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The Limits of GA4’s AI Assistant Channel, and How to Build Far Better in Data Studio

July 28, 2026 by Eric Lander

Google added an “AI Assistant” channel to GA4 this year. If you’ve opened your acquisition reports lately and noticed a new bucket sitting alongside Organic Search and Referral, that’s it. It’s real, it’s free, and you didn’t have to do anything to get it. It’s also, on its own, not enough. Not because Google did … Read more

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An Introduction to Log File Analysis for SEOs & Webmasters

April 2, 2009March 30, 2009 by Eric Lander

It doesn’t matter what sort of web analytics suite you choose to use… If you’re not actively reviewing your log files, you’re missing out on some key data and reporting metrics. Today’s blog post is all about log files and how you can begin using them to learn more about what is happening on your … Read more

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