Install Google Analytics with Google Tag Manager (using new google tag)

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Have you seen the new Google Tag template in Google Tag Manager? It replaces the old GA4 Configuration tag and you can use it to quickly install Google Analytics 4 with Google Tag Manager. Here's how.
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@mrwest_1 4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, i was able to install GA4 easily with your guide.

@rooted-digital 4 күн бұрын

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

@ShahzilImran 7 күн бұрын

You just got a subscriber Man. Thank you for instant solution. I just saved your GA4 playlist. keep posting

@rooted-digital 5 күн бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nq6Ji5x5strKgok.html Good luck and Godspeed to you on the journey!

@ShahzilImran 5 күн бұрын

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

@ManiSaintVictor 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Just what I needed for my site troubleshooting this evening

@rooted-digital 5 ай бұрын

You're most welcome. I'm glad to hear it was helpful. :)

@ashrafulislamyoutube 7 ай бұрын

thanks for creating such straightforward valuable content.

@rooted-digital 7 ай бұрын

Very glad to hear you found it helpful, Ashraful. Hope you have an excellent and blessed day.

@WTPleo 3 ай бұрын

Such a great video and vibe man. Thanks!

@rooted-digital 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate this! Thank you. 🙏

@RajenderPalOfficial 2 ай бұрын

most simplest and every step covering video

@rooted-digital Ай бұрын

I'm glad it was useful for you. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

@rwnassar 2 ай бұрын

I love your channel man. Really good stuff!

@rooted-digital 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this my friend! Grateful to have you watching the videos here. Best wishes and God bless. ✌️🙏

@rwnassar 2 ай бұрын

@@rooted-digital Thank you, best wished to you too!

@mikethetruth 14 күн бұрын

Dude, Instant subscriber here! This should be the template all other creators follow when making walkthroughs.

@rooted-digital 14 күн бұрын

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

@youtubeislamtv Ай бұрын

Thank you man

@rooted-digital Ай бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for coming by and watching.

@guidejackcoffeetour Ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

@rooted-digital Ай бұрын

You’re very welcome.

@kadianwitter6 5 ай бұрын

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@rooted-digital 5 ай бұрын

Well that's awesome news to hear. Thanks for sharing. Glad it was helpful for you!

@IsaacDanna 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!!

@rooted-digital 4 ай бұрын

Yo man! Glad you found it useful and super pumped by your enthusiastic gratitude. Have an awesome rest of your day and God bless!~

@bunkoti 5 ай бұрын

please create a series explaining enhanced conversions and enhanced conversions for leads, i am a subscriber

@rooted-digital 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video idea. This is new ground for me and I will add it to the list for future things to explore. Until then, I found this video resource from MeasureSchool that might be worth checking out! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orJmqNOfsavHg58.html&pp=ygUYZ2E0IGVuaGFuY2VkIGNvbnZlcnNpb25z Good luck!

@christopherlouisys.vertus5487 4 ай бұрын

Hey Man, I really appreciate this content 🙏🏾🙌 Actually can I follow the same steps to add google analytics 4 to my printify pop up store?

@rooted-digital 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate you taking the time. Regarding Printify, I can say two things: 1.) If you already have Google Tag Manager installed on your store, then YES, the process shown in this video will work. Once Tag Manager is installed successfully, the process for installing GA4 is the same for any type of web site / online store (since the work is done in Tag Manager) 2.) If you don't have Tag Manager installed on your store and don't know how to do that, it looks like there's another way to add GA4 to Printify. Here's the support article I found in case you don't have it: help.printify.com/hc/en-us/articles/14813624741393-How-can-I-set-up-marketing-tools-for-my-Pop-Up-Store Best of luck!

@christopherlouisys.vertus5487 4 ай бұрын

Hey man, I set it up, thanks for your help🙌🏾

@JackTravers-Kelly 7 күн бұрын

Hi man - great video. Quick question. My website already has a gtag connected to the site, and it is sending data from the site to my GA4 account. Do I still need to connect the gtag to a GTM account? A bit scared to remove the GTAG from my site in case it messes with the GA4 data!

@rooted-digital 5 күн бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isiSra-hy9rQm5s.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!

@MeerNahro-ss8nw 7 ай бұрын

Just for me to understand better, the Google Tag Manager is connected to the website via its own container code then you connect Google Analytics with the Google Tag Manager using the property's measurement ID? Thank you in advance!

@rooted-digital 7 ай бұрын

Yes, you've got it. The connection between Tag Manager and Google Analytics was very confusing to me as well. And it makes it more confusing because Tag Manager can perform multiple functions for Google Analytics properties: 1.) setting up the GA4 measurement ID / Google tag 2.) creating "custom events" to send additional data into the GA4 property If you've got 12 minutes to spare, this Tag Manager beginner's guide might be worth checking out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prOUna9zztmoeH0.html Best wishes!

@user-ds9ts3vn7g 4 ай бұрын

Do we not need to add any changes in code? like adding the measurement id in your website pages?

@rooted-digital 4 ай бұрын

When you install the Google tag as outlined in this video, you are - in fact - adding the GA4 measurement ID to your website pages. This used to be called the "GA4 Configuration tag" in Google Tag Manager. It got a new name and some new functionality last fall and is now called the Google tag. Same idea though.

@Liat140 9 күн бұрын

on 3:32, it says "Use the Google tag and Google Analytics: GA4 event tag together to enable measurement for Google Analytics 4. " You only used Google tag. Can you please explain why?

@rooted-digital 8 күн бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isiSra-hy9rQm5s.html use CSS selectors to track link clicks in main navigation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/opqghNB7pq-0iY0.html track email link clicks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jq-ZmZpk0dG6e5s.html Good luck and best wishes!

@Zii73 Ай бұрын

I'm getting started with GTM and GA4 and I'm still confused. At 3:22 I can see that you can choose "google tag" from the list but also you can see the same "google tag" option when you click on Google Analytics, Are these "google tag" tag types the same? so you can choose anyone you like?

@juniormoture4506 22 күн бұрын

Hi where can I get more advance course on this

@rooted-digital 8 күн бұрын

Yes, these are the same. You can just get to the same place (the Google tag) through two different routes. Google does confusing things like that sometimes. ;) Good question!

@rooted-digital 8 күн бұрын

Hi there. This is a 1 hour video on how events work in GA4. It's what I'd recommend if you want to go deeper in this area: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nq6Ji5x5strKgok.html Keep me posted if you watch and decide you're looking for more and I will do my best to send some more resources your way that I think might be useful. Best wishes!

@Adin4Christ Ай бұрын

Does this mean we dont need to install GA4 script to our site anymore?

@rooted-digital Ай бұрын

You can install the GA4 script on your site multiple ways. One way is to use Google Tag Manager (GTM) and push the GA4 tag to your site via GTM. That's what this video shows. Another way is to hardcode the GA4 script in the backend of your website. In that case, you wouldn't use GTM at all. If this is what you have done in the past, it will still work and you don't need to do what is shown in this video. However, my personal preference is to use GTM because it opens up some other options for GA4. Like creating some cool custom events like: button click tracking (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLV2p8191d2mfHk.html) internal link click tracking (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isiSra-hy9rQm5s.html) And related. Hope that clears things up. Best wishes!

@dzulhelmi81 Ай бұрын

Why choose Initialization, not All Pages?

@rooted-digital Ай бұрын

Either way will work just fine. If you're interested, you can check this article out with more info on the GTM Page View triggers: www.rootandbranchgroup.com/dom-ready-trigger/

@kieranjohn81 Ай бұрын

why do you add it as a vaiable?

@rooted-digital Ай бұрын

You don't *need* to do this step, but it will make things easier in the future if you create more tags (so you don't always need to check back to GA4 to see what your measurement ID is).

@rusticwaters 2 ай бұрын

I followed your instruction but my web stream in GA4 shows this alert: Data collection isn't active for your website. If you installed tags more than 48 hours ago, make sure they are set up correctly.

@rooted-digital 2 ай бұрын

Hello there. Two thoughts / questions: 1. You might want to double check to make sure you published your container in Google Tag Manager. From personal experience I know how easy it is to do everything but then not actually hit submit and publish the container in GTM. 2. If you've done that, I'd give it a little time. As Google's message implies, it can take up to 48 hours for data to start showing up (although it's typically faster than that). Best wishes.