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Straight talk on ad tracking, data, and AI operations.

What your ad platforms are really counting, why the numbers so often lie, and how to run marketing you can actually trust.

Attribution

Branded Search: The Campaign That Always Looks Like Your Best

Branded search ads look like your top performer, but they mostly take credit for traffic you already had. Here is how to see the truth.

· 5 min read
Conversion Tracking

Google Ads Says 400 Sales, Shopify Says 90: Which One Is Right?

When Google Ads and Shopify disagree on your sales count, one of them is lying. Here is how to figure out which, and what the gap is really telling you.

· 6 min read
Attribution

Why Putting a Coupon Code in Your Ads Leaks Commission to Affiliate Sites

Advertising a promo code trains coupon sites to intercept your sales. Here is how the leak works and how to catch it in your own tracking.

· 6 min read
Ad Tracking

Why Your Facebook Pixel Might Be Firing Twice on Shopify

If your Meta Ads numbers look better than Shopify's own sales, your pixel may be double-firing. Here is how that happens and how to check it yourself.

· 3 min read
Structured Data

Why Google Still Says Your Product Is Missing Brand or SKU, Even After You Added It

You filled in the field and Google's Rich Results Test still flags it missing. On a store with variants, the field is often just sitting on the wrong node.

· 3 min read
Conversion Tracking

The Shopify Deadline That May Have Already Broken Your Tracking

On August 26, 2026, Shopify shut off Additional Scripts and checkout.liquid for every non-Plus store, no warning banner included. Here is what that did to tracking.

· 3 min read
Ad Tracking

What a Free Shopify Tracking Scan Can (and Can't) See

We ran our free scanner against 23 real Shopify stores from Shopify's own community forum. Here is what it found, what it missed, and why.

· 4 min read
Structured Data

What It Means When Your Product Pages Have No Structured Data At All

Some product pages don't have a partial structured data problem. They have none at all. Here is how to tell, why it happens, and what it costs you in search.

· 4 min read
Structured Data

Why Your Shopify Product Pages Are Missing GTIN and MPN

We checked 30 real Shopify stores. 19 of them, about 63%, had product pages with no GTIN or MPN in their structured data. Here is what that costs you and the two-minute fix.

· 4 min read
Attribution

Are You Paying Affiliates for Sales Your Ads Already Bought?

Affiliate and coupon partners often claim credit for sales your paid ads already earned. Here is how to spot the double payment and stop it.

· 6 min read
Conversion Tracking

Why Your 404 Page Is Firing a Google Ads Conversion

If your error page counts as a purchase, Google is optimizing your ads toward mistakes. Here is why 404 pages fire conversions and how to catch it.

· 6 min read
Conversion Tracking

Google Ads Primary vs Secondary Conversion Actions: Why It Matters

Setting a conversion action to Primary tells Google Ads what to bid toward. Get it wrong and you pay for the wrong thing. Here is how to check.

· 6 min read
Ad Tracking

Two Google Tag Manager Containers on One Site: How It Happens and How to Find It

Two GTM containers on one page quietly double your conversions and wreck your ad data. Here is how it happens and how to spot it yourself.

· 6 min read
Conversion Tracking

The Most Common Google Ads Double-Install on Shopify

Your theme and a tracking app can both fire the same Google Ads conversion. Here is how to spot the double-count and fix it.

· 6 min read
Analytics

How to Tell if Your GA4 Is Counting Every Pageview Twice

Doubled pageviews quietly wreck your GA4 numbers. Here is how to spot the problem, confirm it, and understand what it does to your reports.

· 5 min read
Conversion Tracking

Why Your Shopify Pixel Might Be Firing a Conversion on Every Page View

If your conversion count looks too good to be true, your pixel may be firing on every page instead of just purchases. Here is how to catch it.

· 5 min read
Conversion Tracking

The Google Ads Conversion ID 1234 Placeholder That Breaks Your Tracking

If your Google Ads conversion tag still has the placeholder ID from the setup docs, it is counting nothing. Here is how to spot and fix it.

· 5 min read