Track Button Clicks as Conversions in Google Ads - Button & Link Click Conversion Tracking

[@Discoboy33]

2 days, man. 2 days I've been trying to set that damn trigger right. Tried everything. And by the time I was losing hope, found your video. God Bless you sir

[@urosstanojevic7408]

The video is really nice structured and topic well explained. But there's one mistake - calling gtag_report_conversion method is needed only if using manual tag setup. If using Google Tag Manager, the manager will listen to all events on the page, and fire those events that match defined triggers.

[@nimskido233]

so if you follow the video all the way up to before doing the onclick. will it work? im using wix - i used the developer tools but still couldnt manage to fix it

[@urosstanojevic7408]

@@nimskido233 yes. Referencing tag manager script and defining triggers inside tag manager should be enough. Start with some simple triggers to check if setup is working at all, and then continue with the ones you need.

[@jawadzaheerkhan7102]

Thats what I was confused about too. The entire point of using GTM is when you dont have access to the anchor tag and cannot put the onclick event manually (like in squarespace this access is not available) so you use GTM which can automatically track all click events. Btw GA4 also tracks all outbound clicks so most link clicks can be tracked with that too.

[@jawadzaheerkhan7102]

wix is a mess man. Did you figure the Page View Pageview mess out? Basically Wix doesn't have the auto Page View event in GTM so the normal way of tracking different page views does not work. Instead you gotta use a custom event named Pageview (I know its hilarious) to trigger your normal page view tags. @@nimskido233

[@gads_guy]

Yes, this is correct. Thanks for pointing it out here.

[@Limb0x1]

I was searching for a solution to track the 3rd party link and spent about 1 week before I found your video. Many thanks friend!

[@ContentifyMedia-el4mu]

I had exactly the same problem Perfect video for what I was searching

[@AI-Backbone]

Wow, thank you! I would never have discovered all the steps on my onw. But why did you add `gtag_report_conversion` when you already defined a tag+trigger in Google Tag Manager? Isn't it triggering twice then? 🤔

[@RasmusJacques-x6r]

Would it work without the onclick script? - When setting up the Google Ads Conversion with the Conversion ID and Label ID in Tagmanager and use the trigger as 'Click URL' or smth? As soon as they click on the link you defined in the trigger, wouldn't that count as a conversion?

[@andrewschaeffer4438]

Cool video thanks! If I might make a suggestion - for triggers I have them fire based on HTML classes. That way if the client wants to change the CTA copy from "Sign up now" to "Click for a free trial", you don't have to do a darn thing in GTM.

[@habibalimudin8002]

OMG this is what im looking for, Thankyou! Finally someone said it on point

[@trojanproxy9427]

Thank you for this video. How would I add the tracking code to an Elementor button?

[@SupportNVMedia]

GREAT video.. question.. What about a button click where the link is a specific product in a grid using woocommerce?

[@flemmingarnott]

This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much!!! 🙏🙏

[@zebracrm9499]

Amazing! Really good one. Very detailed and clear explanation. Thank you so much!

[@ReneHabenicht]

My website is built with Squarespace. Do I have to do the same complicated tagging at the end of the video or is that only relevant for Wordpress websites?

[@magalarva]

I have the same question. Did you already find the answer?

[@STRphotography]

I wish you would mention that before because wix does not allow adding custom code to buttons, thought it will work with only the button name :(

[@AndyMorley-s9f]

We use Elementor for some of our site builds, How do you add the onclick attribute to an elementor button?

[@grup1tecno2n]

Did you find an answer to this? i have the same issue.

[@AndyMorley-s9f]

Had to set the trigger up to use one of the default Elementor button CSS classes. The onClick doesnt seem to be needed in Tag manager, conversions reporting in Google ads now. @@grup1tecno2n

[@Lensbreak]

Custom attributes doe NOT work unfortunatley as written in the official documentation: Note You will not be able to add JS-based attributes (like onclick) to your links due to security reasons.

[@platformbuilderpro]

Thank you god for showing me this tutorial

[@wildheartranch]

how do you get to the code of specific button elements in Wix? IE what you're doing at @12:30?

[@duckapucko6395]

i have a "Send form" button inside an elementor popup... how am i supposed to add the inside a popup? seems impossible, heeeelp

[@EDMDigitalMarketing]

Hi, I loved your video, it was extremely helpful, but this website I am working with, doesn't have a code area for the

[@KA-wc3eb]

Thank you for the video! I saw in the video you don't recommend using the button tag. If I'm trying to track clicks off a book now button that has multiple outbound urls on the page, do I just add code for each outbound url? Or would this be a scenario where you recommend the button tag?

[@ericksonnoreck]

How can I track the click on the button if it does not come from a Google Ads Campaign?

[@ВалерийПашков-п9й]

Hi! Thanks for the video, but the moment with html code in the end is completely misunderstanding😢

[@scalitmedia1491]

my site is built with elementor so I cant edit the button html... can I not simply track my button that contains a link number without adding an onclick event?

[@Barcelona.rhapsody]

any update?

[@scalitmedia1491]

@@Barcelona.rhapsody Built a button with HTML code instead

[@TrustTrack]

I'm struggling with the same problem, do you got a solution? I'm using Weebly Editor

[@alejandrolenguav]

Wouldn't it be better to track the form submissions?

[@tommyvercetti5544]

Does this work for 3rd party forms?

[@relax2234]

It´s not clear which domain i should use, no example, like so often. The blod domain e.g. or the landing page link????

[@jb.arstar]

well the video it's fine, but what if you are using elementor for example, you can't acces de html code to make the modifications

[@andreortiz9068]

But what if I am using Elementor to create the website? Do I have to insert those lines on the button Custom CSS box?

[@duckapucko6395]

also wondering, need answers

[@rftvsm7697]

Isn't there button tracking options like facebook buisness. There we just land on the page after a click and directly select the buttons and follow next process..... I am from India, looking for some collobarations....for mutual benefits...like you can take benefits of time zone and currency difference. Thanks!

[@SebHall-pt1ej]

I am using a Squarespace 7.1 template. From my understanding, there is no way to access the full html to edit the tags? Is there a work around for this? Any help would be massively appreciated, or if anyone can point me in the direction of a similar video that is Squarespace focused, that would also be really appreciated! I am attempting to track every "Call Us" and "Email Us" button on my website.

[@jawadzaheerkhan7102]

One of my clients using Squarespace too. A shame that they don't allow that. But this video is wrong. You do not need to add the onclick to the anchor tag if you are using GTM. GTM can automatically track click events so just follow the video until the GTM part.

[@TylerHoff]

Is there a reason why my conversion window is locked on 3 days? I want to make it 90 days but it won't allow m.

[@davidsimmons4491]

Helpful but it doesn't show how you get to and where to put the A tag on your website

[@izzosbluelightproductions]

What about if I have a builder that doesn't allow me to write that code inline? What is the next option for that? Will it still track?

[@TrustTrack]

I'm struggling with the same problem, do you got a solution?

[@izzosbluelightproductions]

@@TrustTrack I don't have one yet but would love to find one. It would be great if Surfside could do a video on that

[@dr.cherhanlau7251]

Why do I still need the JS code? I am using a Wordpress plugin for my contact form and I can't add that.

[@MuhamadHillalYT]

can u explain what plugin or how to see that page on wordpress in 10:44

[@konkotsiras5242]

Thank you for your help!

[@FromTheDeep2481]

Awesome thanks!

[@riad2277]

I can't find "Use Google Tag Manager" option on my Google Ads once I creat a new tag to copy the info to Google Tag, I only find send email instruction or Set Up with Google Ad, how I can fix this step please?

[@garcezappi]

Your question is a long time ago, but it may help someone else, it is very likely that when creating a new conversion your account is linked to GA4, and in the conversion you selected to "Measure in Google Analytics", Create a new conversion and after entering the URL, click on "Measure in Google Ads", the Tag will appear for you

[@henketooraw]

@@garcezappi Hey! I am having the same issue as Riad2277...I don't see an option to "Measure In Google Ads" whenever I create a new conversion. Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?

[@carinem1809]

@@garcezappi Your answer was a long time ago, but you just saved my sanity! I have been struggling with this issue for 2 days. Massive THANK YOU

[@Yourviptv]

could not find the page where to edit and put the "a " onclick tag

[@adeelakhter4865]

How can we track WhatsApp conversion tracking from Google Ads?

[@spiiin268]

Where's the

[@hernandezgianluca792]

You have to click on the blue drop down menu: "Set up conversion tracking using the Google tag" then the "a" tag instructions open.

[@amatuer2]

Excellent lesson , thank you very much :)

[@Maxkuessner]

brilliant video! Thanks

[@wildheartranch]

For some reason I did not have that Measurement>Conversions menu as shown @2:30 . I found it under Goals>Conversions>Summary, then i could create a new conversion action

[@rajudesai3069]

Great work

[@plzcomebck]

can someone help me, 5:38 i am not getting setup with google tag manager. now what should i do

[@duckapucko6395]

go to settings (tools) and go to conversions. you need to switch from g4a analytics to google tag manager

[@FOCUS1234]

I have a popup buttan what can i put in the link

[@duckapucko6395]

also wondering

[@FromStudyToSleep]

Everything was going smoothly until I got to Wix's confusing code editor. Have no idea where I'm supposed to put the onclick events for the button. In dev mode they have an onclick option to add an event but none of the coding looks the same as what's displayed here. :(

[@HongYuntan]

In that case you might have to try adding the button with the tracker manually using custom html

[@chipoubapis]

how to track button WhatsApp Conversions in Google Ads

[@okpimp]

same problem

[@Shopbabylon]

Too complicated

[@jawadzaheerkhan7102]

Hey man cool content but this is like the second video of yours on GTM where you make a mistake and it wouldn't work properly for all the people following. Please proofread your scripts by an expert to avoid misguiding people.

[@STRphotography]

this is insane how detailed and how difficult google makes it for customers to set this up ! Totally brainless, the set up should be all on one page to enter info and set it up not jumping between 4 different pages and options. This video helps alot but how discussting google is, I am sure the will not help you with this

[@jsantos1220]

All this shit just to follow a click

[@livelyuphomes]

This video is so overly complicated and wrong

[@ChetanJoshiHyd]

Super helpful. Thanks so much @Surfsideppc

[@Surfsideppc]

Glad it was helpful for you!

[@mattclark7511]

I've added the necessary link click tracker in the button element. But its returning an error "This site can’t be reachedCheck if there is a typo in buttonbook%20now. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" any help would be appreciated.

[@eslammadany9701]

Excellent lesson , thank you very much :)