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Google Analytics is a free web analytics solution provided by Google, featuring several client-side APIs, as well as REST APIs for Data Export and for Management.

API's that are part of Google Analytics

Tracking Code API

This is a JavaScript Library that can be used by website developers/webmasters to track site activity sending user click path to the tool data pool.

http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/home.html

Management API

REST API. Can be used to retrieve all management information on Google Analytics: Users, Profiles, Goals, Filters, etc.

http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/mgmt/home.html

Data Export API

REST API. Can be used to retrieve all data that is present on the Google Analytics Interface. It's a read-only API.

http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/gdata/home.html

Tools

Google provide some playground-like tools to let you play and learn the APIs

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Why is Coffeyville, Kansas sending large amounts of traffic in Google Analytics?

I work for a UK-based digital-focused company. We have a few thousand US-based users but it is by no means our primary region. However, an excessively large amount of US traffic is supposedly coming from Coffeyville, Kansas - so much so that it is…
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Google Analytics - How to See More Detailed Browser and OS Info at Same Time?

I know how to see high-level browser, OS, and device info in Google Analytics. And I know how to see detailed info by category (i.e. IE > IE11, IE10, IE9, etc.). But how can I see detailed combinations? For example, within the list of OS (from…
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Finding out who owns a Google Analytics UA code

An old client got in touch asking about GA access, but is isn't something we have and the company we believe has it isn't claiming ownership either. Is there a way to contact Google to ask who the owner of a particular UA is? Or anyway to do it…
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Do filters in google analytics affect past data, and if not, how to apply filter to past data

I'm not a big analytics user and only just discovered I could filter out my own visits. So I created a filter to to this, but haven't seen any changes to my past data. Maybe I create the filter incorrectly? If not though, is there a way to apply the…
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How can I change the Google Analytics timezone?

All howto's I was able to find in the Internet is slightly (or even not slightly) different from the things I see in my real account. This things is also applicable to the official Google help pages (!). Where's the right place of this setting?
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What's the difference between "landing page" and "starting page" in Behaviour Flow?

Under Behaviour, Behaviour Flow, I'm seeing results similar to this screenshot: As you can see from the screenshot, a "landing page" is not considered the same thing as a starting page. Otherwise, all the traffice from a landing page would go to…
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Measure highest number of simultaneous visitors via Google Analytics

Is it possible to find out via Google Analytics the highest number of simultaneous visitors at any given time?
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Using one graph I want to see browser usage per browser over time in GA

When I view the Browser graph in Google Analytics I'm shown the total number of visits over time in the graph. Below I see the aggregate breakdown of browsers over the entire period. What I want to see is browser usage over time for all (or some) of…
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Google Analytics: How can I exclude a country from reports?

Hi is it possible to exclude traffic from a certain country in google analytics? If yes, how do I do it?
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GTAG User ID tracking not working

I've turned on User ID tracking, and am using the following code: window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', ''); //gtag('config', '', {'user_id': '{%…
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Is there any benefit of Google Analytics asynchronous tracking code if it isn't placed in the ?

I'd like to go to the asynchronous Google Analytics script, but I'd rather not have it in the head (even though I know this is best practice). So, is there any benefit of using the async code if it isn't in the head, and alternatively, would it be…
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View chart data by week/month in Google Analytics 4 / GA4

Such a simple thing, but as with so many things I can't find this now in GA4. I just want to view the standard acquisition (views) figures in their default line graphs, but not with data by day, but by month. Is this possible?
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Google Analytics Dashboard: week-by-week view

Setting up Google Analytics Dashboard allows webmasters to get a weekly progress report of marketing achievements & keep a finger on what's going on at web properties. However, by default, the dashboard always displays a day-by-day report, which…
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What is the difference between Visitor and Unique Visitor?

As the title says; What is the difference between Visitor and Unique Visitor? A visitor is a user with a cookie for one browser, as long as that cookie is valid, isn't that unique enough? If not, how is unique visitor calculated?
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Google Analytics - how to track clicks on a screen?

Can I track the click of every link, button, dropdown select, etc. on a screen and have it be tracked in Google Analytics? I want to create a page and collect data on which widget the users use most. What about AJAX stuff? What if you're using…
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