GTM and Google Analytics 4 Naming Conventions

Updated: April 4th, 2025 Customizing data collection for Google Analytics 4 is definitely necessary, but reports can quickly get chaotic if you don’t follow any naming rules or practices. The same issue applies to Google Tag Manager once your projects grow. Naming your tags triggers and variables without adhering to specific guidelines can turn GTM […]
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Google Ads Conversion Tracking Not Working? Here’s how to fix it

Updated: April 4th, 2025 Google Ads conversion tracking. The cornerstone of measuring your advertising success, yet sometimes very slippery. If you’re pulling your hair out because Google Ads keeps showing zero conversions, don’t worry; you’re not alone. There are many places where things could have gone wrong. If you googled something like “Google Ads conversion […]
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Click Element Variable in Google Tag Manager

Updated: April 4th, 2025 Google Tag Manager offers a whole bunch of variables that are at your disposal, built-in and user-defined ones. While I have posted many blog posts about user-defined variables (and I mean many, many, many, many…), this time, I’d like to spotlight the unsung hero of built-in variables, Click Element. To keep […]
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Annotations in Google Analytics 4: 8 Ideas How to Use Them

Annotations in Google Analytics 4 are a welcome addition, considering this feature has been available in Universal Analytics for a long time. For those of you who appreciate the ability to add context to your data, this update is definitely a step in the right direction. If you’ve ever found yourself analyzing a sudden spike […]
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Where to Find File Download Data in Google Analytics 4?

Updated: April 1st, 2025 Google Analytics 4 is capable of tracking additional events, not just page views. This is all possible thanks to Enhanced Measurement. But finding that data in GA4 reports is trickier than you might think. In this article, I will explain where to find file download data in Google Analytics 4. Video […]
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3 Ways to Pull Data from Data Layer with Google Tag Manager

Updated: April 1st, 2025 The data layer is the foundation on which Google Tag Manager relies heavily. It ensures maximum flexibility, portability, and ease of implementation. In my other blog post, I have explained how it works and how you can get the most out of it. However, not all aspects were covered there. Since […]
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Demystifying user_engagement Event in Google Analytics 4

Updated: April 1st, 2025 If you are at least a little familiar with event tracking in Google Analytics 4, you already know that one of the automatically tracked events is called user_engagement. When exactly does it fire on a website? After looking at the official Google Analytics documentation, you’ll see this: user_engagement fires when the app is […]
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