So how does Google Analytics Automation work?
A typical web request
- 1 Browser requests a webpage from website
- 2 Domain name server responds with the website's IP address
- 3 Browser requests the website servers IP address
- 4 Web server serves webpage to browser
A Google Analytics Automation web request
- 1 Browser requests a webpage from website
- 2Domain name server responds with the automation server IP address
- 3 Browser requests the automation server IP address
- 4 Automation server requests website servers IP address
- 5 Web server serves webpage to the automation server
- 6 Automation server reads the webpage and adds a Google Analytics tracking tag to web page
