If you’re running a website, you’re likely tracking what visitors do once they arrive. But do you know what’s happening before they get there? Specifically, do you know how people find you through Google Search (the single largest source of traffic for most websites)? Google Search Console is Google’s free tool that shows you exactly […]
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Getting cookie consent right in Google Tag Manager requires balancing regulatory compliance with your measurement needs. Implementation errors typically fall into two categories: firing tags without proper consent (creating compliance risk), or blocking tags unnecessarily (losing measurement data even when collection would be permissible). This guide walks through implementing Google Consent Mode v2 in Google
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You know your conversion rate dropped last week. You know visitors are abandoning their carts. You know something’s wrong with your checkout page. But Google Analytics 4 tells you what happened, not why it happened. This is where Microsoft Clarity changes everything. It’s a free tool that shows you exactly what your visitors are doing
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If you’re running an online business in 2025, accurate tracking isn’t optional anymore. The difference between knowing exactly which marketing channels drive your revenue and guessing blindly can make or break your growth. Yet most small businesses install Google Analytics 4 once and never verify it’s working correctly, leading to months of broken data and
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For years, tracking what happens on your website meant submitting tickets to developers and waiting weeks for changes. Want to see if anyone clicked your “Buy Now” button? That’ll be three weeks and a developer’s hourly rate. Need to install the Facebook Pixel before your campaign launches tomorrow? Too bad. This bottleneck didn’t just slow
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Most small businesses find it difficult to answer the question: “Which marketing activities actually bring in customers?” They’re spending on ads, emails, and social media, but have no reliable way to track what works. This guide solves that problem. You’ll learn how to use UTM parameters to tag your marketing links that brings visitors to
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If you’re a business owner or marketer, you’ve likely opened Google Analytics 4, stared at the dashboard, and thought: “What am I supposed to look at first?” The overwhelming array of reports, metrics, and charts makes it nearly impossible to find simple answers to basic questions like “Is my marketing actually working?” or “What should
You’re spending money on marketing, but you can’t confidently answer a simple question: “Which of my marketing efforts actually make money?” If you’re nodding along, you’re not alone. The Marketing Centre’s 2024 UK Marketing Maturity Report surveyed 1,988 SME decision-makers and found that 67% lack a clear marketing action plan (meaning they’re deploying capital based
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Using the data layer with Google Tag Manager (GTM) provides a structured, reliable way to pass information from your website to GTM. Instead of relying on inconsistent page elements, the data layer ensures accurate, consistent data collection for tracking user actions, conversions, and events; making your tags more flexible, scalable, and easier to maintain. What
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Master the art of accurate attribution across multiple domains and unlock your true Google Ads ROI Picture this: A potential customer clicks your Google Ad, browses your main website, then completes their purchase on your secure checkout domain. Your Google Ads dashboard shows zero conversions from that campaign. Sound familiar? Cross-domain tracking issues are silently
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