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Free GA4 tracking you're already missing (and how to use it)

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  You installed Google Analytics 4 (GA4), it shows data—but do you actually know what's being collected? The shift from Universal Analytics (UA) to GA4 marked a fundamental change in digital measurement: moving from a session-based model to an event-based model. In UA, the pageview was the king of metrics; in GA4, every single interaction is an event. This "free tracking" is a major advantage because it bridges the gap between basic implementation and high-level analysis without requiring technical overhead. When I first set up GA4, I thought I needed to build elaborate tracking setups in Google Tag Manager (GTM) before I could see useful data. I was wrong. GA4 was already collecting more than I realised—I just didn't know where to look. The surprise is that GA4 tracks over 13 key events on your site out of the box. This allows marketers to focus on strategy rather than spending weeks on basic tagging implementations. The problem is that most people never l...

How to Create Custom Events and Mark as Key Event (Conversion)

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  Tired of waiting on developers to track simple website actions? In the world of analytics, generic "page views" rarely tell the whole story. You need to know exactly when a user visits your specific "Thank You" page, views a particular product, or reaches a confirmation screen. Historically, setting up this kind of granular tracking required messing with code or waiting weeks for a dev team to update the site. But with Google Analytics 4 (GA4), that friction is gone. In this guide, we’ll show you exactly how to create custom events and mark them as conversions directly within the user interface— no coding required . Ready to take control of your data? Let’s dive in. Quick Answer: To create a custom event in Google Analytics 4 without editing code, navigate to Admin , and under Data display , click Events . Click the Create event button to define your new event by setting conditions based...