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About SiteTracking

Where marketing data meets implementation

Practical guides, checklists, and implementation notes for marketers, analysts, and developers who want their tracking to actually work.

Hi, I'm Christopher Harrington

I help teams turn messy website data into clear, trustworthy metrics. For the last 12+ years I've worked at the intersection of marketing and engineering — close enough to the code to know why the numbers break, and close enough to the marketing to know which numbers matter.

I started as a front-end developer constantly bumping into broken pixels and duplicated events. Later I moved into growth and analytics, where I saw the same problem from the other side: dashboards full of confident-looking numbers that nobody could actually trust.

SiteTracking.io is my way of sharing what actually works — not theory, not vendor marketing, not "top 10 tips" listicles.

Dashboards are only as good as the events behind them. I focus on event design, naming conventions, and implementation quality — the unglamorous work that makes everything downstream trustworthy.

What I bring to the table

I've helped SaaS products, online stores, and content sites clean up their tracking stacks. Here's where I focus my energy:

Measurement design

Planning what to track, defining event taxonomies, building naming conventions, and designing data layers that scale as your product grows.

Analytics platforms

GA4 configuration, server-side setups, privacy-compliant implementations, and platform migrations — making the tools work the way the docs promise.

Tag management

Google Tag Manager, custom pixel management, consent-aware implementations, and debugging the inevitable "why isn't this firing?"

Attribution & optimization

Multi-touch attribution models, channel mix analysis, conversion tracking for ads, and connecting marketing spend to real outcomes.

By the numbers

What you'll find on this site

Every article comes with concrete steps, real examples, and implementation notes you can use right away. The five areas:

Analytics

Event tracking fundamentals, GA4 configuration, naming conventions, UTM parameters, and measurement planning — the foundation everything else is built on.

SEO

Technical SEO, Core Web Vitals optimization, internal linking strategies, and performance auditing — making your site fast and findable.

Conversions

Form optimization, micro-conversions, landing page tracking, and conversion event setup — turning visitors into leads and customers.

Advertising

Google Ads Quality Score, retargeting funnels, campaign tracking, and ad platform optimization — getting more from your paid spend.

Strategy

Marketing attribution models, measurement maturity frameworks, channel mix optimization, and budget allocation — connecting the data to decisions.

Start here

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