GA4
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Google's current analytics platform built on an event-based model, replacing the session-based Universal Analytics. GA4 integrates with Google Ads, supports cross-platform (web + app) tracking, and uses machine learning for predictive insights.
How GA4 works in practice
GA4's event-based model means that every user interaction — including page views — is recorded as a named event with up to 25 custom parameters, enabling much more granular analysis than Universal Analytics' session and pageview model. The platform's Exploration reports — funnel analysis, path exploration, cohort analysis, segment overlap — provide capabilities that previously required exporting to BigQuery and writing SQL. GA4's direct integration with Google Ads enables importing conversions for Smart Bidding, Audiences for targeting, and attribution data for cross-channel analysis. The BigQuery export (available on all accounts) enables advanced LTV modelling, cohort revenue analysis, and joining GA4 behavioural data with CRM records for complete customer journey analysis.
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A tag management system that lets you deploy and manage marketing and analytics tags on your site without editing code. GTM speeds up tracking implementation, reduces developer dependency, and centralises tracking governance.
Measuring specific user interactions on a website or app — clicks, form submissions, video plays, scroll depth, file downloads. In GA4, every user interaction is modelled as an event rather than a pageview.
The process of measuring actions that matter to your business — purchases, leads, sign-ups — and sending that data to ad platforms to evaluate performance and power automated bidding strategies like Smart Bidding.
The rule that determines how credit for a conversion is assigned to different marketing touchpoints in the user journey. Choosing the right model affects how you allocate budget across channels and evaluate channel ROI.
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