Root Cause Analysis: Google Ads + GitHub
Why did this number change? askotter reads Google Ads and GitHub together and answers it for your business, by text.
How does root cause analysis with Google Ads and GitHub work for a small business?
askotter reads Google Ads and GitHub side by side so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause. A ranked list of likely causes, each with the evidence behind it.
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The owner asks follow-up questions by text.
- From Google Ads
- Campaign performance, Keyword data and quality scores, Ad group and creative performance.
- From GitHub
- Commits and pull requests, Deployment events, Release tags.
- Status
- Both connect today.
- Not for
- Replacing Google Ads or GitHub. Both keep working exactly as they do now.
Why did this number change?
Bookings dropped 23%. The ad, the website and the weather all get blamed. Without your accounts side by side, it stays a guess.
How askotter handles it
askotter reads Google Ads and GitHub side by side, so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause.
A person checks the result before it reaches you. This is part of our Google Ads management work.
How Google Ads and GitHub records line up
Google Ads and GitHub share no customer or visit identifier. askotter puts them on one timeline instead, so a change in Google Ads clicks can be read against what GitHub recorded in the same hours.
What root cause analysis uses from each
Root cause analysis needs timestamps precise enough to put events in order.
From Google Ads that means the change history for bids, budgets and ads. From GitHub it means the commit and deploy closest to when a metric moved.
What each tool sees on its ownShow less
Google Ads on its own
Google Ads counts the conversions it can see through its own tag. It cannot tell a refunded sale from a kept one, or a junk lead from a good one.
Timing. Google Ads credits a conversion back to the date of the click, so yesterday's conversion count can still rise for days.
Access. The Google Ads API with read access to the account.
GitHub on its own
GitHub knows what code changed and when. It cannot tell you whether that change cost you leads or sales.
Timing. GitHub timestamps every commit, merge and deployment to the second.
Access. A GitHub App or token with read access to the repositories you choose.
Related guides
- Why Your Google Ads Aren't Converting (And How to Fix It). Clicks without conversions is the most expensive problem in marketing.
- Performance Max for Local Businesses: Where the Budget Goes. The campaign type that decides for you, and the reporting that follows.
Services that use these connections
Other analyses: Google Ads + GitHub
Questions about Google Ads + GitHub
Do I need a developer to connect Google Ads and GitHub?
How is askotter's Root Cause Analysis different from what Google Ads shows on its own?
Connect Google Ads + GitHub. Five minutes.
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