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Product updates, privacy news, performance deep dives, and the thinking behind how we build.

Analytics·Jun 25, 2026

GDPR, CCPA, and Your Analytics: A No-Jargon Guide for Marketers

Privacy law is now a marketing problem. Here's what GDPR and CCPA actually mean for your analytics setup, explained without the legal jargon.

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Analytics·Jun 22, 2026

What Cookieless Tracking Actually Means for Your Marketing Budget

The shift away from cookies isn't just a technical problem — it's a budget problem. Here's what's changed, what you're losing, and how to adapt.

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Analytics·Jun 15, 2026

GA4 Is Not Built For You

GA4 is a powerful analytics platform. It's also genuinely hard to use, not because analytics is complicated, but because GA4 was never designed with usability as a priority.

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Analytics·Jun 13, 2026

The Best Google Analytics Alternatives in 2026

The market for privacy-first analytics has matured. Here's an honest look at the tools worth considering and what each one is actually built for.

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Analytics·Jun 11, 2026

Plausible vs Fathom: Which Should You Choose? (And Why We Built a Third Option)

Plausible and Fathom are both good. But neither was built for teams, agencies, or marketers who need more than a pageview counter.

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Analytics·Jun 9, 2026

Why Your Analytics Is Missing Visitors

Most analytics setups are undercounting real visitors. Here's where the gaps come from, and how to know how much data you're actually missing.

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Analytics·Jun 4, 2026

Why Your Direct Traffic Numbers Are Wrong

A portion of what analytics tools label as 'direct' traffic isn't direct at all. Here's what's actually behind it, what you can do about it, and what you simply have to accept.

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Meta·Mar 30, 2026

Welcome to Palace

Other platforms are frustrating to use, hard to understand, and privacy-invasive. We built a better, more powerful tool that has it all.

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