Tracking Setup

Tracking Setup

Implementation guides and technical setup

7 articles
AI robot touching a target — representing precise conversion goal tracking
Tracking Setup 9 min read

Setting Up Conversion Goals Without a Tag Manager

You have probably heard that you need a tag manager to track conversions properly. That is not true. Most privacy-first analytics tools let you set up conversion goals directly —…

Sebastian Anderson, web analytics consultant Sebastian Anderson
Laptop, phone, and clipboard on desk for website tracking setup
Tracking Setup 9 min read

How to Set Up Website Tracking From Scratch

Here’s something most website owners don’t realise: having a website without analytics is like running a shop with the lights off. You can’t see who walks in, what they look…

Sebastian Anderson, web analytics consultant Sebastian Anderson
Laptop with cloud computing symbols representing self-hosted vs cloud analytics
Tracking Setup 8 min read

Self-Hosted vs Cloud Analytics: What to Choose for Your Site

You’ve decided to take web analytics seriously. You’ve picked a privacy-first tool. But now comes a question that trips up almost everyone: should you host the analytics software yourself, or…

Sebastian Anderson, web analytics consultant Sebastian Anderson
KPI analytics dashboard displayed on office monitor
Tracking Setup 8 min read

Your First Analytics Dashboard: What Metrics to Put on It

You’ve installed an analytics tool. You log in, and there are seventeen charts, forty-three metrics, and a sidebar with twelve different reports. Where do you even start? The answer: you…

Sebastian Anderson, web analytics consultant Sebastian Anderson
Server infrastructure diagram showing data flow for server-side tracking
Tracking Setup 8 min read

Server-Side Tracking Explained: What It Is and When You Need It

Your carefully installed analytics script just got blocked by an ad blocker. Or a privacy-conscious browser silently dropped your tracking cookie. If you’ve noticed a growing gap between what your…

Sebastian Anderson, web analytics consultant Sebastian Anderson
Marketing analytics illustration showing campaign growth tracking
Tracking Setup 8 min read

UTM Parameters: How to Tag and Track Every Campaign

You launched a campaign, shared the link on three different channels, and traffic went up. But which channel actually drove those visitors? Without UTM parameters, your analytics tool just shows…

Sebastian Anderson, web analytics consultant Sebastian Anderson