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This looks like a very useful service.

The landing page could be more readable, but at least it's very clear what it does.

I would prefer, however, that it didn't depend on Google Analytics, but that make the setup a lot more complex, so it's probably better to stick to GA and be useful for who uses GA.

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Thanks for the feedback. I'm thinking about a way to integrate this without Google Analytics, the things is that I automatically filter new users (to avoid double clicks and return real "first impression" AbTests), specific test keyword, source, etc. Explaining to each users how to read the results on GA it's pretty complicate. I'm looking into custom dashboards which can be shared or a DataStudio template. In any case be assured that your data is not stored but just returned directly from the Google API itself.

Which part in your opinion could be more readable? The one explaining what AB Tests are?

I'm not sure, I just think that there is too much empty space. The letters of the actual written content could be a little bigger if the blank space was reduced.

So, can't you set up your own cookies on users when redirecting them, so you can filter later?

Ok, but really keep up with the Google Analytics approach and try to make data presentation better. If you manage to find out a way to do it without GA than it will be a different service, which you could run in parallel.

I don't add any cookies. What I do is that I add Google Analytics tags, for example if you select the page /home and /home2 I'll split the users between /home?utm_campaign=AbTest&medium=a&utm_keyword=abcd and /home2?utm_campaign=AbTest&medium=b&utm_keyword=abcd (or something like this). So then I can filter the results and show you exactly the conversion, bounce-rate, exit-rate and all those metrics for that precise test. Does it makes sense?

I think my messages is still a bit unclear. I'll work more on the landing page.

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