As a marketing specialist who has gone through the transition from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 on countless projects, I can confidently say that no platform migration has divided the marketing community quite like GA4.
Five years after the initial launch of GA4 in October 2020, and more than a year since the complete Universal Analytics shutdown, it’s time for an honest review of where we stand with Google’s flagship analytics platform.

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