Ads, Tracking, Analytics and Dataviz
🔍 Intro Let’s say you want to plug into your analytics tool — Google Analytics 4, Adobe Analytics, or Matomo — and pull data through their API.The naive approach? “I’ll just call the API endpoint and get the data.” ❌…
Introduction When we talk about server-side tracking, most people think of server-side tag managers like GTM SS or Adobe Edge. But you don’t necessarily need a TMS — it’s totally possible to send direct server-to-vendor HTTP calls using basic POST…
Introduction GA4 has fully embraced the event-driven model. But with multiple types of events—automatic, enhanced, recommended, and custom—it’s easy to get lost. This post breaks it all down clearly. And then we zoom in on ecommerce, where GA4 provides a…
Customer Journey Analytics (CJA) by Adobe brings a powerful way to unify customer data across channels. But to make the most of it, you need to master three key components: datasets, connections, and data views. 🔹 Dataset: the raw foundation…
Google Signals is a powerful feature in Google Analytics that enables cross-device tracking and enriches your data with users who have turned on Ads Personalization. When activated in GA4, it enhances your reporting with insights such as: Cross-device user journeys…
In the fast-paced world of digital analytics, understanding why data fluctuations occur is just as crucial as observing the fluctuations themselves. Adobe Analytics provides a powerful yet often underused tool: annotations. This simple feature can significantly enhance your analysis by…