Automated bidding cannot be judged fairly when the conversion signal it optimises toward is incomplete or wrong. Before a reported result is used to make a decision, we check what the conversion action represents, how it is recorded and whether it reflects an outcome the business actually values.
That review spans Google Ads conversion actions, GA4 and Google Tag Manager configuration, enhanced conversions where eligible, ecommerce revenue and transaction data, lead and phone-call tracking, and offline conversion imports where a sale or qualification happens later.
Google Ads and GA4 will rarely show identical totals, and neither number needs to be forced to match the other to be useful. What matters is knowing which number answers which question, and reconciling both against the business’s own order or enquiry records for a fixed period.