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Privacy, compliance and analytics, made plain.
Adding analytics to a SvelteKit app without a cookie banner
Adding cookieless analytics to SvelteKit: an SSR-safe component in the layout, events via useTakt, and why you see nothing in development.
Adding analytics to a Laravel app without a cookie banner
Cookieless analytics in Laravel 10/11/12: the Blade directive, server-side conversion tracking, and the attribution trap in queued jobs.
Adding analytics to an Astro site without a cookie banner
Cookieless analytics on Astro: integration or component, View Transitions, and why an astro:page-load listener doubles your pageviews.
How to migrate from Google Analytics to Takt in minutes
A practical, step-by-step guide to replacing Google Analytics with Takt: installing the script, migrating goals, running both in parallel and removing the cookie banner.
Adding privacy-friendly analytics to WordPress
How to measure a WordPress site's audience without cookies or a banner, track WooCommerce conversions server-side, and stay GDPR-compliant.
Adding analytics to a React or Next.js app without cookies
How to measure a React or Next.js application without cookies or a banner, handling the router's client-side page changes correctly.
Plausible vs Fathom vs Simple Analytics vs Takt: which privacy analytics to choose?
An honest comparison of the four privacy-friendly alternatives to Google Analytics: EU hosting, cookie banner, GDPR compliance, GPC, pricing and integration ecosystem.
Is Google Analytics legal in Europe? What the CNIL says
CNIL formal notices, the Schrems II ruling, the Data Privacy Framework: the real state of Google Analytics' legality in Europe, explained simply.
Defining conversion goals
What a conversion goal is, how to choose ones that truly matter, and how to measure them without tracking the individual or misreading the rate.
Measuring a single-page app (SPA)
Why SPAs escape classic measurement, how to track their view changes without tracking the user, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Where your audience data lives
Data sovereignty, international transfers, European hosting: what the GDPR really expects, and why not collecting personal data remains the strongest protection.
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