Store Visits in GA

[klharris08]

Hi all,

Has anybody seen clients get included in this Beta from Google?

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Store visits are available for certain businesses in GA. We've seen it for one of our clients and it's pretty interesting. Wondering if this is available for more retail businesses.

Thanks,

-Kyle

 

[johnlavapie_SEO]

Not for my company.
Party Equipment Rental Service.

 

[JoyHawkins]

Hey Kyle,

How big of a chain is the one you're seeing it for? I'm guessing the average SMB won't get this for quite some time.

 

[DanLeibson]

TiL! Gonna get this setup.

 

[klharris08]

Joy - we're seeing this for very large national chains. We've seen it for a bunch of clients though so it is rolling out pretty wide for large brands.

 

[PaulSteinbrueck]

How does it know when someone visits a store?

 

[djbaxter]

They hire teenage punks with pants around their knees to hang around strip malls and report directly to Google on their free Pixel phones?

 

[Colan Nielsen]

How does it know when someone visits a store?

They use a users location history if it's turned on.

 

[Patrick Leonard]

I saw the notification for this in a clients' analytics account a little while ago. It's a small retail store in Canada with a single location so I was surprised that they're seemingly included in this beta.

"We are collecting data to generate your store visits reports. This process can take up to 60 days after you activate Google signals."

I'll do a follow-up post if the reporting actually populates.