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GA4 User Data Collection Acknowledgement
ga4 Mark Brownlie 23/04/2025 ga4 Mark Brownlie 23/04/2025

GA4 User Data Collection Acknowledgement

A GA4 data loss and recovery story

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Cookiebot Auto-Blocking Implementation for GTM + GTM4WP
gtm Mark Brownlie 27/03/2025 gtm Mark Brownlie 27/03/2025

Cookiebot Auto-Blocking Implementation for GTM + GTM4WP

How to get Cookiebot Auto-blocking to play nice with gtm4wp and GTM to guarantee all scripts do not load prior to consent (e.g. embedded YouTube videos)

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Predictive Purchaser Audiences In GA4 for Google Ads
ga4, google-ads Mark Brownlie 26/02/2025 ga4, google-ads Mark Brownlie 26/02/2025

Predictive Purchaser Audiences In GA4 for Google Ads

Create and connect propensity churn and predictive purchase audiences in GA4 to Google Ads

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Performance Max Insights Only Available in GA4
ga4, google-ads Mark Brownlie 26/02/2025 ga4, google-ads Mark Brownlie 26/02/2025

Performance Max Insights Only Available in GA4

See Landing Pages for Cross-network sessions and which should be excluded from expansion rules and % of Remarketing from New Vs Returning metrics

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Fix Microsoft Clarity Google Ads Integration to Track Sessions
google-ads Mark Brownlie 23/01/2025 google-ads Mark Brownlie 23/01/2025

Fix Microsoft Clarity Google Ads Integration to Track Sessions

Not seeing sessions reporting directly from the Clarity integration with Google Ads? Here’s why and how to fix it.

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Update GA4 Channel Group For Gen AI Referral Traffic
ga4 Mark Brownlie 16/01/2025 ga4 Mark Brownlie 16/01/2025

Update GA4 Channel Group For Gen AI Referral Traffic

Want to see how much web traffic Gen AI is sending to your site in GA4?

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How To Stop Display Ads from Appearing On Childrens Content on YouTube
google-ads Mark Brownlie 11/01/2025 google-ads Mark Brownlie 11/01/2025

How To Stop Display Ads from Appearing On Childrens Content on YouTube

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Use GTM To Capture And Send, Google Ads Click ID (gclid) with Form Submissions in Hidden Field
google-ads, gtm Mark Brownlie 05/01/2025 google-ads, gtm Mark Brownlie 05/01/2025

Use GTM To Capture And Send, Google Ads Click ID (gclid) with Form Submissions in Hidden Field

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How To Remove Usercentrics Cookiebot Branding From Consent Banner with GTM
gtm Mark Brownlie 29/12/2024 gtm Mark Brownlie 29/12/2024

How To Remove Usercentrics Cookiebot Branding From Consent Banner with GTM

How to remove the Cookiebot / Usercentrics branding from its consent banner with GTM in 1 step!

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Track Hubspot Forms as Conversions With GTM
gtm, hubspot, ga4, google-ads Mark Brownlie 03/03/2024 gtm, hubspot, ga4, google-ads Mark Brownlie 03/03/2024

Track Hubspot Forms as Conversions With GTM

The ultimate guide on how to track HubSpot form submissions with GTM and send enhanced conversion data like email address to google ads and send a purchase event to GA4.

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How to Exclude Mobile Devices From Google Ads Campaigns and Down Weight Mobile On PMAX
google-ads Mark Brownlie 04/09/2023 google-ads Mark Brownlie 04/09/2023

How to Exclude Mobile Devices From Google Ads Campaigns and Down Weight Mobile On PMAX

Exclude mobile device targeting from Google Ads including Performance Max, Shopping and Search Campaigns with bid adjustments and conversion value bid adjustments

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Auto-Tag Google Shopping Organic Free Listings to Track Performance in GA4
ga4, shopify Mark Brownlie 22/03/2023 ga4, shopify Mark Brownlie 22/03/2023

Auto-Tag Google Shopping Organic Free Listings to Track Performance in GA4

Do this in order to monitor what happens after a customer sees your free listings in Organic Shopping with reports in Google Merchant Centre and Google Analytics (GA4).

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Google Analytics UTM Tracking Parameter Cheat Sheet To Track Links From Paid Media Campaigns
ga4 Mark Brownlie 15/03/2023 ga4 Mark Brownlie 15/03/2023

Google Analytics UTM Tracking Parameter Cheat Sheet To Track Links From Paid Media Campaigns

All non-Google i.e. facebook, instagram, linkedin, tiktok and email require utm tags as the basis for cross-channel measurement in GA4.

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Google Ads Optimisation Score Recommendations Dos and Donts
google-ads Mark Brownlie 08/03/2023 google-ads Mark Brownlie 08/03/2023

Google Ads Optimisation Score Recommendations Dos and Donts

Google Ads Optimisation Recommendations should come with a warning. They are a one-way street. Great for automation but not so great for efficiency or efficient growth.

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GA4 Reports Longer than 14 Months Without Big Query or Looker Studio Limits
ga4 Mark Brownlie 22/02/2023 ga4 Mark Brownlie 22/02/2023

GA4 Reports Longer than 14 Months Without Big Query or Looker Studio Limits

Edit standard reports with the reporting Library in GA4 to side-step the time-limited lookback window enforced on Exploration Reports (which is currently 14 months). It might mean you can delay Exporting to Big Query for a bit longer.

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Google Ads Account Level Auto-Apply “Recommendations” Worth Enabling or Not
google-ads Mark Brownlie 15/02/2023 google-ads Mark Brownlie 15/02/2023

Google Ads Account Level Auto-Apply “Recommendations” Worth Enabling or Not

Advice on how to apply account level auto-apply recommendations in google ads and which recommendations should be avoided

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The Best Way To Connect Google Shopify Channel, Track Conversions & Supercharge Insights
google-ads, shopify Mark Brownlie 25/01/2023 google-ads, shopify Mark Brownlie 25/01/2023

The Best Way To Connect Google Shopify Channel, Track Conversions & Supercharge Insights

The best way to Link Shopify to Google Ads using the sales channel and take advantage of Full Funnel Conversion Tracking

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Tell Smart Bidding About Broken Conversion Tracking Outage | Google Ads
google-ads Mark Brownlie 18/01/2023 google-ads Mark Brownlie 18/01/2023

Tell Smart Bidding About Broken Conversion Tracking Outage | Google Ads

Tell Smart Bid Strategies on Google Ads to ignore bad conversion data from impacting current campaign performance

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How to Exclude All Mobile Apps on Google Ads Display Network
google-ads Mark Brownlie 12/01/2023 google-ads Mark Brownlie 12/01/2023

How to Exclude All Mobile Apps on Google Ads Display Network

Bulk exclude Display Ads from appearing on Apps using this setting.

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GA4 | Filter & Exclude GTM Debug Sessions
ga4 Mark Brownlie 05/01/2023 ga4 Mark Brownlie 05/01/2023

GA4 | Filter & Exclude GTM Debug Sessions

How to exclude GTM de-bug / preview mode from appearing in standard reports in GA4

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