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Google ads server-side tracking
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Written by Alex
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Summary

Google currently supports Google ads API to send conversion data back to the platform. You can use Attribuly conversion feeds entirely, without managing complicated google ads tags.

100% more data tracked by Attribuly, compare with Shopify Google & Youtube tags.

What data is transferred?

Below events that are generated by Google ads can be posted back to Google Ads:

  • Page view

  • Add to cart

  • Checkout start

  • Checkout completed

  • Form submission.

Events

Conversion value

Page view

1 in account currency

Add to cart

quantity * price

Checkout start

total price

Checkout completed

total price

Form submission

Revenue / leads quantity

Lead value post back

Most lead value is settled as $1, which is not the actual value. Google doesn't really get the real value to target more high-value leads.

Attribuly is the first vendor in e-Commerce to calculate the lead value at a campaign level. Hence every Google campaign gets a different lead lifetime value from Attribuly. So Google targets higher value leads when your conversion goal is the "conversion value".

Setup guide

Step 1: Set up conversion feed

Create a new destination in Attribuly conversion feed, follow the steps.

Your connected Gogole ads account will display in the next step, choose which account you want to sent to, and save.

Step 2: Set primary conversion

Go to Google ads manager, click to tools and setting-Measurement- conversion

You will see a conversion action starting with "Attribuly xxx", this is the conversion data sent from Attribuly.

And Google sums all the primary actions as your total conversion value. So you need to only set one correct primary action. Or your value attributed to Google ads, will be bigger than the actual

Go to the conversion action setting, set Attribuly purchase as the primary action, and set all the other actions as secondary.

Step 3: Enhanced conversions

It's optional but highly recommended. Please refer below instruction for enhanced conversions.

Monitor the status

Click the status:

Click the number:

Shopify events: The events has been sent to Google ads.

Success: The events Google responds as " Receive succeed"

Match rate: Success events / Total events

The detailed data fields sent to Google.

About Google Ads Enhanced conversions

Enhanced conversions is a feature that offers several advantages for online businesses:

  1. Improved Conversion Measurement Accuracy: Enhanced conversions can significantly improve the accuracy of your conversion measurement. This means you'll have a more precise understanding of how your ads are performing and which actions are leading to conversions.

  2. Unlocking More Powerful Bidding: By providing more accurate data, enhanced conversions enable more effective bidding strategies in Google Ads. This can lead to better ad performance and more efficient use of your advertising budget.

  3. Better Attribution: Enhanced conversions help in tracking user actions across devices and browsers. This improved tracking capability allows for better attribution of conversions to the right marketing efforts, giving you a clearer picture of your customer's journey.

We have seen some exciting performance with this feature.

The Enhanced conversions are getting "Excellent" after 2 weeks of validation.

Attribuly records 20% more conversions than Google tag or other sever-side tracking tools.

Setup guide

Step1: Enable the "Enhanced Conversions" in Google ads account.

Navigate to "Goals"-"Settings"-"Enhanced conversions for leads", and turn on this feature.

Also, make sure you have "Customer data terms" approved.

Step 2: Enable "Enhanced Conversions" in Attribuly

If you haven't set it up correctly in Google ads account, an error message will display: " Need Accespt the customer data terms and opt in to enhanced conversions for leads first"

You will find an "Enhanced Conversion is active" when you view the conversion action's status in Google ads.

When you click "Go to diagnostics", you may see more details.

FAQ

Enhanced conversions warning: Tag is not firing on your website form

Will using Google conversion feed affect the Google tags I have already configured?

No, Attriubly relies entirely on the server side to post back conversion signals through the Google ads API, and will not be associated with installed Google tags or cause duplication.

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