Analytics without Google

Site speed moved my average position more than any backlink campaign ever did.

I ditched GA for a lightweight self-hosted analytics tool and lost nothing I actually used.

• Speed first
• Content people search for
• Consistent posting

— my entire SEO strategy.

The hardest part of a new forum is the first hundred real members — everything before that is setup.

Core Web Vitals compliance took me a weekend and showed results in a month.

Charging flat monthly for sponsorships worked better than CPM for my niche.

Bumping this because I ran into the same thing today.

Could not agree more.

Charging flat monthly for sponsorships worked better than CPM for my niche.

Core Web Vitals compliance took me a weekend and showed results in a month.

The empty-room problem is real — seed quality discussions early.

Nice thread, following for the replies.

Charging flat monthly for sponsorships worked better than CPM for my niche.

Charging flat monthly for sponsorships worked better than CPM for my niche.

Comparisons convert way better than reviews for me too.

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Self-hosted analytics is so much calmer to work with.

Comparisons convert way better than reviews for me too.

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The empty-room problem is real — seed quality discussions early.

Core Web Vitals compliance took me a weekend and showed results in a month.

Comparisons convert way better than reviews for me too.

Good point, I had not thought of it that way.

The empty-room problem is real — seed quality discussions early.

Comparisons convert way better than reviews for me too.

Interesting — I will have to try that.

Core Web Vitals compliance took me a weekend and showed results in a month.

The empty-room problem is real — seed quality discussions early.

Bumping this because I ran into the same thing today.