How to Track HTML5 Audio Player with Google Tag Manager and GA

Updated: November 15th. I guess that the majority of the GTM community is familiar with a custom event listener that probably already has the status of legendary. Even this Twitter (that I saw today in my feed) confirmed this: Yes, I’m talking about David Vallejo’s HTML5 video listener that is used to track almost any other video player […]

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Setup GDPR Cookie Consent Notification with Google Tag Manager

Updated: May 9th, 2020. On May 25th, 2018, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came in effect, meaning that online businesses that get visitors from the European Union, must track visitor/user behavior and collect data more carefully, responsibly, and with consent. I will not go into detail what GDPR is (there are other great blog posts out […]

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How To Track AddThis Social Shares with Google Tag Manager

In my previous blog post, How to Track Social Interactions with Google Tag Manager, I explained various nuances of how to monitor the default social sharing buttons created by Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Linkedin. However, those tracking methods do not support 3rd party social sharing solutions, like Sumo or AddThis. But that does not mean […]

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Cookie Consent Notification with Google Tag Manager

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) this cookie consent is not relevant anymore. Read this step-by-step guide instead how to implement a new GDPR Cookie Consent Notification with Google Tag Manager. ======= Have you ever wondered why some sites display a cookie consent notice? If you or your business is located in […]

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Track DISQUS Comments with Google Analytics and GTM

Updated: May 12th, 2017. DISQUS is an easy solution to install comments in any website. Just by adding a snippet of code you enable your readers to post comments. In this blog post I’ll show you how to track DISQUS comments with Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager). Note: this blog post teaches how to track events with Universal Analytics. If […]

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April Fools Pranks with Google Tag Manager – 4 Konami Codes

Multiple websites have added Konami code as a joke to their websites. In case you don’t know, it’s a cheat code in many Konami games, where the cheat is executed with a sequence of key presses on the keyboard. In this blog post I’ll show several examples how you can easily add Konami code with […]

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How To Clear Google Tag Manager Container

Have you ever been in a situation when you need to remove all tags, triggers, and variables from GTM container? I have. Sometimes creating a new container from scratch isn’t an option, because you might need to keep the current container ID. Unfortunately, GTM does not offer an easy way to push the button “Clear […]

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Catch Exit-intent with Google Tag Manager

The term exit intent has been growing in popularity over the last years. Essentially, it uses Javascript and the web browser to track the movements of a user so a special offer or opt-in form can be displayed when they show signs of leaving your website. In this blog post I’ll show you how to track […]

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Introducing Grand Library of GTM Recipes

When I was learning how to properly use GTM and stumbled upon Lunametrics’ tag manager recipes, I thought it would be awesome, if someone created an all-in-one list where I could quickly find all popular (or new) GTM recipes. Years have passed and no one has done it. Heck, why can’t I be the one who collects (or shares […]

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Ultimate list of 90+ Google Tag Manager Resources

Lately, I was checking my Evernote account and remembered I had bookmarked a lot of various Google Tag Manager resources – including my favorite blog posts, people to follow, recipes, etc. That folder is constantly updated and becomes really useful when I forget how something should be implemented. Today I am sharing that entire folder with you […]

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