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Official ad managers, editors, planning and measurement utilities from advertising platforms. Kept as practical references.

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Google Tag Assistant

Inspect tag events and data, debug implementations and share diagnostic sessions.

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Meta Ads Data Advisor

Inspect Meta tracking and assist setup of supported marketing-data connections.

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