How to Remove FBCLID from Google Analytics 4?

When I am writing this blog post, Google Analytics 4 does not have a native method to easily remove unwanted URL query parameters. As a result, your reports might look something like this: See all those fbclid=xxxx? They make your reports harder to read, and if the same page was visited by multiple users from […]
Julius Fedorovicius
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How to Properly Share Google Tag Manager Preview Mode

When you are configuring Google Tag Manager and something is not working, you are going to look for help. Maybe you will contact a more experienced coworker, maybe you will post a question in the Google Tag Manager forum, or do something else. You can greatly increase your chances of getting help if you describe […]
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Track Page Translations with Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics

Very recently, I spotted a conversation somewhere online asking about page translations (unfortunately, I don’t even remember on which platform/community did this happen. Anyway, if I recall correctly, the request was to track the original title of the page in GA (rather than the translated one) and that way keep the data purity at a […]
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Best Google Tag Manager Books and E-books

There are many ways how you can learn Google Tag Manager. You can browse thousands of blog posts, watch videos, you can read books, take online courses. For me, the most efficient (time-wise) option is online courses. That is why I create and offer them myself. They allow people to follow a step-by-step system on […]
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Introducing Google Analytics 4 Community

4 years ago, I launched a Google Tag Manager community on Facebook and now it has tens of thousands of members. The community is active and people are helping each other. That’s awesome to see! But here’s the thing. That group is only for Google Tag Manager questions. Since the number of GA4 questions (where GTM […]
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Google Tag Manager Firing Twice? Here’s a solution

Here’s a situation. You are using a Google Tag Assistant (legacy) Chrome extension and you get a “Multiple installations of Google Tag Manager” warning. You ask your developer to make sure that Google Tag Manager is really installed once and he/she confirms that. So why is Tag Assistant saying that Google Tag Manager is firing twice? […]
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Google Tag Manager: script tag must not be included in a div

When you install Google Tag Manager on your website, you want to verify if it is done properly. There are various ways to do that and one of them is to use a Tag Assistant (Legacy) Chrome extension. If you have landed on this website, chances are that you noticed this error: <script> tag must not be included in a <div>. […]
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GTM no-script code not found: either missing or not in body

Once you install Google Tag Manager on your website, you want to verify if it is done properly. There are various ways to do that and one of them is to use a Tag Assistant (Legacy) Chrome extension. If you have landed on this website, chances are that you noticed this error: GTM no-script code not found: either missing […]
Julius Fedorovicius
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