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GA4 adds direct product-link flows for paid-social platforms
Darshak P. reported new GA4 Product Links for Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, and Snap, bringing cost, click, and impression data into Analytics. He also warned that UTM values must match and that overlapping historic cost imports can duplicate spend because the sources are not automatically deduplicated.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means direct connectors can simplify blended reporting, but only after auditing existing imports and standardising campaign taxonomy.
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GA4 adds direct product-link flows for paid-social platforms
Darshak P. reported new GA4 Product Links for Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, and Snap, bringing cost, click, and impression data into Analytics. He also warned that UTM values must match and that overlapping historic cost imports can duplicate spend because the sources are not automatically deduplicated. For you, this means direct connectors can simplify blended reporting, but only after auditing existing imports and standardising campaign taxonomy.
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