02 · MEASUREMENT PLAYBOOK

The GA4 auditthat tells youif your numbers are real.

GA4's default install is permissive. It accepts whatever you tell it. If your event tagging is wrong, GA4 reports the wrong numbers without complaint. We've audited dozens of "working" GA4 setups silently dropping 30 to 50 percent of revenue attribution. This checklist is the discipline that catches it.

Download the checklist →10 pages · 37 items · built-in scorecard
Built for
  • · Marketing leaders responsible for the number
  • · Ops teams running the analytics stack
  • · Anyone making budget decisions on GA4 data
  • · Agencies inheriting an install they didn't build
  • · Founders who suspect their numbers are off
Specific to GA4. No Universal Analytics holdovers.
INDEX · 01 · WHY THIS EXISTS
What we keep finding

Most GA4 implementations look fine on the dashboard and quietly miscount the work that actually matters.

37
Audit items
Across six sections of GA4 implementation
30–50%
Of conversions
Typically miscounted or missing in installs we audit
10
Page PDF
Built-in scorecard so you can rate your install
INDEX · 02 · WHAT'S INSIDE
Six audit sections

The 37 items, in audit order.

The order matters. Property configuration drives event tracking drives ecommerce drives reporting. Auditing top-down means each section validates the layer beneath it.

SECTION 01

Property configuration

Data streams, enhanced measurement, custom dimensions, user properties. The setup layer that most installs leave at default and quietly miss half their useful telemetry.

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INDEX · 03 · DOWNLOAD
The checklist

Get the 10-page audit.

Instant download. Built-in scorecard. No drip sequence. Michael only emails if you ask a follow-up question.

37 audit items, organized by section
Built-in scorecard so you can rate your install
10 pages, no fluff
Specific to GA4 (no Universal Analytics holdovers)
About the author

Michael Saad founded Digital1010 in 2014.

We run closed-loop measurement programs for healthcare, MSP, facilities, hospitality, and legal clients. Every program we run starts with this audit. If GA4 is lying, every downstream decision is built on that lie. The checklist is the first thing we ship to a new retainer and the first thing we run on ourselves before we trust our own numbers.

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