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Best Practices
AI Chatbot Referral TrafficEmail Source/Medium MismatchGeneric Campaign NameMissing Content (Display)Missing Term (Search)Missing UTM ID (Paid)
URL Syntax
Fragment Before QueryUTM in URL PathMultiple Question MarksDuplicate UTM ParametersSpaces in UTMPlus Sign in ValueAmpersand Not EncodedURL Encoding IssuesDouble URL EncodingMalformed Percent EncodingMissing Query SeparatorSpecial CharactersURL Length Exceeded
Platform Conflicts
Google Ads (gclid)Google Display & Video 360 (dclid)Google WBRAIDGoogle GBRAIDFacebook (fbclid)Microsoft (msclkid)Yahoo (vmcid)Yandex (yclid)TikTok (ttclid)Snapchat (sccid)Twitter (twclid)Reddit (rdt_cid)LinkedIn (li_fat_id)Pinterest (epik)Multiple Platform IDs
Data Consistency
Uppercase Other ParametersGA4 Medium UnrecognizedUTM Medium Not LowercaseOrganic Medium TaggedCampaign Details in SourceLong UTM Values
Attribution
Referrer MismatchInternal LinksGeneric SourceOrphaned SourceReserved Keyword SourceDirect with ReferrerPaid without TaggingUTM ID without PlatformConflicting Channel/MediumMissing Campaign (Paid)
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Data Consistency

Formatting and naming issues that fragment your data across multiple rows in reports, making analysis difficult.

CriticalCritical Issues

Non-Standard utm_medium Value - UTM Validation Rule

Detects utm_medium values that don't match GA4 channel grouping patterns, causing Unassigned traffic classification

utm_medium Must Be Lowercase for GA4 Channel Grouping - UTM Validation Rule

Detects uppercase letters in utm_medium, breaking GA4's regex pattern matching and causing Unassigned channel classification

WarningWarnings

Campaign Details in utm_source Parameter - UTM Validation Rule

Detects campaign-specific details in utm_source instead of platform name, fragmenting data across dozens of sources

Organic Traffic Manually Tagged with UTM Parameters - UTM Validation Rule

Detects organic traffic manually tagged with UTMs, corrupting paid vs organic attribution and SEO performance analysis

Uppercase Characters in UTM Source/Campaign - UTM Validation Rule

Detects uppercase letters in utm_source or utm_campaign, causing case-sensitive data fragmentation across multiple report rows

UTM Values Exceed 100 Characters - UTM Validation Rule

Detects excessively long UTM parameter values that get truncated by GA4, creating duplicate entries and data fragmentation

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