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Alright! Glad to hear it was useful for you. Best wishes on your next steps with GA4

Thanks for the kind words and for coming by to check it out! If you are curious about the additional 10 data points I checked out in Part 2, you can find it here: czcams.com/video/Aw0of7pah10/video.html Either way, best wishes out there

Appreciate you coming by to check this out

For sure, man. Thanks for watching. Ps. I used to have a real problem with online poker. Got addicted without even realizing how it started stealing so much joy from life. I feel fortunate to have made it out. If you're into the sports betting side right now (and not in the 3% who actually make money), I hope you're able to do the same. Hang in there.

Yes, fair point. The Google tag has replaced the GA4 configuration tag. You can check this more updated video if you want more on that specific subject: czcams.com/video/fzOrSXyk6Yg/video.html

Well, thanks Ishita. I truly appreciate it!

Alright! I'm so glad to hear it. (Ps. It took me a long time to find this out as well. Glad we both have a new skill in our toolkits!)

Good clarifying question. With the dynamic swap method, the tag actually will never trigger on clicking the phone number link. It only triggers when the tracking number (that has been dynamically inserted on the page) is dialed. If you want to track the actual clicks on the phone number link you need to use the second method that is explained in this video. That starts around the 10:40 mark or so. Let me know if that clears things up at all.

@@rooted-digital Yes, that makes much more sense now. Thank you!

Very welcome. Best of luck!

Boom! You're most welcome. Thanks for the kind words and I hope you find some other resources here that are useful. This might be only me, but I found that understanding the different types of events in GA4 to be the most important part of beginning to understand the platform at a more practical level. This video is long, but might be worth checking out if you think that might be true of you as well: czcams.com/video/hHYX9HMtfRU/video.html Good luck and Godspeed to you on the journey!

@@rooted-digital Sure I will watch it. Thanks you😇

Hi there, Jack. Great question. If you already have GA4 installed on your site via gtag you do not need to connect it to a GTM container as this video shows. You already have GA4 installed! 2 related notes: 1. If you create a custom event for your GA4 property in GTM (say like this internal link click tracking custom event: czcams.com/video/TbbzLpftlkg/video.html), you'll just manually enter your GA4 measurement ID when you create the GA4 event tag in GTM. 2. If you ever did want to use GTM to install GA4 on your site through the Google tag (like in this video), you'd want to remove the gtag from your site so you don't have it installed twice. Although as I've already said, you don't need to do this since you're already sending data to your site. Hope that helps clarify. Good luck and Godspeed to you!

It should apply to all campaigns in your account. I found this help article about campaign specific goals in Google Ads if you'd like to read more about that: support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9143218?hl=en Best wishes!

I'm sorry to hear that. When you say it's "not working" do you mean you can't see the necessary dimensions when you go to create your report in GA4? If so, you could try building the report in Explorations (the "Explore" function in GA4) instead. Here's a link to some reading on that if you're interested: www.rootandbranchgroup.com/ga4-explorations/ Best wishes.

Glad to hear this was useful for you. Thanks for watching and for taking a minute to share this.

Good question. I think it's confusing how that is worded. In order to set up the basic GA4 tracking, all you need to do is use the Google tag as shown in this video. If you also want to track custom actions like button clicks or internal link clicks or other custom tracking, you can create a "custom event" using the GA4 event tag. So I assume that what's that language means. Basically, the GA4 event tag helps you go further with your tracking capabilities but it's not essential. Here are a couple resources if you want to see examples of using the GA4 event tag: custom internal link tracking: czcams.com/video/TbbzLpftlkg/video.html use CSS selectors to track link clicks in main navigation: czcams.com/video/l4pQmJAIPYY/video.html track email link clicks: czcams.com/video/XIif73lkVKg/video.html Good luck and best wishes!

I'm sorry, I don't understand your question. If you want to tell me where you were when you clicked the URLs - and what the URLs are - I'd be happy to take a quick look and see if I can help

Hi there. It's tough to say without getting in your account and diagnosing things. But I'd double check to make sure you've published your GTM container after you created the custom event. Side question: are you using GTM to install GA4 on your site (like in this video: czcams.com/video/fzOrSXyk6Yg/video.html) or did you install GA4 some other way?

Hi there! I must say that I don't know quite what's happening here either. I would say that CSS Selectors can sometimes be sensitive and don't always work as it seems like they "should" (or at least as I want them to). So in this case, it's possible that the way the site was coded / built means that you won't consistently get the data you want. All I can say is that this is one of the reasons that testing in GTM preview and debug mode is so important...and also sometimes so frustrating. I hope this ends up working out for you but it's possible that you might need to save this approach for a different site in the future for best results.

@@rooted-digital I was able to create a custom javascript which now shows category text in debug mode but again it doesn’t show up in GA4 reports

@@rooted-digital really appreciate your detailed response, Zack 🤩

Wow...that sounds impressive! And also frustrating that it shows in debug mode but not in your GA4 reports. Could the fact that you're seeing the data - but not in your reports - be related to an event parameter that you need to register as a custom dimension? Don't know if that's it, but might be worth checking out: www.rootandbranchgroup.com/ga4-event-parameters/

@@rooted-digitalyes I did register a custom definition as well. If I share a loom on DM (LI) would you be able to look through it?

Hey, that’s super generous of you to say. Thanks for subscribing and for the kind words. Best wishes! ✌️😎

Thanks for watching and for the kind words. :)

@@rooted-digital it’s a pleasure I’m binge watching your playlist haha, it’s my kind of Netflix. 😅

Ha! That's a great compliment from you. Thank you. (Although I hope you're able to get some more interesting entertainment as well !🤪)

@@rooted-digital hahahhahah 🤭😂

The approach in this video would not work for a "Call Now" button (because it works by replacing the text of an existing displayed phone number with the text of another phone number that is used for tracking purposes) You could try the click tracking approach that I reviewed in the second part of this video linked here (czcams.com/video/-Srb1Rstd6M/video.html). That starts around the 10:40 mark. I'm not certain if it will work for you (will depend on your specific website setup) but might be worth a shot. Best wishes.

If you're referring to a Google Ads conversion that you've tried to set up, this article might help: docs.getelevar.com/docs/troubleshooting-google-ads-conversion-tracking-statuses Good luck and God bless!

Glad you found it useful! Thanks for coming by to check it out 🙏✌️

Well, that is very generous of you to say. I am glad you liked it 🙂

Congrats to both of us, I guess. 🙌😎 Great stuff!

Thank you. I’m glad you found it useful. Cheers! 🙏✌️

You're very welcome! If you decide to test out Clarity, there is one other video I've made that demonstrates a pretty practical use. I've found some clients can really engage with it because of the visuals. Here it is (under 6 minutes), if you're curious: czcams.com/video/EHb6m5d7Vh0/video.html And if you go further than that with Clarity, I'd recommend following Jude Onyejekwe on LinkedIn. He posts a lot about Clarity and knows far more than me. : ) Best wishes!

@@rooted-digital I connected with Jude yesternight, hahaha 😁 Thanks for the additional resource, Zack! Appreciate it. I was about to DM you for the next vid on this.

You're right that datasets is now the Facebook Pixel. This video might have even more context (czcams.com/video/n1BSaUG3jtU/video.html), if you're curious. If you're able to create a dataset without bothering with verification, then that's great news. I learned something new today. :) Thanks for watching and best wishes.

You are welcome. Thank YOU for taking the time to share. 🙏✌️

If your country isn’t supported for the dynamic swap method, I’d personally opt for the second approach that tracks link clicks on the phone number link. That method starts about halfway through this video.

Hi there, I’d try the second method shown in this linked video: Website Call Conversion Tracking For Google Ads and Google Analytics (2024) czcams.com/video/-Srb1Rstd6M/video.html The relevant portion should start around the 10:40 mark. Good luck and Godspeed! 🫡✌️

Because the guy making the videos is a video amateur. 😳 Thanks for the feedback. Hopefully the more recent videos have better audio.

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and for taking a minute to share your feedback.

The best way to find out would be to open preview and debug mode in GTM and see what happens when you apply those location filters. My sense is that this particular event would not capture those filters being applied. But there should be another way to get that information if you can find the right interaction to track and record. Good luck!

@@rooted-digitalthank you so much Zack!

So glad to hear it was useful. Best wishes! ✌️😄

@@rooted-digitalif you’re open to content ideas for future vids … I would love to hear your thoughts on Google dropping continuous scroll for search. I’m curious if it was just a bad user experience for searchers or if they (Google) benefited more from having the individual pages. You know, the big man has to make his money. lol

For that, you’d actually use a traffic report to see the source of your visit from your CZcams video. You can add things like “UTM parameters” for cases like the one you’re describing to see all the traffic source details in GA4. There are two videos on UTM parameters on this channel that I’d recommend you consider. Best of luck and Godspeed! 🙏✌️

Hey, thanks for the kind words! Glad it was useful. ✌️😎

@@rooted-digital 😁

Yes!! Glad to hear this made it simple for you. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out how easy this process can be (compared to what you might find in other places)

Does this work? wordpress.org/plugins/header-footer-code-manager/

@@rooted-digital Yes, it worked. Thank you very much.

Yes, that is correct. You need the paid version of the plugin

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback. 🙏✌️

Sorry, I don’t know the answer to that. I had to Google Yith to find out what it was. Best wishes

Hmmm...I see it when I look on this end and use the search function... "Complianz.io - The Privacy Suite for WordPress"

Hmmm….it’s possible that your site actually is getting a lot of clicks on the phone link click from desktop. This would be rare but is possible. The tag 🏷️ is collecting click activity on both desktop and mobile. You could look at the event in GA4 and look at a device type breakdown to confirm. That would at least let you know more info. Good luck and Godspeed! ✌️😎

Thanks for watching and for the thoughtful question. I believe that when I made this video the Complianz tag template was undergoing some updates. So the fact that this was empty for me was not the desired outcome and it's good news that you see statuses there. Best wishes!

@@rooted-digital Thank you very much for your reply. With your permission I have another question for you, the last times I have configured the Consent Mode V2 in different clients, following all the steps correctly, when accepting the cookies to see that the events have the status of "granted", there is only one that remains as "denied" and it is personalization_storage. Thanks again!

Thanks so much! 🙏✌️

Hello 👋! You know, I don’t know what specific application would be best for ecommerce stores (I don’t do much with ecommerce myself), but yes, the lookup table variable can be used for ecommerce sites as well as non ecommerce. Hope that helps. Best wishes! 🙏✌️

@@rooted-digitalfor sure it does! Thank you so much. I think one application would be to track different product videos!

You’re very welcome.

Hello there! If you’re most interested in seeing opened emails, that’s not something that GA4 can help you with. You can see open rates and click rates in your email service provider like Mailchimp or Mailerlite. You CAN use GA4 to track the performance of emails on your website (aka, what people do after they open and click your email). For that, you’ll need to use “UTM parameters”. Here’s an article on that if you’re interested: www.rootandbranchgroup.com/utm-parameters-google-analytics/ In terms of not seeing the life cycle reports, you may need to edit the reports that are available in your reporting library. Happy to help with more if I can. Good luck! ✌️

You’re very welcome! Glad it was helpful 🙂