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First, you can use them with GA4, so that’s a big plus, but advantages also include:Īutomatically create annotations for important holidays, Google updates, important retail marketing dates, and more.Īutomatically create annotations when your website is offline and when news is released about your brand, website or keywords. GAannotations has several benefits compared to the annotations available in Universal Analytics. Open Chrome, head to GAannotations (affiliate link) and click the ‘Add the Free Chrome Extension’ button. To create annotations in GA4 (Google Analytics 4):
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This includes manual and automated annotations for key dates, marketing campaigns, and more. Once installed and you’ve created your account, you can easily add annotations to GA4.
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To start, you will need to install the GAannotations extension for Chrome. Using GAannotations (Crystal Ball Insights) to Create Annotations Apart from adding notes, as we’ve seen in Universal Analytics, it also provides some other advantages that we will touch on in a moment. Until this feature is (hopefully) added, you can use GAannotations (affiliate link), now called Crystal Ball Insights, to add context to your reports in GA4. Google Analytics 4 does not currently have an in-built annotations feature like Universal Analytics. Website problems, including server issues.Ĭan you add annotations in GA4 (Google Analytics 4)? Major website changes, including launching a new website or adding lots of new content.ĭigital advertising campaigns, including search, display and social. Offline advertising, especially TV or any media reaching a large audience. New marketing campaigns that you’ve launched. Here are some suggestions to get you started: Anything that has caused a spike or dip in traffic is usually important to add as an annotation. Since annotations provide context, you should consider creating them for any changes that might impact your data. You can use annotations to mark important dates within your reports. You can also edit and delete annotations. You have the option to star important annotations, and each annotation is associated with the email address (Google account) that was used to create them. You will see a small icon on the timeline, allowing you to quickly see a note attached to the date in your Google Analytics reports.
Select the visibility of the annotation (if you have viewer-level access, you will only be able to create private annotations). To create an annotation in Universal Analytics:
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