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How do I set up GA4 tracking without using any Cookie Management Platform on my website and booking engine via Google Tag Manager?

Please find attached the following GTM containers:

How to use the container

Smart Hotel Base Container with GA4 No Cookiebot & No Cookiescript

  1. In Google Tag Manager (https://tagmanager.google.com/), navigate to the relevant account > admin > import container.
  2. Choose the GA4 container attached to import into your existing workspace
  3. Choose Merge under import options.
  4. Fields to update
    • Variable: GA4 ID – Insert your existing Google Analytics – GA4 ID or abandon this change if you were using the same variable before.
  5. Publish the container

    Mandatory Cross Domain Tracking for GA4 Setup

    1. Enter https://analytics.google.com/ and choose your Google Analytics Account and then GA4 Property

    2. Click on the Admin button located at the bottom of the left-hand nav menu

    3. Choose Data collection and modification, and then select Data Stream

    4. Select your data stream

    5. Click on Configure Your Tag Settings and "Configure your domains". In the list, ensure your website domain and Smart Hotel booking engine domain are added with "Contains" match type.

    6. Leave this page and click on Show More. Then, click on "List Unwanted Referrals". Again, ensure your website domain and Smart Hotel booking engine domain are added with "Referral domain contains" match type.

    Optional for GA4 Setup

    1. Enter https://analytics.google.com/ and choose your Google Analytics Account and then GA4 Property

    2. Click on the Admin button located at the bottom of the left-hand nav menu

    3. Choose Custom Definitions under Property Settings

      • Choose Create custom dimensions (this will be to track the link_url parameters of the click (outbound clicks), tel_link_click (telephone clicks), mail_link_click (mail clicks) events)

        • Dimension Name: link_url

        • Scope: Event

        • Description: Link URL

        • Event Parameter: link_url

        • Save

    4. After this setup, you will be able to use the link_url Custom Dimension on your Custom Exploration Reports.