Avoiding False Conversions in Google Analytics
Posted by R0bin_L0rd Preface The first half of this post is a quick rundown of some of the standard ways in which your conversions could be going awry. The second half of this post — everything after “How to filter conversions with Tag Manager” is an advanced way of intelligently filtering conversions using Tag Manager and cookies. If you’re confident you’ve already covered your bases, feel free just to skip to the advanced section , I just feel it’s important to go through some of the basic stuff before diving into more complex solutions. Avoiding false conversions Aside from failing to record important data, one of the best ways to screw up your analytics is to record the wrong thing and lump it in with all the times you’ve recorded the right thing. For example: if you’re counting conversions when you shouldn’t be, that can screw up automated ad bidding, how much you value individual channels, or even how well you think your business is doing. For this post, we’ll be referrin...