Question: The Google tab and tag containers

[stuartcusackie]

Hi, sorry for all the issues today but I just wanted to clear something up and maybe avoid confusion for other users in future.

I tried adding a GTM container ID into the Google tab of this addon but it just doesn't pass validation with Google's Tag Assistant browser extension. So I am instead adding my GTag code to the 'Necessary section' of Alt Cookies, which works fine with Tag Assistant.

So my question is, what is the Google section for if not for GTag containers? I can see this code is output when using the Google section:
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=GTM-XXXXXXX"/></script>
but this is not enough for Tag Assistant.

I asked Gemini about this and it says that the single line format above is not compatible with Google Tag Manager containers. It should only be used for single tags.

Thanks!

[Alt-Charlie]

Hi @stuartcusackie

Currently the Google tab outputs the gtag.js embeddable if enabled: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/gtagjs#add_the_google_tag_to_your_website

As you say, it might not work for GTM as this requires different embeds/syntax.

[stuartcusackie]

That makes sense. Perhaps a little note in there to say 'This section is only suitable for single tags and not tag containers' would be helpful to other users. At the moment it just says 'Google' which is fairly ambiguous.