Event Tracking.
Learn what Event Tracking means in modern search and SEO.
The measurement of specific user interactions on a website or app—clicks, form submissions, video plays—as distinct analytics events.
Event tracking captures discrete user interactions that are not automatically recorded as page views—button clicks, form submissions, file downloads, video plays, scroll depth, and outbound link clicks. These events provide granular insight into how users engage with specific elements of a site or app.
GA4 Event Model
Google Analytics 4 is built entirely around an event-based model, abandoning Universal Analytics' session-hit structure. GA4 automatically collects a set of recommended events (purchase, sign_up, video_start) but allows custom event names and parameters for any interaction. All conversion goals in GA4 are configured by marking specific events as conversion events.
GTM and Custom Event Implementation
Google Tag Manager (GTM) enables marketers to deploy event tracking without code changes. GTM triggers fire tags based on clicks, form submissions, page visibility, or custom data layer pushes. A well-structured GTM implementation separates event naming conventions into a shared schema (data layer specification) that both analytics and developers maintain.
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