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Looking for feedback on a new GDS template I'm creating. https://datastudio.google.com/s/pCDKl5a1sBE Right now it is just hooked up to Google's sample data. None of that data is for a real site. And ignore the Google Ads page. The page works if you hook it up to a real Google Ads account. I'm not sure why it is not working with the sample data. If you are familiar with Google Data Studio, you can grab it and hook up your own data to see. If you do grab it and use it, just know that for the Search Performance area to work correctly, you need to hook up both the URL and Site

Can't see anyone wanting to pull the lever on that one.

Just a little PSA for those of you not so technically inclined. When you "mute" your Zoom call, that does not turn off the webcam. And I can never unsee what I saw.

It might seem harsh, but I can totally see why some parents do not allow their children to have any social media accounts.

This is going to be one of those lawsuits fought for 3-4 years in court. The end result will be some sort of compromise where Google admits to no wrongdoing but commits to making a few non-impactful changes. Both sides claim victory. Everybody forgets about it in a week.

I have to agree. I am not sure I really see any good reason for Google to bring it back.

This. It has really impacted a site of mine too. Where people were normally getting orders in 3-4 days, now they are getting them in 5-7. Two orders were lost in the mail in the past month. I have not had two orders lost in the mail in the past two years. Win or lose the election, I do not think the administration will go back to how things were, so the holiday season is going to be interesting. I would recommend anyone that does a lot of shopping online make sure you are getting your shopping in early. There are going to be a lot of stories out there about gifts not arriving in time for

It is popular, but what is in it for Google? The really popular sites where they want to index content from quickly they are already crawling constantly. I just don't see where this tool has ever been useful for Google.

Cannot find any information about exactly what those abuses are that the government is alleging. I think this case is going to be an easy win for Google. The President has been calling for a suit against them for over a year. It's going to be hard for the government to prove this is not politically motivated because of that. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/tech/doj-google-antitrust-case/index.html

Rather ironic how it has evolved.

Quoted for truth.

I don't know if it is pandemic specific, but the political landscape in the U.S. has had an impact on an ecommerce store I run. Specifically, the issues with the United States Post Office, and I'm a bit concerned with it going forward. Not trying to turn this into a political discussion, but with many of the changes the Trump administration has pushed there have definitely been slowdowns in shipping times. I say I do not know if it is pandemic specific because I would also imagine that due to the pandemic people are shopping from home more and the increase in shipments could also be part

Do you guys really think there is a chance they are going to remove that option in Search Console? Seems like it is pretty popular.

The struggle is real. Finding information about Google Analytics 4 is tough right now. I installed it in parallel to UA on one site so far just to have a look at it, but I have not started to play around with setting up events, goal tracking, etc.

I am not going to be shocked if it vanishes.

I could be wrong, but I think the genie is out of the bottle. There is no going back. Social media, whether it is intentional or inadvertent, is pushing tribalism. Rather than bringing people together, as I think may have been the intention of some of the original founders, it is pushing us further apart. It's not illegal, but is definitely unfortunate.

Has anyone start using the new Google Analytics 4 yet? I can find very little information about it. Is it better? Is it buggy? Why should or shouldn't I move to it? Is there any way to import data from existing accounts into it or if you move to GA4 are you starting from scratch? The info out there is very sparse.

Zoom has now become a verb like Google.

COVID-19 and its recessionary impacts may be hanging around awhile. How may this have changed marketing mid-year, and possibly changed it permanently?

I remember News. I remember when we had no idea how the news anchor voted...didn't see bias in their reporting...and didn't see their opinion. I remember when truth and reality were the same thing., at least in the news. I'm afraid those days are gone, my friend. I can't watch CNN, MSNBC, of FOX for more than ten minutes, without seeing a fact edited to slant it a certain way. There is always going to be "The other side", and that other side is going to be evil. And the number of people that can discern between a biased report, and reality is shrinking. Reality just

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