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Research and real-world cases on server-side tracking, written for the people who have to set it up.
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A resource hub for tracking and data specialists: the fundamentals, the manual setup process, realistic timelines and costs, the mistakes that keep coming back, and what is actually worth automating.
What is the actual difference between client-side and server-side tracking? This article explains it without the jargon, including why server-side costs more and when each setup is the right choice.
A step-by-step guide to setting up server-side Google Tag Manager, from the first prerequisites and the right hosting choice to testing and the check most guides forget to mention.
Seven small, recurring mistakes quietly break GA4 and Meta Pixel tracking, often without anyone noticing right away. This article walks through each mistake and shows exactly how to fix it.
Setting up the technical side of server-side tracking is usually the fast part. What actually delays a project is getting access to five or six platforms at the client. This article shows why, and what you can do about it.
Everyone asks how long a server-side GTM setup takes, but nobody gives a straight answer. This article shows exactly where the hours go, so you can scope a project or quote a client yourself.
Server-side tracking costs far more than hosting, the real price is specialist time and the maintenance nobody budgets for, and that is exactly where automation changes the equation.
A practical ten-item checklist for tracking and data specialists to check whether their setup still holds up against iOS, GDPR, and cookie changes.
Stape hosts your server-side GTM container quickly and affordably, but the configuration, onboarding, and monitoring still take manual work, which is exactly the layer TrackLead adds on top.
Setting up a standard container and using TrackLead look similar on paper, but the real difference sits in four concrete steps: filling in variables, onboarding, monitoring, and setting up the server.
TAGGRS handles EU hosting and compliance for your server-side setup, while TrackLead automates the manual work around it, from client configuration to monitoring.
Tracking is full of jargon. This glossary explains the terms you run into most often in plain English, so you can explain them to a client too.