{"id":119069,"date":"2020-10-15T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/?p=19069"},"modified":"2023-06-01T16:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:22:13","slug":"track-pdf-downloads-google-tag-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/track-pdf-downloads-google-tag-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Track PDF Downloads using Google Tag Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/track-pdf-downloads-google-tag-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fpi-shvzz\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19070 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/11-How-to-Track-PDF-Downloads-Using-Google-Tag-Manager-CP.jpg\" alt=\"how to track pdf downloads using google tag manager\" width=\"600\" height=\"768\" data-wp-pid=\"19070\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/768;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF downloads are one of the most common conversion methods for websites. Some samples would be businesses allowing users to download their company brochures or product catalogs and education websites that have educational materials for download.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may be able to track the total number of downloads a PDF file gets by using a plugin but it doesn&#8217;t really tell you anything. Any piece of data is important if you want more people to download your PDF files from your website. Luckily, Google Tag Manager makes it easier\u00a0<\/span>for webmasters to track PDF downloads across their websites and collect data using Google Analytics.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you set up the tag to track PDF downloads, make sure that you\u2019ve already <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/tagmanager\/answer\/6103696?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set up Google Analytics page views tracking in your Google Tag Manager<\/a>. If not, then I highly recommend that you go through that first before moving forward with this guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting up the Tag<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to your Google Tag Manager dashboard, click <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tags<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then click new to start the setup. I named the tag <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF Download<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but you can name yours depending on your preferences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tag Configuration<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Analytics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It should be the first one on the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19071 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tag-configuration-1024x502.png\" alt=\"google tag manager tag configuration\" width=\"600\" height=\"502\" data-wp-pid=\"19071\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/502;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track Type <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This means that all PDF downloads will be recorded under <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Google Analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Tracking<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parameters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can customize however you want. In this example, I simply labeled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Action<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF Download<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and I used the built-in variable <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">{{Click URL}}<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Label<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning Google will automatically use the URL to label the PDF file that was downloaded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use the other built-in variables and Google will automatically label the events for you but personally, I\u2019d rather customize it cause letting Google label them automatically can get messy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Value<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is optional. If your PDF downloads have a monetary value for you, then you can add it here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This should how your setup should look like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19072 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/google-tag-manager-pdf-download-tag-setup-1024x464.png\" alt=\"google tag manager pdf download tag setup\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" data-wp-pid=\"19072\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/464;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can explore the additional options but I recommend that you don\u2019t if you\u2019re not quite familiar with them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create the Trigger<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you\u2019ve set up the tag, we\u2019ll now select where the tag is going to trigger. Scroll down and you should see the option to set up a trigger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button to create a new trigger. Name your trigger then click <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trigger Configuration<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Links<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This trigger fires on<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Link Clicks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and choose <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click URL.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Now, you have two options here. If you select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contains<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ends with<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then just place <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pdf<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the tag will track ALL PDF downloads. However, if you want to track a specific PDF file, then you should select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">equals<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and put the URL of the specific PDF file you want to track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your setup should look like this now:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19073 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/google-tag-manager-pdf-download-trigger-1024x584.png\" alt=\"google tag manager pdf download trigger\" width=\"600\" height=\"584\" data-wp-pid=\"19073\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/584;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the trigger settings and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your tag settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test it on Preview Mode<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, don\u2019t submit your changes immediately. I highly recommend that you use Google Tag Manager\u2019s Preview Mode all the time when testing out new tracking tags on your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19074 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/preview-mode-in-GTM-1024x323.png\" alt=\"google tag manager preview mode\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" data-wp-pid=\"19074\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/323;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preview Mode<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and refresh your website. You should now see Google Tag Manager\u2019s Preview mode on your website. Go to the page where the PDF file is available for download. Click the link or button and the Preview Mode should show that the tag you created was triggered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19075 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/preview-mode-1024x308.png\" alt=\"google tag manager pdf download preview mode trigger successful\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" data-wp-pid=\"19075\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/308;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you encountered no problems at all, that\u2019s it! You can now publish the changes you\u2019ve made.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setup Goals in Google Analytics [Optional]<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you consider PDF files as conversions, you can now set them as <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/google-autocomplete-seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goal completions in Google Analytics<\/a>. This is optional and this is not required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to Goals, select Download or Print as the template, name the Goal, and select Event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Goal details, use the name that you used for Category and Action in Google Tag Manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the Label, since I set it as {{Click URL}}, Google Analytics will use the URL of the PDF file as the Label of the event. If you want to set a Goal for a specific or single PDF file, use the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equals to<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option and input the exact URL of the PDF file you want to track in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Label<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to track all PDF files in the same goal, select <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular Expression<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is more flexible. I set this to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*.pdf<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The wildcard means that Google will count any file download as a Goal completion as long as it ends with .<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pdf<\/i><\/span><\/span><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19076 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pdf-download-goal-tracking-google-analytics-1024x687.png\" alt=\"pdf download goal tracking google analytics\" width=\"600\" height=\"687\" data-wp-pid=\"19076\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/687;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check your Data in Google Analytics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve saved the changes you\u2019ve made in Google Tag Manager, all PDF downloads should be tracked immediately and you should start seeing some data in Google Analytics. You should see them by going to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behavior <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and clicking <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from just knowing how many people downloaded PDF files from your website, you should be able to see much more data that you could use to optimize your campaigns. You\u2019ll be able to collect data such as the number of downloads per day, pages user viewed before downloading, location, device, and more. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All these data are crucial for <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/conversion-rate-optimization-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conversion rate optimization<\/a>. I highly recommend that you do A\/B testing to find out how you could further improve the number of PDF downloads in your website. 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