Measure user activity with recommended events in Google Analytics

[@lptadvisers]

Hi! I'm not a developer and you kind of lost me on the "Parameter "method"" (if you could make a video explaining the basic terms you need to understand as a non-developer to use GA4, that would be great!). But the rest was pretty clear, it didn't change too much from how it was with UA. Please keep making these videos! Nice job!

[@LilyHall-q4s]

It's a pleasure to watch your videos! Everything is at the highest level, it is clear that you work with your heart.

[@OliverJohnson-q5o]

thank you for your video, the structure allowed me to analyse and understand the topic of my question about google analytics in more depth

[@NGpedikura]

Your tutorial is already out of date. Should I add new trigger next to already existing "All Pages" trigger?

[@vickeywu8970]

Very clear! But I feel like Google Analytics is way too complex for the average users to set up.

[@chriscooke2789]

It is way too complicated I had Google analytics working but the new GA4 switched it off and all these videos do not help fixing it!

[@RoshSillars]

Unfortunately, If having to use Google Tag Manager is now required to do any meaningful or customize tracking, Google Analytics development has failed.

[@LexGear]

2:00 The irony of using twitter to report back to google that we are using their tutorials to learn how to setup an analytical feed.

[@larryburnette6827]

Love the clear and insightful training! I am curious about 9:01 in the video, however. The share event metric shows it fired 4 times but you only clicked the button once. Why is that, please? Would that mean it's not yet collecting the data properly? Or can it be predictably accounted for when evaluating the data? Something else? Thanks again - this is happily the best training I have found about how to use Google Analytics. Regards

[@mrshitty]

Asked myself the same question. My guess is he did a few rehearsals and tests before recording things and this is showing last 30 minutes. You can actually see it go from 4 to 5 in real time. That's probably the one we saw

[@NadrahFirzana]

I dont understand where I can see the coding for share-twitter?

[@runsteeprunfast]

HI, I'm using react for my website and I notice that the default events are capturing any time someone clicks on a link. How do I fix this?

[@atulsharma3764]

Hi, one thing I noticed when you click on share button, in debug mode why aren't the Ga4 pageview is triggered because you applied it to pageviews and it consider one pageview while open up any webpage.

[@igniteacademic]

We're in GA4 would you suggest looking for customer custom parameters like the "method=Twitter" one you sent with the GA4 event in GTM? You can see all the params in Realtime but how about reports, explore, etc?

[@b0otable]

Thanks for the video. Would be interested in seeing more on how to configure Analytics within Firebase web apps and Firebase Console.

[@bishnushah2119]

I am not Getting the option to select GA4 Configuration while setting Up new tags, can you please Let me know why it is so.

[@wlfquestdarkecho]

I would also like to know

[@catanainc]

Probably explaining an ecommerce recommended event would have been the most useful for people working with GA4, instead of choosing to show the simplest recommended event so the teacher has an easy job.

[@dmitryisakov3215]

I wonder why are there TWO Click link events during preview in GTM? I have the same issue and wonder if it is a bug or feature? Will this lead to events dubbling in GA4?

[@subhkumarsharma9970]

I'm not able to find google tag configuration while adding the tag

[@lexiriam]

awww...i was really bummed when he started using Google Tag Manager. Hope they make a similar video that does not use GTM. Also sucks that the video title doesn't state that it uses GTM. If anyone has a recommendation on a course like this one, but without GTM please let me know. Thanks!

[@stateofnevadaunemploymenti8700]

Google Academy also shows how to set up without Tag Manager: analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/course/6/unit/1/lesson/1

[@michaelcabrera6244]

Are we allowed to create multiple Tag Manager account if they want to track for IOS,Android or Web?

[@Joe-bt8dp]

Is this video part of the google analytics 4 course I'm doing on skill shop?

[@LeeGreyMatter]

It would be helpful to have a link to the first video that you referred to in this video.

[@humanbeing1065]

How can we differentiate the different share events? I don't see any mention that this event was a twitter share.

[@Granthtrisha]

is it possible to get live urls from the web for keywords we put in the analytics panel?

[@think-about-it-777]

Where are the links to the custom_events and custom_paramater videos?

[@almukhametovar]

But how distinguish Twitter, Facebook and so on? it is always "share" event.

[@Wild-bird-watching]

Does anyone know what "render" refers to in events. How do you delete events?

[@LudwigArcache]

I created the events in GTM and I can see it in GA4 real time reports, but how can I see those events in Engagement > Events ?

[@lolafernandez9170]

Hi, I don't see them either, and I've let a week or more go by. I can't find any answer in any of the thousand videos I've watched. Have you managed to find out why?

[@uberfu]

If you have a storefront on your website why would you need Google Analytrics to show you what was purchased when most web-based storefronts have inventory tracking baked in as a standard component.

[@sitao2483]

Thank you for your video, really clear!

[@ChristinaHohman-d5v]

How do we know if something is a recommended event or a custom event? Is there a list of GA4 recommended events?

[@GoogleAnalytics]

A list of recommended events is available in our help center: support.google.com/analytics/answer/9267735

[@lhodeniz]

**Summary of Steps from the Google Analytics Tutorial:** 1. **Introduction to Events:** Explained the concept of events in Google Analytics (GA) as user actions on a website or app, categorized into automatically collected events, recommended events (e.g., purchase, share), and custom events. 2. **Implementation of Recommended Event:** The goal is to track a "Share" event for a Tweet button that isn't automatically collected by GA. 3. **Setting Up the Event with Google Tag Manager (GTM):** - **Identify the Button:** In Visual Studio Code, identified the unique class of the Tweet button, which is necessary for tracking. - **Configure GTM Variables:** Enabled "Click Classes" under built-in variables to track the class name of clicked elements. - **Create a Tag:** Created a new GA4 Event tag in GTM, named it for the Twitter share event, and configured the event parameters to indicate that the method of sharing is Twitter. - **Set Up a Trigger:** Created a new trigger in GTM to fire the event when the Tweet button is clicked by identifying the class "Twitter share button." 4. **Testing the Event:** Used GTM's Preview mode and Tag Assistant Chrome extension to verify the tag is firing correctly on button click, ensuring it is sending the correct data. 5. **Publishing and Checking in GA:** After confirming the event worked in the test environment, published the changes to the live website. Then, checked GA's Real-Time Reports to see the "Share" event firing correctly along with other automatically collected events. 6. **Conclusion:** The video explained that future tutorials would cover custom events, which are tailored specifically to the user's business needs.

[@Barudsound]

Nice bro

[@comfortkingston2636]

Please help me on how to create a google analytics account

[@Blairur]

How much of the old UA can I delete?

[@a-zeeskits]

Nice video, what if you are using WordPress

[@ar_editz6283]

Hi Matt, discord link is invalid now.. can you share a time-free link please? Thanks..

[@GoogleAnalytics]

The correct link is discord.gg/djsM2JfQaG. We've just updated the video description. Thank you for letting us know!

[@ar_editz6283]

@@GoogleAnalytics thanks, Matt!

[@samchat1]

Great content. Thanks for sharing.

[@croxcinco120]

thank you

[@AbedALLAHLandlife]

Great learning videos .

[@vladkesov]

Большое спасибо!

[@MarieMicheleSicardCarrier]

Great video! Thanks! :)

[@cschenonep]

Thanks a lot Matt!

[@matthewademeso4729]

please Matt, how do i access the code for the google analytics website?

[@RefocusCreative]

Your tutorial is already out of date

[@CharmaneFerguson]

When can I start my tutorial ready

[@김영석-k5f]

생각보다 뷰가 낮네요 공식문서는 잘 안보나?

[@SemUalLJackson]

Why do people present these overall good tutorials who can not speak clearly and just mumbling around. #getthesocksoutofyourmouth

[@darlabonn3245]

Can you introduce me to a career under this Department as a remote manager to pick back up from my last GY! And FB expansion project? This is when Yahoo! Compiled the small Hillsboro Office under Corporate. I was both Employed and Construction over sight person(s) As I just really need a life style including my Career. I am not stuck on one disposition(all) tendering of your incumpussed needs.

[@BookUrDentist]

its all out dated knowlge

[@samialashwal]

welcome Can you provide this content in Arabic?

[@zeyangzheng1481]

please blink!!!

[@JOSEGARCIA-ch2jp]

This gentleman's pronunciation is not bad, it's very bad. No one understands almost nothing, only for us speakers, not for the rest!!!!

[@ironhide1975]

Your voice is not suited for presentation work. Please hire a professional announcer for these videos.

[@chriscooke2789]

Maybe Google should spend their money on a call centre rather than these pointless videos that don't!

[@andywest6062]

Preview doesn't work in Firefox, the connection never completes.

[@munjikahalah]

Ehhh. Def a better way to explain this. Just walking through tutorials and not explaining step by step. 🫤

[@LilyHall-q4s]

It's a pleasure to watch your videos! Everything is at the highest level, it is clear that you work with your heart.

[@stephan_clarkson]

To be honest I confused fully with GA4. Why there is no page in the documentation which define all terms and connection between them. Why should I even user Tag Manager additionally to GA4. Why should I set something in Tag Manager for GA4. What are events, dimensions, and measurement, what relate to what and why. The documentation is badly structured. Examples are super simple for example conversations - what if I have 4-5 step - no example hot to set this and based on what - on the event? on dimensions?

[@guocity]

Can the configuration done by script?

[@buyidinake9974]

so lost &confused

[@samialashwal]

مرحبا هل يمكن أن تقدموا هذا المحتوى باللغة العربية؟

[@clarizzafray]

Thanks!

[@comfortkingston2636]

Thank you so much I really enjoyed your teaching,please how can create a google analytics account

[@lexisense]

Awesome, thank you