marvin, the AdsLiaison, who works on the advert aspect of search, stated on Twitter to maintain each, UA3 and GA4, going on the identical time. She stated “For now, it’s finest to maintain present UA cases working & arrange a GA4 property to start out gathering knowledge in parallel.”
John Mueller who works on the natural aspect of search, stated he isn’t certain however he working each would sluggish issues down. He stated “I do not know, however I think about you may. Some websites have a number of analytics/metrics setups in parallel — it slows issues down although.”
Listed below are these two tweets:
For now, it’s finest to maintain present UA cases working & arrange a GA4 property to start out gathering knowledge in parallel.
This can be a step-by-step setup overview: https://t.co/52WekstCo7 Step 4 covers web site tagging for knowledge assortment: https://t.co/fh97ERAwL3— AdsLiaison (@adsliaison) March 18, 2022
I do not know, however I think about you may. Some websites have a number of analytics/metrics setups in parallel — it slows issues down although.
— 🐐 John 🐐 (@JohnMu) March 18, 2022
I personally have each working in parallel – I believe any decelerate is price it – not less than quickly – to see how each UA3 and GA4 evaluate day-to-day and usually.
Discussion board dialogue at Twitter.
