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Analytics & Adblock Recovery Guides

Guides on how adblockers and browser privacy features break analytics — what gets dropped, what gets misattributed, and how the recovery approaches compare.

Want numbers first? The analytics impact page has blocking rates by browser, industry, and tool, and the ad blocker scanner shows which tags are blocked on your own site. New to the topic — start with how adblockers block your analytics, which covers the mechanism the rest of these posts assume.

Diagram showing how each tag inside a GTM container adds its own network request and main-thread cost, affecting Core Web Vitals
TechnicalPerformanceGTM

GTM and Page Speed: Why Google Tag Manager Slows Your Site Down

How Google Tag Manager impacts Core Web Vitals — LCP, INP, CLS, TBT — and practical ways to load GTM and its tags without tanking your page speed score.

·8 min read
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Adblock recovery setup for Shopify and WooCommerce stores recovering blocked GA4, GTM, and Meta Pixel data
EcommerceShopifyWooCommerce

Adblock Recovery for Shopify & WooCommerce: Setup Guide

Step-by-step guide to recovering GA4, GTM, and Meta Pixel data blocked by adblockers on Shopify and WooCommerce stores. One script tag, no theme rebuild, no app store review.

·7 min read
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Chart showing ad blocker usage rates and how each major browser treats analytics requests by default in 2026
StatisticsResearchAnalytics

Ad Blocker Statistics 2026: Usage Rates by Browser, Industry & Analytics Tool

Ad blocker usage statistics for 2026 — global and US adoption rates, what each browser actually does to Google Analytics by default, industry breakdowns, affected analytics tools, and revenue impact estimates.

·9 min read
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Diagram comparing Google Consent Mode v2 and first-party analytics recovery — showing they solve different problems
AnalyticsConsent ModeGDPR

Does Google Consent Mode v2 Replace Adblock Recovery?

Consent Mode v2 and adblock recovery solve completely different problems. One handles what you're allowed to track. The other handles what you're able to track. Here's why you need both.

·8 min read
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Comparison table showing Introtrace vs Server-Side Google Tag Manager across setup complexity, cost, and adblock bypass rates
ComparisonServer-Side GTMAnalytics

Introtrace vs Server-Side GTM: Which Recovers More Analytics Data?

A side-by-side comparison of Introtrace and Google Tag Manager Server-Side (sGTM). Setup complexity, cost, adblock bypass rates, and when to use one, the other, or both.

·12 min read
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Feature comparison between Introtrace and Stape for adblock analytics recovery
ComparisonStapeAnalytics

Introtrace vs Stape: Adblock Analytics Recovery Compared

Compare Introtrace and Stape for recovering analytics data blocked by adblockers. Architecture differences, pricing, bypass rates, and platform support side-by-side.

·12 min read
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Technical diagram showing how adblock filter lists intercept analytics requests to Google Analytics, GTM, and Facebook Pixel
TechnicalAdblockersAnalytics

How Adblockers Block Your Analytics: A Technical Guide

A deep dive into how filter lists like EasyPrivacy and uBlock work, which analytics endpoints get blocked, the GTM cascade problem, and why first-party proxies are the most reliable recovery approach.

·12 min read
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