Page Load Timing Recipe for GTM

September 14, 2016 | Bounteous x Accolite

Adds a Google Analytics event to track when a page has finished loading. Read the full blog post here.

Ingredients

Tags

GA - Event - Page Load Time

Triggers

Blocking - Page Load Time Less Than 0

Page Loaded

Variables

Page Load Time

Instructions

1. Download Container File

Download the container JSON file.

(You may need to right-click on the link and choose “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” to save the JSON file to your computer.)

2. Import JSON File into GTM

Log into your own Google Tag Manager container and head to the Admin section of the site. Under Container options, select Import Container. Check out this blog post for more details about importing a container file.

3. Update With Your Own Tracking ID

Update or create a new Constant Variable named {{YOUR_GA_TRACKING_ID}} with your Google Analytics Tracking ID (a.k.a. UA Number).

4. Preview & Publish

Use the Preview options to test this container on your own site. Try testing each of the events to make sure they’re working properly. If everything looks good, go ahead and publish!