Google Analytics 4 guides

Practical GA4 guides: accounts, multi-property dashboards and realtime, missing data, cookie banners, and traffic alerts by email or Slack.

• How to see multiple GA4 properties in one dashboard

  GA4 shows one account and property at a time. Here are the options for combining several, and the steps to do it with live data in SilenceRadar.

• Google Analytics accounts: what they are and how to manage them

  What a Google Analytics account is, how it differs from a property and your Google login, how to create one, and how to manage several.

• GA4 not showing data: how to find out why

  Why Google Analytics 4 shows no data, how to tell a broken tag from a down site or a processing delay, and the checks to run, in order.

• How to get an alert when your website traffic drops

  Three ways to be told when a site's traffic drops or stops: GA4 custom insights, uptime monitors, and silence alerts that check both. Steps for each.

• Is my website down, or is Google Analytics broken?

  GA4 shows no visitors. Find out in five minutes whether the site is down or only the tracking is broken, and what to do about each.

• Why GA4 data dropped after adding a cookie banner

  A cookie banner can cut GA4 data sharply, or to zero. How basic and advanced consent mode differ, how to confirm the banner is the cause, and fixes.

• How to see GA4 realtime data for multiple properties at once

  GA4's Realtime report shows one property at a time. Three ways to watch realtime visitors for several GA4 properties together, with their trade-offs.

• How to get Google Analytics 4 alerts in Slack

  GA4 custom insights only send email. Three ways to get Google Analytics alerts into a Slack channel, with steps for an incoming webhook.