Trigger Groups in Google Tag Manager: 6 Use Cases

In the first quarter of 2019, Google Tag Manager team released a new feature, called Trigger Groups. Initially, I was planning to write a guide about them as soon as the feature was released but seeing other authors doing the same, I decided to wait and think of some additional use cases/examples. Now I feel […]

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How to extract part of the URL path with Google Tag Manager

This blog post might sound similar to the one that I’ve recently published, How to extract a query parameter of the URL, but this time a bit different issue is solved. In that blog post, I was working with query parameters. For example, I was able to fetch the value of productId if the Page URL […]

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What’s this? “No tags were evaluated because there was no event in the selected message”

So here’s a scenario that probably brought you to this page: you have enabled GTM preview and debug mode and see a Message in it. When you click it, you see the following message: no tags were evaluated because there was no event in the selected message. What does it mean? What are its implications and how does […]

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What is Google Tag Manager Noscript?

Updated: August 13th, 2019. After you create a new Google Tag Manager container, the interface asks to place two codes on your website, one in the <head> and the after right after the opening <body> tag. But have you ever wondered why are there two codes instead of one? Usually tracking tools, like Google Analytics, Mixpanel, or […]

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Youtube trigger isn’t working in Google Tag Manager? 6 ways to fix it

Updated: August 13th, 2019. This is an updated version of the blog post posted back in 2016 (when the built-in Youtube trigger was not a thing in GTM yet). In the autumn of 2017, Google Tag Manager team released multiple awesome features and native Youtube trigger was one of them. Before that happened, the industry […]

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Google Analytics Cross-domain Tracking with Google Tag Manager. The Guide.

Updated: July 25th, 2019. There are already plenty of resources online that explain how to implement Google Analytics Cross-domain tracking. However, it feels that the questions of this topic are still one of the most popular ones in the community (source of this statement: my gut). And that’s no surprise. Sometimes people just blindly follow guides […]

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Top 23 Google Tag Manager Extensions and Tools for Fast and Efficient Work

Updated: July 24th, 2019. A lot of new things have happened in the industry since the first time when I published this blog post (back in early 2017). Almost three years have passed and a lot of new tools were developed (or discovered). The time has come for the 5th version of this list. If […]

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Is Google Tag Manager Preview Mode Not Working? 16 Quick Ways To Fix It.

Updated: July 16, 2019. Is Google Tag Manager Preview Mode not working? I’m pretty sure we’ve all been there at least once. This issue has caused some serious headache in the very beginning when I started using it. Does this sound familiar to you? – GTM Preview and Debug mode is enabled but does not appear on your website […]

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Quick Guide: dataLayer.push with examples

This quick guide was born after getting multiple questions from Google Tag Manager beginners/intermediate users: when should I use dataLayer.push() and when Data Layer declaration (dataLayer = [{}])? The reason why this question is raised at all is that Google Tag Manager’s official documentation is a bit misleading in some parts. Continue reading and I’ll show […]

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How to Pause JavaScript and Inspect an Element that Quickly Disappears

Yesterday, a reader of mine, Gabriel, posted a comment with a question: I’ve implemented successfully a lot of form tracking through element visibility trigger. However, I’m struggling with one website. They don’t have a permanent element that is visible after submitting the contact form. Just a 2 second pop-up appears at the top of the […]

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