<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adnan Agic | Google Ads &amp; Conversion Tracking Blog</title><description>Expert insights on Google Ads, conversion tracking, GA4, GTM, and e-commerce marketing strategies.</description><link>https://adnanagic.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>How to Set Up and Use Custom Labels in Google Shopping</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/custom-labels-google-shopping-setup-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/custom-labels-google-shopping-setup-strategy/</guid><description>Custom labels let you segment your Shopping feed by margin, sale status, seasonality, or performance tier and apply different bid targets per group. Here is the strategy behind custom labels, how to add them via supplemental feed or Shopify app, and the specific bidding structures they enable.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Incrementality Testing: How to Know If Your Google Ads Are Actually Driving Sales</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/incrementality-testing-google-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/incrementality-testing-google-ads/</guid><description>Platform-reported ROAS tells you what Google attributed to itself. Incrementality testing tells you whether those sales would have happened without the ads. Here is how geo holdout tests, campaign experiments, and conversion lift studies work — and how to run one for your store.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads for International Ecommerce: Multi-Country Campaigns, Currency, and Feed Setup</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-international-ecommerce-multi-country/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-international-ecommerce-multi-country/</guid><description>Running Google Shopping across multiple countries requires separate feed configurations, country-specific shipping settings, and a campaign structure that gives you budget control per market. Here is how to handle currency, feed localisation, and campaign structure when expanding beyond your home market.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Remarketing Lists Work in Google Ads — and Why Most Ecommerce Stores Set Them Up Wrong</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/remarketing-lists-google-ads-ecommerce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/remarketing-lists-google-ads-ecommerce/</guid><description>Remarketing cart abandoners and product page viewers sounds simple. In practice, audience list creation, minimum sizes, RLSA in Shopping campaigns, and the difference between GA4 audiences and Google Ads lists trips up most stores. Here is how to do it correctly.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Third-Party Feed Tools vs. Native Shopify Feed: When You Actually Need One</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/shopify-feed-tools-vs-native-google-app/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/shopify-feed-tools-vs-native-google-app/</guid><description>The Shopify Google and YouTube app is free and works out of the box. DataFeedWatch, Channable, and Simprosys cost money and take time to configure. Here is the honest breakdown of when the native app is good enough and when a paid tool pays for itself.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Google Ads Tracks Sales Across Multiple Sessions: Attribution Windows Explained</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-multi-session-attribution-conversion-windows/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-multi-session-attribution-conversion-windows/</guid><description>Google Ads shows 50 conversions, Shopify shows 30 orders. A customer clicked your ad 5 days ago and bought today — does it count? Different reports inside Google Ads show different numbers. Here is how conversion windows work, what view-through conversions are, and why the discrepancies exist.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads Auction Insights: How to Actually Use It to Make Decisions</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-auction-insights-how-to-use/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-auction-insights-how-to-use/</guid><description>Auction Insights shows how your ads compete against specific competitors in the same auctions. Here is what every metric means, how to read it differently for Shopping vs. Search, when to respond to a competitive threat and when to ignore it, and how to use Impression Share as a bidding signal.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads for Stores With a Small Product Catalog: What Actually Works</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-small-product-catalog-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-small-product-catalog-strategy/</guid><description>Most Google Ads advice assumes a large catalog. If you are running a 10-50 SKU store, the standard playbook breaks down — Smart Bidding struggles, campaign structure changes, and feed optimization strategy is different. Here is what actually works for small catalog ecommerce.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Customer Acquisition Goal in Google Ads: What It Is and How to Set It Up</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/new-customer-acquisition-goal-google-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/new-customer-acquisition-goal-google-ads/</guid><description>Google&apos;s New Customer Acquisition goal tells PMax and Shopping to prioritize finding new buyers rather than re-converting existing ones. Here is what the two NCA modes do, how Google identifies new customers, what you need in GTM to make it work, and when it is the right strategy to run.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Branded vs. Non-Branded Campaigns: Why Mixing Them Destroys Your Reporting</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/branded-vs-nonbranded-campaigns-google-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/branded-vs-nonbranded-campaigns-google-ads/</guid><description>Branded traffic converts at 10-20x the rate of non-branded. When you mix them in the same campaign, your ROAS looks great while non-branded prospecting silently loses money. Here is how to separate them in Search and Shopping, why it matters for Smart Bidding, and how to handle competitors bidding on your brand.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Google Ads Optimization Score Is — and Why You Should Mostly Ignore It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-optimization-score-ignore/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-optimization-score-ignore/</guid><description>Optimization Score is one of the most visible numbers in Google Ads and one of the most misleading. A low score does not mean your account is broken. A 100% score does not mean your account is well-run. Here is what it actually measures and which recommendations are worth acting on.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads for Seasonal Businesses: How to Handle Budget, Campaigns, and Bidding Around Peaks</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-seasonal-business-campaign-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-seasonal-business-campaign-strategy/</guid><description>Ramping campaigns up before Black Friday, maintaining peak performance in season, and winding down without destroying your machine learning data are all distinct challenges. Here is how to manage the seasonal lifecycle of a Google Ads account without repeatedly triggering the learning phase.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Shopping Product Image Requirements: Why Images Get Disapproved and How to Fix Them</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-shopping-product-image-requirements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-shopping-product-image-requirements/</guid><description>Product image disapprovals are the most common non-feed-data reason Shopping products stop showing. Here is the complete breakdown of Google&apos;s image requirements by category, the specific violations that trigger disapprovals, and how to fix each one.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smart Campaigns and Auto-Apply Recommendations: Why They&apos;re Dangerous and How to Regain Control</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-smart-campaigns-auto-apply-recommendations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-smart-campaigns-auto-apply-recommendations/</guid><description>Google&apos;s onboarding pushes new store owners into Smart Campaigns, and Auto-Apply Recommendations quietly changes account settings without explicit approval. Here is what each does, which recommendations are worth accepting, and how to get back to manual control.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads Account Suspension: Why It Happens and How to Fix It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-account-suspension-fix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-account-suspension-fix/</guid><description>A suspended Google Ads account stops all campaigns immediately with no warning. Here is a breakdown of every suspension type — policy violations, billing, circumventing systems — what each one means, and the exact appeal process for each.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ROAS Is the Wrong Metric: How to Track Profit Margin and POAS in Google Ads</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/profit-margin-poas-google-ads-ecommerce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/profit-margin-poas-google-ads-ecommerce/</guid><description>A 500% ROAS looks great. But after COGS, shipping, returns, payment fees, and ad spend, you might be losing money. Here is what POAS is, why most stores are optimizing for the wrong metric, and how to feed real margin data into Google Ads so it optimizes for profit rather than revenue.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Demand Gen Campaigns: What They Are and Whether Ecommerce Stores Should Use Them</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/demand-gen-campaigns-google-ads-ecommerce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/demand-gen-campaigns-google-ads-ecommerce/</guid><description>Google replaced Discovery ads with Demand Gen in 2023 and has been pushing it as part of the ecommerce ad stack ever since. Here is what Demand Gen actually is, how it differs from PMax and standard Display, and the conditions under which it makes sense for a Shopify store to run it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads Account Structure for Ecommerce: How to Actually Set It Up</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-account-structure-ecommerce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-account-structure-ecommerce/</guid><description>One campaign for everything or one per category? Brand separate from non-brand? One PMax or multiple? These are the most common structural questions from ecommerce store owners setting up Google Ads. Here is a practical framework that works for most Shopify stores.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Search Terms Report Is Broken: What Store Owners Don&apos;t Know About Query Visibility</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-search-terms-report-broken/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-search-terms-report-broken/</guid><description>Most Google Ads users assume the Search Terms report shows everything their ads matched. It does not. Google removed a large portion of query data in 2020 and visibility has continued to shrink. Here is what you can and cannot see, what the PMax search terms report actually shows, and how to work around the gaps.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Customer Match and First-Party Data for Ecommerce: The Practical Setup</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/customer-match-first-party-data-google-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/customer-match-first-party-data-google-ads/</guid><description>Customer Match lets you upload your Shopify customer list directly to Google Ads and use it for audience targeting, PMax signals, and Similar Segments. Here is how to set it up, why match rates are low, and how to automate list refreshes so your first-party data stays current.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enhanced Conversions for Shopify: The Practical Setup Guide</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/enhanced-conversions-shopify-setup-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/enhanced-conversions-shopify-setup-guide/</guid><description>Enhanced Conversions is Google&apos;s primary response to cookie loss and Consent Mode gaps. Here is what it actually does, how to set it up on Shopify with and without GTM, how it interacts with your existing tracking, and how to verify it is working before trusting the numbers.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Audit a Google Ads Account That Isn&apos;t Performing</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/how-to-audit-google-ads-account-not-performing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/how-to-audit-google-ads-account-not-performing/</guid><description>Clicks but no sales. ROAS suddenly dropped. Spend with nothing to show for it. When Google Ads stops working and you do not know why, here is the systematic audit process — search terms, auction insights, product coverage, conversion tracking, and asset performance — that finds the actual problem.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PMax and Shopping Attribution: Which Campaign Gets Credit?</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/pmax-shopping-attribution-which-campaign-gets-credit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/pmax-shopping-attribution-which-campaign-gets-credit/</guid><description>Running Performance Max alongside Standard Shopping or Search creates overlapping conversions that make it impossible to tell what is actually working. Here is how multi-campaign attribution works in Google Ads, why PMax ROAS can look great while sales stay flat, and how to compare campaigns side by side in Looker Studio.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads Bidding Strategy Transitions: When to Switch and How to Do It Without Crashing Your Campaign</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-bidding-strategy-transitions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-ads-bidding-strategy-transitions/</guid><description>Moving from Maximize Conversions to Target ROAS is one of the highest-stakes decisions in Google Ads account management. Done right, it unlocks better efficiency. Done wrong, it kills spend for weeks. Here is the framework for making bidding transitions safely.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Performance Max: What to Actually Do With It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/performance-max-what-to-actually-do-with-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/performance-max-what-to-actually-do-with-it/</guid><description>PMax is behind a huge share of Google ad spend and generates more confusion than any other campaign type. Here is a clear breakdown of asset groups, brand exclusions, campaign signals, and when to run PMax alongside Standard Shopping versus instead of it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Use Claude to Build a Better Google Shopping Feed</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/use-claude-ai-to-build-google-shopping-feed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/use-claude-ai-to-build-google-shopping-feed/</guid><description>Writing good product titles, completing missing attributes, mapping categories, and auditing feed data is tedious work at scale. Here is how to use Claude to do it faster and more consistently than doing it manually.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Set Up Google Merchant Center Promotions for a Limited-Time Sale</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-merchant-center-promotions-sale-setup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-merchant-center-promotions-sale-setup/</guid><description>The Special offer badge on Shopping ads lifts CTR and conversion rate at no extra cost per click. Here is exactly how to set up a two-phase sale promotion using feed files — coupon code phase followed by automatic discount phase — with the common errors and how to avoid them.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merchant Center Next vs. Classic: What&apos;s Changed and What You Need to Know</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/merchant-center-next-vs-classic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/merchant-center-next-vs-classic/</guid><description>Google is migrating all Merchant Center accounts to Merchant Center Next, a redesigned interface with a new structure and renamed features. Here is what actually changed, what is missing, and how to navigate the new platform if you learned on the classic version.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Use Merchant Center Diagnostics to Audit Your Product Feed</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/merchant-center-diagnostics-product-feed-audit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/merchant-center-diagnostics-product-feed-audit/</guid><description>The Diagnostics tab is where feed problems surface, but it takes some practice to read it efficiently. Here is how to interpret what you see, distinguish item-level from account-level issues, and prioritize fixes for maximum impact on your active product count.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Listings vs. Shopping Ads: What&apos;s the Difference and How to Use Both</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/free-listings-vs-shopping-ads-merchant-center/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/free-listings-vs-shopping-ads-merchant-center/</guid><description>Google offers two ways to show your products in Shopping results: paid Shopping ads and free product listings. Most stores focus only on ads and leave free visibility on the table. Here is how both work and how to get the most from each.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shipping and Tax Settings in Merchant Center Explained</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/merchant-center-shipping-tax-settings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/merchant-center-shipping-tax-settings/</guid><description>Incorrect shipping configuration is one of the most common reasons products are ineligible to show in Shopping. Here is a clear breakdown of how to set up shipping services, delivery times, and tax settings correctly so your products can appear across all Google surfaces.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Understanding Product Disapprovals: Why Google Rejects Products and How to Get Them Approved</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/understanding-product-disapprovals-merchant-center/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/understanding-product-disapprovals-merchant-center/</guid><description>A product disapproval in Merchant Center means that product is invisible in Shopping. Here is a breakdown of the most common disapproval reasons, what Google actually looks for, and how to fix and appeal each type.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Connect Shopify to Google Merchant Center</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/connect-shopify-to-google-merchant-center/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/connect-shopify-to-google-merchant-center/</guid><description>Connecting Shopify to Merchant Center syncs your product catalog automatically so you can run Shopping ads and free listings without manual feed management. Here is how to do it via the Google and YouTube app, what to verify after setup, and the common issues that break the sync.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Most Common Feed Errors in Google Merchant Center (and How to Fix Them)</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/common-merchant-center-feed-errors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/common-merchant-center-feed-errors/</guid><description>Feed errors are the most common reason Shopping products stop showing. This guide covers the errors that appear most often in Merchant Center Diagnostics — missing GTINs, price mismatches, image disapprovals, policy violations — and the specific fixes for each.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Product Feed 101: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/product-feed-101-google-merchant-center/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/product-feed-101-google-merchant-center/</guid><description>The product feed is the core of everything in Google Merchant Center. Here is a plain-language explanation of what a feed is, how Google uses it, which attributes matter most, and how feed quality directly affects Shopping performance.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Set Up Google Merchant Center from Scratch (Step-by-Step)</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-merchant-center-setup-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/google-merchant-center-setup-guide/</guid><description>A complete walkthrough of Google Merchant Center setup — account creation, business verification, shipping and tax configuration, feed setup, and linking to Google Ads. Everything you need to go from zero to active listings.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is Google Merchant Center and Why Every Ecommerce Store Needs It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/what-is-google-merchant-center/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/what-is-google-merchant-center/</guid><description>Google Merchant Center is the backend infrastructure for every Shopping ad and free product listing on Google. Here is what it does, how it connects to Google Ads, and why no ecommerce store running paid search should skip it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharing and Scheduling Reports in Looker Studio</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-sharing-scheduling-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-sharing-scheduling-reports/</guid><description>A report no one looks at is wasted work. Here is how to share Looker Studio reports with clients, schedule automated email delivery, manage access permissions correctly, and avoid the common mistakes that expose data to the wrong people.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building an Ecommerce Dashboard in Looker Studio With GA4</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-ecommerce-dashboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-ecommerce-dashboard/</guid><description>An ecommerce dashboard in Looker Studio should answer three questions at a glance: how much revenue, from where, and what is converting. Here is how to build one with GA4 as the data source, including the product and funnel views that actually get used.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Ads and Looker Studio: Building a Live Campaign Performance Dashboard</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-google-ads-integration/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-google-ads-integration/</guid><description>The native Google Ads connector in Looker Studio gives you live campaign data without any exports. Here is how to connect it, which metrics actually matter for a campaign dashboard, and how to set up a view that surfaces problems before they become expensive.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Data Blending in Looker Studio: Combine GA4 and Google Ads in One Chart</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-data-blending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-data-blending/</guid><description>Data blending lets you join data from two different sources into a single chart. Here is how to set it up, what join keys to use for GA4 and Google Ads, and why blended data produces wrong numbers when you do not configure it carefully.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Looker Studio Calculated Fields: Build the Metrics Your Data Source Does Not Have</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-calculated-fields/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-calculated-fields/</guid><description>Calculated fields let you create custom metrics and dimensions inside Looker Studio using formulas. Here is how to write them, where to use them, and the common mistakes that produce wrong numbers silently.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building Your First Looker Studio Dashboard: A Step-by-Step Guide</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-building-your-first-dashboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-building-your-first-dashboard/</guid><description>A walkthrough for building a functional marketing performance dashboard in Looker Studio from scratch — page structure, layout, chart placement, and the settings that are easy to miss the first time.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Looker Studio Chart Types Explained: When to Use Each One</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-chart-types-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-chart-types-explained/</guid><description>Looker Studio has over 20 chart types. Most dashboards only need five or six of them. Here is a breakdown of each chart type, what data it works best with, and the common mistakes that make charts harder to read than they should be.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Connecting Data Sources in Looker Studio: GA4, Google Ads, and Beyond</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-connecting-data-sources/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/looker-studio-connecting-data-sources/</guid><description>A data source is the bridge between Looker Studio and your data. Here is how to connect GA4, Google Ads, and Google Sheets, what the difference is between a report-level and reusable data source, and what to do when a connection breaks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is Looker Studio and Why Marketers Use It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/what-is-looker-studio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/what-is-looker-studio/</guid><description>Looker Studio is Google&apos;s free reporting tool that turns raw data from Google Ads, GA4, Search Console, and dozens of other sources into live, shareable dashboards. Here is what it is, what it is not, and when it is the right tool for the job.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Block China Traffic in Google Tag Manager</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/block-china-traffic-google-tag-manager/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/block-china-traffic-google-tag-manager/</guid><description>Bot traffic and spam sessions from China can skew your analytics, waste ad spend, and inflate conversion data. Here is how to filter it out at the GTM level using a geolocation variable and trigger conditions — no server access required.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Channel Groupings: Why the Default Is Wrong and How to Fix It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-channel-groupings-default-wrong-how-to-fix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-channel-groupings-default-wrong-how-to-fix/</guid><description>If GA4&apos;s default channel groupings are misclassifying traffic, every report built on top of them is distorted. Here is how channel assignment works, the most common miscategorizations, and how to build custom channel groupings that reflect your actual traffic.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Cohort Analysis: How to Measure Retention and Campaign Quality Over Time</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-cohort-analysis-retention-campaign-quality/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-cohort-analysis-retention-campaign-quality/</guid><description>Standard reports tell you how many users a campaign brought in. Cohort analysis tells you whether those users were still around a month later. 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The cause is almost always a single-character CSS selector mistake — here is how to diagnose and fix it, plus every other reason visibility triggers fail on injected elements.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Custom Dimensions and Metrics: The Complete Setup and Strategy Guide</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-custom-dimensions-metrics-setup-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-custom-dimensions-metrics-setup-strategy/</guid><description>The setup is a few clicks. The intelligence is knowing what to build and why — understanding scope, quota, and how to actually use custom dimensions inside Explorations and standard reports.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tracking a Next.js SPA in GTM: History Navigation, Invisible Carts, and Full E-Commerce Setup</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/nextjs-spa-gtm-tracking-history-api-cart/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/nextjs-spa-gtm-tracking-history-api-cart/</guid><description>Standard GTM Page View triggers are useless on Next.js out of the box. Here is a complete implementation plan for virtual pageviews, slide-in cart tracking, GA4 e-commerce events, and Google Ads conversions on a client-side routed SPA.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When Preview Mode Lies: Runtime-Level HTTP Logging for Server-Side GTM</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/sgtm-runtime-logger-patch-http-logs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/sgtm-runtime-logger-patch-http-logs/</guid><description>Standard sGTM logging only shows what your tags choose to report. A runtime-level logger patch captures every inbound request and outbound call at the container level — here is why that matters and when to use it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WooCommerce Google Ads Conversion Tracking via GTM Using GTM4WP</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/woocommerce-google-ads-tracking-gtm4wp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/woocommerce-google-ads-tracking-gtm4wp/</guid><description>GTM4WP by Thomas Geiger is the cleanest way to push a GA4-compliant ecommerce data layer from WooCommerce into GTM without touching theme code. Here is the full setup for Google Ads conversion tracking.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GTM Workspaces, Versions, and Container Governance for Teams</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/gtm-workspaces-versions-container-governance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/gtm-workspaces-versions-container-governance/</guid><description>When multiple people edit a GTM container simultaneously, things break. Here is how workspaces prevent conflicts, how to use versions for safe rollbacks, and how to structure container governance for agency and in-house teams.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Data Layer Values Lost Between Pages  -  How to Persist Variables Across Navigation Without a Developer</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/data-layer-values-lost-between-pages-gtm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/data-layer-values-lost-between-pages-gtm/</guid><description>When a user navigates to a new page, the GTM data layer resets. Variables like user_type, cart_value, and logged_in status disappear. 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Here is how to pull prices, review counts, product names, and dynamically rendered content directly from the page using GTM&apos;s DOM Element variable and Custom JS.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cross-Domain Tracking Breaking at Iframes and Third-Party Checkouts  -  and How to Fix It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/cross-domain-tracking-iframes-third-party-checkouts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/cross-domain-tracking-iframes-third-party-checkouts/</guid><description>GA4 treats users as new sessions when they pass through iframes or third-party checkout domains. 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Here is how to use them correctly.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GTM Blocked by Content Security Policy  -  The Silent Killer No One Tells You About</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/gtm-blocked-by-content-security-policy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/gtm-blocked-by-content-security-policy/</guid><description>GTM silently fails to load on security-hardened sites because of Content Security Policy. No errors in GA4, no warnings  -  just missing data. 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Here is how to track interactions inside chat widgets, headless components, and custom web components using Custom JS and MutationObserver.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Custom JavaScript Variables in GTM: The Expert Playbook</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/custom-javascript-variables-gtm-expert-playbook/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/custom-javascript-variables-gtm-expert-playbook/</guid><description>Custom JS Variables are the most powerful tool in GTM and the clearest dividing line between intermediate and expert users. 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Here is exactly why it happens and how to fix it permanently.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Duplicate Conversions in GTM  -  Why Your Purchase Event Fires Twice and How to Diagnose It</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/duplicate-conversions-gtm-purchase-event-fires-twice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/duplicate-conversions-gtm-purchase-event-fires-twice/</guid><description>If your GA4 purchase event is firing twice, here are the three most common causes  -  and exactly how to diagnose and fix each one.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Explorations  -  How to Build Custom Reports That Actually Answer Business Questions</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-explorations-custom-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-explorations-custom-reports/</guid><description>A practical guide to GA4 Explorations  -  how to use Free Form, Funnel, and Path explorations to answer the questions standard reports cannot.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 and Consent Mode v2  -  How to Keep Tracking Without Killing Data Quality</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-and-consent-mode-v2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-and-consent-mode-v2/</guid><description>Learn how Consent Mode v2 interacts with GA4, what behavioural modelling fills in, and how to implement it correctly to maintain data quality under GDPR.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Enhanced Ecommerce Tracking  -  What the Data Layer Needs to Look Like</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-enhanced-ecommerce-tracking-data-layer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-enhanced-ecommerce-tracking-data-layer/</guid><description>A technical guide to implementing GA4 enhanced ecommerce events using the data layer  -  with full examples for view_item, add_to_cart, and purchase.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Understanding GA4 Attribution  -  Last Click vs Data-Driven and What It Means for Your Campaigns</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-attribution-last-click-vs-data-driven/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-attribution-last-click-vs-data-driven/</guid><description>A practical breakdown of how GA4 attribution models work, how last click and data-driven differ, and what it actually means for how you evaluate Google Ads performance.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Audiences  -  How to Build and Export Them to Google Ads</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-audiences-build-and-export-to-google-ads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-audiences-build-and-export-to-google-ads/</guid><description>Learn how to create powerful GA4 audiences using events and parameters, and how to export them to Google Ads for retargeting and exclusions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The GA4 Reports You Actually Need as a Google Ads Advertiser</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-reports-for-google-ads-advertisers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-reports-for-google-ads-advertisers/</guid><description>Cut through the noise  -  here are the GA4 reports that actually matter for evaluating Google Ads performance, diagnosing issues, and making better decisions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 Conversions vs Key Events  -  How to Set Them Up and What to Actually Track</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-conversions-vs-key-events/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-conversions-vs-key-events/</guid><description>Understand the difference between GA4 Key Events and Google Ads conversions, how to mark events correctly, and which actions are worth tracking.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Setting Up GA4 From Scratch  -  The Right Way (Property, Data Stream, GTM)</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/setting-up-ga4-from-scratch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/setting-up-ga4-from-scratch/</guid><description>A step-by-step guide to creating a GA4 property, configuring a data stream, and deploying the tag through Google Tag Manager correctly.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How GA4 Collects Data  -  Events, Parameters, and the Data Model Explained</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/how-ga4-collects-data-events-parameters-data-model/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/how-ga4-collects-data-events-parameters-data-model/</guid><description>Understand how GA4&apos;s event-based data model works, what parameters are, and how every interaction gets recorded  -  so you can track smarter.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GA4 vs Universal Analytics  -  What Actually Changed and Why It Matters</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-vs-universal-analytics-what-changed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/ga4-vs-universal-analytics-what-changed/</guid><description>A clear breakdown of how GA4 differs from Universal Analytics, what the shift to event-based tracking means, and why it matters for advertisers.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two Waves of AI Hype: Why Claude Feels Different Than ChatGPT Did</title><link>https://adnanagic.com/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-hype-cycles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://adnanagic.com/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-hype-cycles/</guid><description>ChatGPT&apos;s 2022 launch was consumer shock and viral wonder. 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