Get started with Google Analytics

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Google Analytics is a platform that collects data from your websites and apps to create reports that provide insights into your business. In this video, you'll learn how to set up Google Analytics 4 (the newest version of Google Analytics) on a website for the first time using Google Tag Manager.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Set up your web stream
3:14 - Set up Google Tag Manager
4:19 - Install the Tag Manager code
5:15 - Create a GA4 Configuration tag
6:46 - Check that Analytics is working
8:23 - Conclusion
Resources:
Learn more about setting up Google Analytics → support.google.com/analytics/...
Learn how Google Analytics works → support.google.com/analytics/...
Check out the demo code for this series → github.com/googleanalytics/ga...
Join the Google Analytics 4 Discord server → / discord
Subscribe to the Google Analytics channel → / googleanalytics
Instructor → / matt_landers
#googleanalytics #googleanalytics4 #googletagmanager #ga4tutorials #ga4tutorialseries

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@josephajibodu2377 8 ай бұрын

The video was very helpful. I was stuck while creating a "new TAG", I didn't see "GA4 Configuration" in the tag types, I could only see Google Tag and Event I guess. After much digging and rewatching the video to see if I missed any step, I realised, through a google support article, that "GA4 Configuration" has been renamed to "Google Tag" I hope this helps anyone who got confused like me.

@GeotechEnvironmentalEquipment 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Things are the same, but slightly different. I appreciate you mentioning your findings!

@josephajibodu2377 8 ай бұрын

@@GeotechEnvironmentalEquipment You're welcome

@martinsancri6420 8 ай бұрын

i just lost 2 hours watching docens of videos trying to find what happen, thanks!@@josephajibodu2377

@wlfquestdarkecho 8 ай бұрын

Very helpful comment, thankyou

@ramdayal3646 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!! This is exactly what i was searching for

@jlaub 7 ай бұрын

Google changes their interfaces so often that a video from *8 months ago* has confusing inaccuracies. Well done.

@CatatanSiRebiaz Жыл бұрын

A very detailed tutorial series, finally I was able to find the tag code to be installed on the blogspot template correctly. Thank you😄

@davidsiegel9943 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was incredibly clear! I'm now set up with GA4

@manishagautam5374 Жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, thank you for starting this series. I am having an issue with filtering the internal traffic. I have followed the I instructions and have checked multiple times but it is just not working. I was wondering if I can get some help with that. Please let me know if the Google team wants me to share some snapshots of the issue.

@jlariosa1 10 ай бұрын

This video tutorial is great. This is the clearest yet to tackle Google Analytics. Thank you.

@andoniskapsalis4063 Жыл бұрын

thank you so much. I followed your instructions to the end and all worked for my new analytics account

@ValentinDragan 8 ай бұрын

Already old. There's no more Google Analytics GA4 config tag. Now there's a combination of google Tag and Google Analytics GA4 Event.

@awakenthegreatnesswithin 4 ай бұрын

I think the policy seems to be create stuff and let the users figure it out for themselves 😅😂

@JoshuaGill 3 ай бұрын

Man... Hard to keep up with this ish. Question: is the other stuff up to date?

@jjcm3135 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, its first clear video that got everything sorted.

@patriciahe2010 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

@cristinemaiasstudio6345 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Not sure I would have figured this out without your help! Appreciate the step by step! :)

@user-uf3jd9bz4k 9 ай бұрын

Are you need help so please knock me i can help you

@shopfarrahfeather4003 11 ай бұрын

This tutorial was amazing! Thank you!

@jorr1334 2 ай бұрын

GA-4 Configuration options does not show up in the menu at 8.49 minutes in. This video might be obsolete. Looking elseware.

@David_Martinez_USA Жыл бұрын

Sir, I don't use to leave recommendations of comments. But U well deserved it

@kenjimori-gf2qi Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Are there any special things to do if current Universal analytics on cross-domain settings during this migration process? If so appreciate your advise. Best,

@baszero 10 ай бұрын

What happens if you install the google tag manager (which fires the page_view event) and in parallel you also install the GA4 java script snippet that you get from the GA4 installment instruction? Will you see page_view twice?

@user-le6mq2xo6n 9 ай бұрын

Hi Mr. Matt, thank you. You are doing a great job. I have a question, how did you get to the code editor?

@Sigma73193 Ай бұрын

This one was straightforward thank you!

@bbt-gmbh 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, big help, very detailed! 👏

@Jim_Houlihan Жыл бұрын

Great information and many thanks.👍

@YarMobile Жыл бұрын

I've got this basic setup running. However, I've updated my tags in Google Tag Manager (added new tags, changed all tags and rules names), but Google Analytics 4 is showing old tag names. How to get GA4 to display my new events? In my DEBUG view I see the old events, not my new events names. I have published my newest version, by the way.

@juleez 5 ай бұрын

Great. Thanks so much! Can you recommend which video to watch to learn how to analyze the data? Or Basically how to use it once it's live. Thanks.

@SantoshKumar-yn9xn Жыл бұрын

Thank you, keep uploading like tutorial videos.

@galegolemokoana 8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, i love the way you explain everything and it definitely made it easier for me to understand. ❤

@Homeschoolmomof8 10 ай бұрын

Thank you I was able to put the G4 Tag in my header. I do have a question though, Since I just put in my New G4 Id today, did it actually override the old tag?

@sweetvanilla9468 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorior. I am editor level. In that case, I can't see the confiuration button on the left on GA4, right? Please let me know.

@er.pravinkadam1117 Жыл бұрын

very very very helpful video, Thank you so much.

@MyDogsChoice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this mate!

@stevenpantoja5555 10 ай бұрын

Súper claro la explicación en el proceso y fácil de hacer en poco tiempo.

@jonassellsaz 9 ай бұрын

WOW! At 33 seconds in the first video you said you would cover how to set up the account and a property. You even mentioned in this video. However, you start this video informing that you already created the account and the property. Nice....

@karinamangano3846 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I 've set up GA4, and 1 user appears, but how long I should wait to see more users? because the only one was me.

@hookerrabbit 3 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. One question regarding the Tag manager set up at about the 4 minute mark. If I manage google analytics account for several different webs sites do I create a Tag manager account for each one or set up one Tage manager account and then add a container for each web site?

@riiikako 11 ай бұрын

What should we do with GTM ID? I understood that measurement ID is used at GTM when we make tag, but I couldn't find out about copied GTM ID...

@ShabrozAhmedSEO 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!!! This is exactly what i was searching for

@yuvarajselvam3731 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial

@andreadaseo88 Жыл бұрын

thanks so much!, Really very helpful.

@vladislav4646 Ай бұрын

Anybody noticed that he pasted the code to the bottom of the tag? In the instructions it always says to paste it right after the opening one.

@alexinness Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. That worked fine for me.😃

@d.a2026 9 ай бұрын

Hi Matt, thanks for the video. Followed all the steps. Stuck ar section: Check if analytics is working. I cant find it in my Shopify website.... Anny thoughts of the cause?

@user-nx6kl2gi3x 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am just trying to learn google analytics, I dont have a website of mine. Do I have to have a website in order to learn?

@user-rl6bf4ro2k Жыл бұрын

Brilliant - Thanks mate -

@zizijones3081 Жыл бұрын

I have followed your instructions, but you lost me when you copied the head code, then how did you get the code editor to paste the head code please?

@vijayakrishna55 5 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who is more focussing on the Star Wars props in the background rather than the Analytics tutorial? :D

@jstanreacts Жыл бұрын

What happens when setting up GA4 on a real website, do I need developer access to be able to link Gtag manager? I can't find where to paste head and body of Gtag snippets. Pls help

@GoogleAnalytics Жыл бұрын

It depends on how your website was built. If you're using a CMS like WordPress, there is probably a plugin for Google Tag Manager.

@dannmarceau9743 Жыл бұрын

It's a nightmare, and I think they know it.

@dannyvocal Жыл бұрын

I watched this Get Started video. If I want to follow the entire series, how do I know which video follows this one, and the next? Where is the information guiding us from one to another?

@ZaamilDiyaanAli Жыл бұрын

Here's the playlist: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbCobKehvdrRcXk.html

@pinkysaka1512 7 ай бұрын

Thank you I didn't know all along about this information

@MitsidiGlobal 2 ай бұрын

We have several landing pages, for different products, aimed at different audiences. Should we create an account for each landing page in Google Analytics? Or do we just create a different account and data stream for each landing page?

@michael.vvvvvvv 3 ай бұрын

So, currently "GA4 Configuration" is "Google Tag". And "Tag Id" stands for "Measurement Id" .

@azurecoast45 Жыл бұрын

In this tutorial you select as a trigger 'All Pages - Page Views', but in the support documentation it recommends using 'Initalization - All Pages'. Is it correct that the only difference between these is that Initialization is designed to fire first? Are there any other considerations or differences involved?

@AbramBailey 11 ай бұрын

Same q.

@tanmay5855 5 ай бұрын

@@AbramBailey Same q.

@innasemenyuk1604 4 ай бұрын

same question

@stephendisney7542 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@user-ve7od3rb7o Жыл бұрын

hello mat, Well done Bro, Where you said in windows you press F12 for checking if the tag is working on the website it displaying another new thing in my windows Something like if you right click on the site page and click on inspect that just exactly the way it displaying how can go by it ? that is i can't inspect or track down the tag on the website ? thank you in advance

@adrianpinnock2138 7 ай бұрын

Do you need to do this if you're using Site Kit for Wordpress?

@richardbisson5737 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your video.Do I need to create my google analytics account before starting this video:Get started with google analytics.

@Pidyv 7 ай бұрын

Hello Matt, I don't see the "GA4 Configuration" tag when open "Tag configuration".

@360Thrive 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for this helpful video. I'm a little confused. I need to know what is the difference between the google tag created in the conversion tap in google ads while creating a new conversion tracking and the Google tag created through Tag manager. I created one tag while creating the conversion tracking but I can't find it in tag manager. Actuality, it's a blank new account in Google Tag Manager, and none of what I didn't is showing there, while I'm getting all the events metrics and statistics in Google Analytics. I hope my question not confusing everyone LOL

@dosumueverlist3339 8 ай бұрын

Google Analytics GA4 Configuration has been removed from the latest GA4 when setting up GTM tag config.

@user-ji2dy5uw2z 7 ай бұрын

If my website has been migrated, but when I create the property, the stream URL still contains the address before the migration. If I directly change the Stream URL to the new address after migration, will there be any impact on the website data? Will it increase or decrease?

@avenirdesigns6037 11 ай бұрын

I went thru your whole process and for some reason when it came time to verify users in the reports snapshot, you had received 1 but for some reason I receive zero users. Im not sure how to fix it. I went to network and there was no data that was being reported. Any thoughts?

@ionamic 10 ай бұрын

Good but I'd like to see how some added info on seting up on a WP-Elementor page. This demo appears to be for HTML sites only.

@zizijones3081 Жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for your great tutorial, I have managed to find the code editor in my website. The question is now how can I link My google Analytics to my Google Ad please

@modesteleganceshop 2 ай бұрын

When I am using the debug tool and refresh the page, I do not see my "Google Analytics Tag" at all. Why can't I see it?

@meandertravel 11 ай бұрын

Hi Matt, I have done exactly the way you have shown but at analytics site I read "Data collection isn’t active for your website. If you installed tags more than 48 hours ago, make sure they are set up correctly." I have checked many time but still could not figure out how to fix it. Could you please help?

@modesteleganceshop 2 ай бұрын

Hey, I am having the same issue. Were you able to solve it? Please lmk.

@azubuikeruth3781 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Am so grateful It worked perfectly well for me

@user-sp6ys3lo7x 3 ай бұрын

How can I solve the following issue?: Cannot be linked because of the following reasons: App + Web Property is currently not supported. App + Web Properties can not be used in Attribution at this time.

@d.o.g-diaryofglenda7506 11 ай бұрын

I'm a newbie, and never use google analytics before. Do you have to create a new google account for a new website? When I log in with my existing account in google analytics, I did not found the home> start collecting data for your website or app. Instead GA4- Flood it! demo account. How I can go back for a new website that I create? Thank you

@olalekanbello6386 2 ай бұрын

I can find "GA4 Configuration" when choosing tag type. What should I select?

@cryptokingpinlife8399 2 ай бұрын

me too, did you resolve this? are you using shopify too?

@olalekanbello6386 2 ай бұрын

@@cryptokingpinlife8399 I just selected Google Tags and it worked. I am not sing shopify though.

@jakobarsement8266 Ай бұрын

The top comment here should help you. 'Google Analytics: GA4 Configuration' was renamed to 'Google Tag'

@AfricanAmazon Жыл бұрын

How would this work with an ecommerce platform such as Ecwid?

@blucellphones9761 5 ай бұрын

is pasting the tags compulsory as mentioned at 4:45

@ataetlidi953 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@user-le6mq2xo6n 9 ай бұрын

Hello Mr. Matt, how do I get a website for demo self practice?

11 ай бұрын

I am not getting data. The collec? url are not appearing, but the analytics URL are appearing. It's being implemented via google Sitekit. What could be wrong?

@stefliwang Ай бұрын

Hi Matt. What if I want to use Google Analytics for web that isn't mine, is it possible? Actually, this is for educational purpose only

@jcataclisma 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TheSupercargo Жыл бұрын

And if I don't see the Google Tag Manager icon and can't find it? What do I do then?

@michaelglennwilliams6278 Жыл бұрын

In Google Tag Manager->Admin->GoogleTag Management->Install This Google Tag, I only get the head script. No is generated or available. Why?

@AamirKhan-vd8yb 8 ай бұрын

200

@Albertorossg 10 ай бұрын

I love youuuu, thanks for your help!

@kellybacelis 7 ай бұрын

Ok, So i tried doing this, but I don't have the configuration option when I go to Tag. What do I do?

@tamdoan6399 Ай бұрын

i want to know object campaign google analytics 4 because i create not same video and how to change object in ga4 ?

@nemanjah.327 Жыл бұрын

The noscript code should be placed "immediately after the opening of body tag" but at 5:05 of this video Matt places it before closing the body tag? Why ?!?!

@webbae 11 ай бұрын

Also noticed this. My guess is that the noscript tag provides some alternate means of tagging if user has javascript disabled. I would think Google says to put it before the content in the so that it can do something before the DOM is parsed. Not sure though. I'm definitely used to pasting code snippets just BEFORE the tag so that's probably why he did that and it caught me off guard as well. His implementation is simple so it doesn't matter, also I don't think he's going to cover the "what if user has javascript turned off" scenario because let's be real half the web wouldn't work without it. Would love to see a correction or response to this comment though!

@janrc Жыл бұрын

For me it is not quite clear why I have to use Google Tag Manager? I have my data stream configured, what does the tag manager? And what is a "tag"?

@diegoalarcon7010 Жыл бұрын

Sorry but I can't find an answer for this in any place. I want to add an Android stream, but I've already have a firebase project configured. How can I reuse it in the stream? because as far as I understand when I go to add new stream it's creating a new firebase project. Thanks in advance

@Merryfrankster_ 7 ай бұрын

Trying to figure out how to take an exisiting website that had UA then transitioned to GA-4 and now trying to implement GTM - HOW?

@ramtintey1 2 ай бұрын

'Install Google Tag Manager' from the website says to use the taps on top of and , but the video adds it to the bottom. What is the difference?

@awakenthegreatnesswithin 2 ай бұрын

I think it depends when you want the code to fire

@AvroDigital Жыл бұрын

Can you give instructions for wordpress sites too?. i had installed google site plugin and it integrated my website with the google analytics, but while installing google tag I had to insert code in the header and body of my site. since I am no coder so I had mistakenly pasted the code which crashed my website header and my overall site structure failed. now here I am rebuilding my website again. also I am a beginner in Wordpress development and have no coding skill. can you refer me to a google analytics course or resources made for beginners Wordpress developers?

@clarizzafray Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@androidphone6972 9 ай бұрын

At 4:27 I had a heartattak, I have a Wordpress site and you spoke about some html.. I cried

@jorr1334 2 ай бұрын

Kind of a shame, no extra support beyond what is written, I installed a WordPress plugin just for this: WPCode Lite

@doitforgoguma 10 ай бұрын

I am not a developer and I do not have access to the code editor. Can you show how to add Google tag manager code snippets into my word press website ?

@russellrich368 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I got an installation instruction page right after I clicked the create stream asking whether I wanted to install manually or install with a website builder or CMS

@GoogleAnalytics Жыл бұрын

There are a few different ways you can install Google Analytics. The installation instruction page provides instructions for installing some of those other options, such as the Google tag and via a website builder or CMS. For the purpose of this series, we're using Tag Manager. If you want to install Google Analytics using Tag Manager, you can close the installation instruction page and then follow along with the rest of the video, starting at 2:10.

@timbaktooo 4 ай бұрын

At 5:36, on my GTM, I don't see GA4 Configuration. I only see the GA4 Event. is there anything wrong with my setup? I am doing step by step as you are telling to do.

@awakenthegreatnesswithin 4 ай бұрын

They have removed that option You have to add it a different way now

@user-ti9mq8ob1m 6 ай бұрын

for react js what should?

@DanielAVphotomassacre 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt!!!!

@SimonGreeneapps 5 ай бұрын

Great video, but I don't follow from 4.30 when you connect with Visual Code editor? How does this work, I've now got the code editor, but cant see a way to connect to Website HTML to add the code needed.

@Brahmadas 4 ай бұрын

you can use any html editor to edit your web page and incert the code. First of all you need to download your web page file from your server or if you use CPanel you can live edit the pages from server itself. If you are downloading and editing the file, you can use simple edior like Note pad (open the html file with notepad) or use any editors like Adobe dreamweaver, microsoft visual studio or any online editors.

@ahmedtb051 5 ай бұрын

what a about SPA is this setup work with them?

@nnejjno 10 ай бұрын

Hi! Could you help me, please Can the data from different data streams be combined into one? Or do users have different IDs for different streams? if a user was on one site from one data stream, and then went to another site from another data stream, is it possible to understand that this is exactly the user?

@user-uf3jd9bz4k 9 ай бұрын

Yes I can help you