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Thanks, Dirk. I had the devs move the data layer above the GTM container snippet. The GA tag is still not firing on pages with a data layer and firing on pages without a data layer.

Obviously, it looks like there is an issue with the data layer -- I can't figure out what it is. I took a screen grab of the data layer in the source code.

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Hey Dirk,

I checked the debugger and on the pages where the tag isn't firing the console isn't even acknowledging GTM.

The Tag Assistant is showing this error on pages where the GA tag is not firing: 'data layer needs to be above the container snippet.'  Do you think this could be the issue?

I work with a journal site, and I notice that on landing pages the GA tag mostly fires correctly, but on article pages the tag doesn't fire and I get the 'data layer' error from tag assistant. e.x: the tag fires on /news but not on /news/some-random-article-from-today

That is possible, the coding is a mess. How could I see if there were or were not JavaScript errors on the page? And if there were, how to pinpoint which are interfering with my GA tag firing?

Thanks, Martijn!

I found a subdirectory that the GA tag is not firing on though the GTM container is present.

When I use Debug, I get this message:

No tags were evaluated because there was no Event in the selected Message

I have no idea as to why the tag is not firing.

Thanks, Dirk. I'm going to follow your suggestions.

Martijn, the track type id is 'pageview' and is set to fire on 'all pages'. For my Tag Firing Options I have selected 'once per event.'

Does that seem to be right?

Hello,

I was running universal GA via a GA Drupal module. We setup Google Tag Manager and setup a GA tag to run through GTM. When we pushed the GTM container live our Real Time was at around 1900 and when we turned off the Drupal module the Real Time was reporting around 1100.

After 24 hours the sessions for that day were about 100k lower than what they usually are.

Any ideas Why the larger discrepancy? Any places that are obvious to look?

*I didn't setup the original Drupal GA module, nor do I know who did.

Thanks

Thanks Nicolas & Ruth. I realized the reason the pages are triggering errors is because there are published pages linking to those posts in draft. I imagine those draft posts were live at some point and then put back into draft.

Im guessing if I kill all the links to those draft posts that will fix the issue.

Hey All,

Both MOZ & Webmaster tools have identified 403 errors on an editorial site I work with (using Drupal CMS). I looked into the errors and the pages triggering the 403 are all articles in draft status that are not being indexed. If I am not logged into our drupal and I try to access an article in draft status I get the 403 forbidden error.

Are these 403's typical for an editorial site where editors may be trying to access an article in draft status while they are not logged in? Webmaster tools is showing roughly 350 pages with the 'Access Denied' 403 status.

Are these harmful to rank?

Thanks!

Hey All — I’m working with a site that is migrating to HTTPS and had a couple questions. I read Moz’s ‘SEO Tips & Tricks for HTTPS’ post but want some clarification on a couple items. Aside from using https canonicals...

1. What is the best way to preserve link equity from inbound links? Site wide 301 Redirect in .htacess?

2. What is the best way to redirect internal links from http to https? The site uses absolute internal links.

THX!

Hey All,

Both MOZ & Webmaster tools have identified 403 errors on an editorial site I work with (using Drupal CMS). I looked into the errors and the pages triggering the 403 are all articles in draft status that are not being indexed. If I am not logged into our drupal and I try to access an article in draft status I get the 403 forbidden error.

Are these 403's typical for an editorial site where editors may be trying to access an article in draft status while they are not logged in? Webmaster tools is showing roughly 350 pages with the 'Access Denied' 403 status.

Are these harmful to rank?

Thanks!