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Hello Leon, my Tag Manager container looks to be blocked by my cookie banner. Only when I confirm my (some of my) cookies in the cookiebanner, my GTM container loads. But when I denie all cookies in my cookie banner my GTM container never loads. In the testing mode of GTM I get the message 'Google Tag XXXX not found'. Do you know a way to fix this?
I have a script in the page that has nothing to do with google tag manager and causes the read consent error. Its a script about conversion from ads (conversion.js). How can i solve this?
Can I have your email? I have found the problem and I need to send you an email to confirm. Basically gtm tags runs asychronously and that means that other scripts that read consent values can run before even consent initialization!
you missed to mention "WILL IT WORK?" , how about running this on the cheap droplet and poiinting 4-5 web apps with 10-12 active users each daily? can this server stup handle that?
Hi, I followed your tutorial but I am getting an error because of the ga:goalXXCompletions. Do you know how to fix this? Our UA has goal completions setup. The error in google sheet displays this Unknown metric(s): ga:goalXXCompletions
Hi! I can't find the video with the manual setup rectified! I used your original setup for the Simo ahava tag but I need to make the changes you mention here!
This tutorial is incredible. I set it up, it worked and I hope it will work for long time. You are the first person who really explains how to set up consent mode on the page without using the CookieBot, Cookie Yes or other pay platform. Thank you so much for created this tutorial.
Thank you very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very much!! I was trying to do it and already gave up but this video saved me.
Good review. I would love to see more about multi-touch and cross-channel marketing attribution use case, which they claim to support. They also claim to have custom dimensions and reports... So I think your desire to have the absolute count be part of the channels report is do-able.
Hi Leon, I have found that it does not update the consents that the user makes when using HubSpot banner. It only updates when the page is refreshed. Do you have any ideas what that could be?
If you want Consent Mode to go into effect immediately, you can force a refresh (many people have done this) or make some modifications to the setup. I've documented this another video (from around 15 minutes) here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jXSnQvCkFzQ.html&ab_channel=LeonKorteweg
Just to say thanks for being so clear. Setting this stuff up seems to be punishingly difficult and who knows why? I think I've now got it working in Piwik Pro, having abandoned CookieYes and Complianz.
Great video, the key section for me was applying the 'enable consent overview' option and then setting the consent for each tag, this has been missing from just about every piece of documentation I have read around setting up consent mode either with GTM or plugins.
Thank you for this great tutorial! Unfortunately it seems not to work with my banner (RealCookieBanner). Its "Value" stored is always just a bunch of numbers & letters - it's different every time, so there is nothing like "marketing=true". Seems I have to try another free banner.
Ahh bummer :( Haven't worked with RealCookieBanner yet. I did a video on another free cookiebanner a while back (Piwik Pro Consent Manager). Maybe that will help..
Dear Leon, is it possible to import your data to Matomo as you mentioned and then do an export from Matomo into CSV, Excel, whatever? I know that you can do those kinds of exports via GA but maybe Matomo's export is more advanced or this route may offer some other benefits?
I'm just getting started with using Matomo myself, so it's hard for me to answer the question. I believe you can do a trial, so perhaps you can just try it yourself?
Duidelijke uitleg. Je gebruikt de gratis versie van Cookiebot. Die heb ik ook alleen jouw is in het nederlands en die van mij in engels. Hoe kan ik het in het nederlands krijgen?
Here's how you change the language on your cookiebanner: support.cookiebot.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003793394-How-to-set-the-language-of-the-consent-banner
Thank you so much for making this video! I recently sent a request asking if you could make a video on this. This video was very clear to understand thank you again!
Hello Leon! I really appreciate you making this video, I have shared your video with my whole team to use as reference while we are transferring data. I do have one question: Once the reports are moved into Looker Studio how do we know we did everything correctly? Could you possibly make a video on how to design a report from these data pulls? Thanks again for making this video!
I believe that's not the case. See this article: ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies/how-do-we-comply-with-the-cookie-rules/#comply15
I've browsed through several tutorials but yours was awesome and crystal clear. So now can we import this old data into Analytics 4? Thank you so much!
Hello, Leon! Thanks for the wonderful video! I'm trying to understand the difference between basic and advanced mode and I'm looking for some hints how to spot this when reviewing websites. Can you help with any suggestions please? Should I look anything into the setup in GTM or just the behaviour of the tags and their statuses depending don't he user's preferences?
If you're following my route you're already using Advanced Consent Mode. There is almost no good information online about how to setup basic mode. The key difference is that basic mode prevents all Google Tags from loading until consent is given.
I’m not able to configure the session_duration tag. There is no “configuration tag” box / drop-down, just a box with the “Measurement ID”. Could it have something to do with the recent migration to the “Google tag”? Thank you.
Hi Leon, Thanks for the video! How do you track a conversion rate of a page with a Sing Up form (like your landing page of the cheatsheet)? How many people visited and how many subscribed? Can you please make a video? PS: For your information: the statistics per city are not good. I have compared Eindhoven in different platforms. Matomo (1 visitor), Plausible (43) and Clarity (41).
