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class="post-info"> <li> <div class="avatar-box"> <div class="img-holder"> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/e561082465480f476dc20ed7abddb35a111ffe7a.patrick.png" /> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <h6>Patrick Kelly</h6> <span>ClickMagick Founder</span> </div> </div> </li> <li> <h6>February 1, 2024</h6> <span>Created on</span> </li> <li> <h6>6 minutes</h6> <span>Est. read time</span> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="campaigns-box"> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/f8d99b8bab71083619e911b15fef3df39b9fb62d.hero.png" /> </div> </section> <section class="industries base-section" style="background-image: url('//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/5ae6714bca2c11e322ecf1935302ceae2bc31d8e.bg-section-02.png')"> <div class="container"> <ul class="industries-list"> <li> <div class="blockquote-box"> <h5>Hi, I’m Patrick — the founder of ClickMagick.</h5> <p>If you’re currently relying on the Google Ads Tracking Tag to track your ads, and you’re relying on the resulting stats you see in your Google Ads account to optimize your ads, this could be the most profitable page you’ll read all year.</p> <p>You see, the Google Tracking Tags on your pages are actually corrupted with bad data ...</p> <p>... and plugging ClickMagick into your business will instantly improve your ad tracking, ad optimization, and ROAS.</p> <p>Let’s compare the Google Tag vs. ClickMagick and see how the Google Tag is actually sabotaging your ads ...</p> <span class="sign-holder"> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/df39f2c6f9d5fdcca860acf6c646cb0530d782a4.signature.svg" /> </span> <span class="cite">Patrick Kelly, Founder</span> </div> </li> <li> <div class="industries-description"> <div class="name-holder"> <div class="icon-holder"> <i class="fal fa-calendar-week fa-3x" style="color: #5fac5a"></i> </div> <h4>Google’s 30-90 Day Attribution Window</h4> <span class="subtitle">ClickMagick tracks visitors “forever” so all your sales are tracked. This is non-negotiable.</span> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <p>Depending on your business, it could be weeks or even months before customers fully engage or make a purchase.</p> <p>That’s why ClickMagick tracks your visitors “forever,” so even if you have a longer sales cycle all sales are tracked properly.</p> <p>With ClickMagick, even if someone buys 6 months after clicking your Google Ad, we’ll still track that sale all the way back to the original ad they clicked — and their entire journey inbetween.</p> <p>But Google Ads has an attribution window of just 30-90 days, which means any conversions or sales more than 30-90 days after someone clicks your ad won’t be tracked by the Google Tag at all.</p> <p>While you may see most of your conversions happen within 30-90 days, it’s critical you track every sale in order to properly optimize your ads.</p> <p>This alone means the stats you see in your Google Ads account can never be perfectly accurate, but that’s just the start ...</p> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="industries-description"> <div class="name-holder"> <div class="icon-holder"> <i class="fal fa-mobile-android-alt fa-3x" style="color: #5fac5a"></i> </div> <h4>Google’s Weak Mobile Tracking</h4> <span class="subtitle">Only ClickMagick can accurately track individual iOS users.</span> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <p>When iOS 14.5 came out in September of 2021, it turned the online advertising industry upside down.</p> <p>ClickMagick was unaffected, but major ad networks like Google Ads can no longer track iOS users who opt out of tracking.</p> <p>iOS users could make up 50% or more of the people clicking your ads — and 96% of them are opting out of iOS tracking ...</p> <p>... so this renders your stats you see in Google Ads almost useless.</p> <p>But that’s not all, there are more problems with the Google Tracking Tag ...</p> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="industries-description"> <div class="name-holder"> <div class="icon-holder"> <i class="fal fa-users fa-3x" style="color: #5fac5a"></i> </div> <h4>Google’s “Greedy” Attribution</h4> <span class="subtitle">ClickMagick’s multi-touch attribution reveals what’s really working — top, middle and bottom of funnel.</span> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <p>Imagine someone clicks your Google ad right now but quickly bounces ...</p> <p>Then, some time over the next week, something else catches their attention and they ultimately buy something from you.</p> <p>Maybe it’s your Facebook Ad, one of your YouTube videos, or something you posted on TikTok ...</p> <p>At this point the Google ad they clicked a week ago — and have probably completely forgotten — may have contributed absolutely nothing to generating the conversion, yet the Google Tag will still take full credit for the sale.</p> <p>Google is desperate to show results — so you keep giving them your money — even if those results are not very accurate.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="industries-description"> <div class="name-holder"> <div class="icon-holder"> <i class="fal fa-surprise fa-3x" style="color: #5fac5a"></i> </div> <h4>Google Ads<br>View-Through Conversions</h4> <span class="subtitle">Did you know Google Ads takes credit for sales even when people don’t click your ads?</span> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <p>Believe it or not, Google Tag attribution is even more greedy than that ...</p> <p>Their attribution system actually causes them to take credit for conversions that occur even if a user doesn’t actually click your ad.</p> <p>These are known as “view-through conversions,” and here’s a scary example of how it works ...</p> <p>If your Google ad is shown to someone but they don’t click, then they later engage with something you posted on social media for example and buy, the Google Tracking Tag is once again going to take full credit for the sale.</p> <p>That’s right, Google takes credit even though the user didn’t click — and maybe didn’t even see — your Google ad at all.</p> <p>And at this point the stats you see in Google Ads simply can’t be relied on at all.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="industries-description"> <div class="name-holder"> <div class="icon-holder"> <i class="fal fa-database fa-3x" style="color: #5fac5a"></i> </div> <h4>Data Sampling & Modeling</h4> <span class="subtitle">Google guesses — ClickMagick shows you exactly what really happened.</span> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <p>You’d think it couldn’t get much worse, but all of this bad data you see in your Google Ads account is made even worse by Google’s extensive use of “data sampling” and “modeling.”</p> <p>What this means to you, in plain English, is this:</p> <p>Google has a ridiculous amount of data and there’s just no way they can accurately analyze it all fast enough to show you the stats you see in your Google Ads account ...</p> <p>So, instead, most of the stats Google Ads shows you are just “best guesses.”</p> <p>That’s right. By their own admission, they use data sampling and data modeling methods to estimate your stats.</p> <p>Hopefully it goes without saying that estimated stats are not what you want when you’re trying to optimize your ads.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="industries-description"> <div class="name-holder"> <div class="icon-holder"> <i class="fal fa-bomb fa-3x" style="color: #5fac5a"></i> </div> <h4>Bad Data Destroys Ad Optimization</h4> <span class="subtitle">We send your true conversion data to Google in real-time, so they can better optimize your ads.</span> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <p>I could go on and on but hopefully you get the picture — you can’t rely on the stats in your Google Ads account.</p> <p>Growing your business with paid ads is a simple matter of scaling what’s working and killing what’s not, but you just can’t do that effectively with the inaccurate tracking and stats provided by the Google Tracking Tag.</p> <p>And to make matters worse, Google’s AI algorithms are also using all this bad data to try to find you more customers.</p> <p>But because they’re using bad data they can’t properly optimize your ads ...</p> <p>... which means they end up showing your ads to people who are less likely to engage with your business, and your ROI suffers.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="clear-choise" style="background-image: url('//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/2aa2c10997fc0945b5e233091784e38213b72551.text-bg-2.png')"> <div class="text-holder"> <h2 class="h1"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/293e98bc23bb7ec9b9a00abe0124d941da574050.smallLg.svg" />It’s a simple math problem</h2> <p>ClickMagick wouldn’t exist if you could rely on the Google Tag for accurate tracking and conversion attribution.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 24px">And your choice is really just a simple math problem ...</p> <p>All these issues with the Google Tag are costing you a small fortune, and the reason we’ve helped over 100,000 small businesses is because we fix it all for about 5 bucks a day. ClickMagick just makes sense.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/dd666cd9cd34e43b00700a3cd9585524a73c9f08.gstars.png" style="height: 18px; margin-right: 12px" /> ClickMagick TrueTracking® gives you best-in-class tracking and conversion attribution ...</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/dd666cd9cd34e43b00700a3cd9585524a73c9f08.gstars.png" style="height: 18px; margin-right: 12px" /> Every click. Every conversion. Every journey in between. Exactly as it happened ...</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/dd666cd9cd34e43b00700a3cd9585524a73c9f08.gstars.png" style="height: 18px; margin-right: 12px" /> You can finally optimize your marketing based on your actual results ...</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/dd666cd9cd34e43b00700a3cd9585524a73c9f08.gstars.png" style="height: 18px; margin-right: 12px" /> And we’ll automatically send your true conversion data back to Google as “enhanced conversions” in real-time ...</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/dd666cd9cd34e43b00700a3cd9585524a73c9f08.gstars.png" style="height: 18px; margin-right: 12px" /> Leveraging first-party data collected on your website or in your online store ...</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/compare/dd666cd9cd34e43b00700a3cd9585524a73c9f08.gstars.png" style="height: 18px; margin-right: 12px" /> Which leads to improved ad optimization, and more conversions at the lowest cost possible.</p> <p style="margin-top: 24px"><a href="/">Learn more</a> or <a href="/signup/">sign up for a free trial</a> and get started right now. You can have everything up and running in about an hour, and I guarantee you’ll be blown away by the results.</p> <p>And if you have any questions, feel free to email me personally — <a href="mailto:patrick@clickmagick.com" >patrick@clickmagick.com</a> </p> <span class="sign-holder"> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/df39f2c6f9d5fdcca860acf6c646cb0530d782a4.signature.svg" /> </span> <span class="cite">Patrick Kelly, Founder</span> <p style="margin-top: 50px">P.S. ClickMagick offers tons more I haven’t even talked about ...</p> <p>One-of-a-kind stats like ROAS24 which tells you if you’re making or losing money on the frontend of your funnel.</p> <p>More visual reporting than Google Ads, and a detailed “user journey” for every visitor and customer.</p> <p>Best-in-class bot filtering, click fraud protection, bit.ly style tracking links, affiliate marketing tools ...</p> <p>And the best customer support you’ve ever experienced. 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The ClickMagick team obviously really care about their customers.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Silas Haigh</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/6a73b24a3db9bd672baf234653dbdbe323fbe0d3.img4.png" alt="img" /> “I have found ClickMagick to be an invaluable tool in building my business online. If you're not using ClickMagick you definitely should because it will really help you scale your business, and it's the most affordable solution of its kind.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Dana Beck</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/218fa380beba52fbac83827d3eb477360fffdec6.img5.png" alt="img" /> “I've used lots of different tracking tools in the past, and nothing compares to ClickMagick. It's got an extremely easy to use interface. Everything is laid out right there in front of you with just a few clicks. With ClickMagick, tracking is just 100 times easier and more efficient.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Chuck Nguyen</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/6b7c2824c6c8f7c9ea3077168ffb7a635c0e6888.img6.png" alt="img" /> “Let me tell you this is an awesome tracking app. ClickMagick is one-of-a-kind because not only does it track everything, very accurately, but it also gives you lots of extra tools that no other tracking software has out there. I definitely recommend it, and I'm going to be using it for a long, long time.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Jay Anello</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/23f2756546ccd9b0ec839db5ccce4ba015a05649.img7.png" alt="img" /> “I always thought, when I create my own company, I'm going to make sure the support is spot on, because there's nothing worse than bad support. ClickMagick's team must live in the support desk because you always get a competent answer, you don't have to keep going back and forth, and you get help fast every single time.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Mark Tetzner</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/a020a42b3f0c2276f8c21e68989de527f2c01a69.img8.png" alt="img" /> “ClickMagick is awesome. Their support is top notch too as they actually do listen to your feedback, and they are constantly adding new features on a monthly basis. All in all, highly recommended for newbies AND advanced users.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>John Lee</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/d01a7e90ea5f9fab1de741c631be1fcb1f0452b2.img9.png" alt="img" /> “ClickMagick is by far the best ad tracker on the market. The creators of the software are constantly taking suggestions and implementing upgrades. It was super easy to switch from my old tracking software to ClickMagick. This is a great product and I recommend it to anyone looking for a tracking solution.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Josh Hundsrucker</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/ffa0c5eded250e06b151044207726412f52735ab.img10.png" alt="img" /> “I'm beyond grateful to be using ClickMagick. It's exactly what I had been looking for. What really separates ClickMagick from the other services is the great level of feedback that is accepted. I've suggested several features and they've implemented them quickly. Do your business a favor and sign up. Like... now.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Edward Galstyan</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/61b5bd4d4eb1d9ffe221655acf46b60704672cb4.img11.png" alt="img" /> “Anyone who is running an online business knows that ad tracking is crucial to making more money online, and ClickMagick helped me to do just that. Totally awesome! All I can say is R.I.P. other link trackers ... ClickMagick is one-of-a-kind and can't be beat.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>G.A. Titus</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/253624d4c93609caf26f3335d6b3887310112820.img12.png" alt="img" /> “Where else can you find a link tracker, rotator, geotargeting, fraud detector — plus on top of everything top-notch dedicated customer support that I haven't experienced anywhere else — at such a reasonable cost? I must admit I left ClickMagick to find a cheaper and better alternative but quickly returned to using ClickMagick.” </p> </div> <div class="logo-bottom"> <h5>Mehboob Meghani</h5> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/217960c73ef7fe11033f82825f6ade890593442c.smallLg.svg" alt="logo" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feedback-item"> <div class="feedback-card"> <div class="image-wrap"> <p> <img src="//cdn.clickmagick.com/images/website/v3/feedback/9014dc821f7e5ecd9db22c47384a17da739d3465.img13.png" alt="img" /> “ClickMagick is an awesome tracking service that helps you to track your ads and focus on where your most profitable clicks are coming from. This has been a game-changer for me, and the support is awesome as well. I would recommend ClickMagick to any serious marketer who is wanting to take their online business to the next level. 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