Sample report

A Google Ads conversion tracking audit report, in full

This is the format, the language and the level of restraint of a real Free Ads Conversion Check. The finding inside it is a real observation from an external check of a business that was never a client, and the report is reproduced as it would be sent.

Ads Conversion Audit

Ads Conversion Check

Prepared for
An active advertiser, anonymised
Sector
Consumer business, New Zealand
Basis
External check only. No account access.
Reviewed by
Jose Tabbada, Founder

This check used publicly observable website behaviour only. No account access was granted or used, and no configuration was changed. Findings are labelled by the evidence behind them, and what could not be determined is listed in full.

01 · Summary

In plain language

Your conversion measurement is installed and part of it is clearly working: there is a conversion event connected to your enquiry form, which is exactly where one should be. That is worth saying first, and it also means the useful question here is not whether you have tracking.

One thing deserves an explanation. A second conversion request was sent 2.3 seconds after your homepage began loading, before anything had been submitted and before the visitor had done anything that would count as an enquiry. If that action is one your campaigns are bidding toward, Google may be learning to find more people who behave like ordinary visitors, because from its point of view that is what a success looked like.

We cannot tell from outside whether that is the case. It may be entirely deliberate. What we can say is that it is the one thing here worth ten minutes inside the account.

02 · Findings

What was observed

A conversion appeared to be recorded 2.3 seconds after someone arrived

Observed externally
Business type
Consumer business
Region
New Zealand
Access
External check only. No account access.
Basis
Network requests observed during an ordinary page visit
What the check saw
  • A Google Ads conversion request appeared 2.3 seconds after the homepage started loading. Nothing had been submitted, no enquiry had been made, and no meaningful customer action had occurred.
  • The same site also had a separate conversion event visibly connected to its enquiry form.

In plain terms Google received a success signal before the visitor had actually done anything.

Why it matters commercially

The second observation is why this matters. Something was installed and working, so "is conversion tracking set up?" is the wrong question. The question is what is being counted. If an ordinary page visit can produce a conversion, the number in the report stops meaning what most people assume it means.

What we would verify next

What that conversion action represents, whether it is included in the headline performance numbers, whether campaigns are being optimised toward it, and whether it should instead occur after an enquiry, purchase or booking.

Technical detail

A conversion request was observed on the initial page view, ahead of any form submission or interaction event. The public check can confirm the request occurred and when. It cannot see whether that conversion action is set as primary, or whether any campaign uses it as a bidding goal, because both live in the account.

A full check contains several of these, including the ones that came back sound. Each is built the same way: what was seen, what it might mean, what we cannot know, and what would settle it.

03 · What we could not determine

The honest gaps

  • Whether the conversion action observed is configured as Primary or Secondary.
  • What your campaigns are actually bidding toward, and with what budget share.
  • Whether any measurement is happening server-side, which is invisible from outside.
  • How the conversions in your reports reconcile against sales you were actually paid for.
  • What your CRM received, and whether anything was lost between the form and the record.
  • Whether phone enquiries are attributed, and what share of enquiries arrive that way.

None of the above is a criticism of your setup. It is a statement about the limits of looking from outside it.

04 · Next step

If you want a definitive answer

An authorised audit inspects the actual Google Ads, GA4, Google Tag Manager and conversion configuration behind these findings, with read access you grant and can revoke. Typically 3–5 business days after access is provided.

If you would rather simply forward this to whoever manages your advertising and ask them about section 02, that is a perfectly good outcome and costs nothing.

Jose TabbadaFounder, Ads Conversion Auditjose@adsconversionaudit.com

Reviewed by a named person before sending. Every report carries the same accountability.

A real finding from an independent external check, anonymised. The business was not a client of Ads Conversion Audit, no account access was used, and nothing is concluded beyond what the check could observe.

Get one written about your own site.

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Questions about the report
Is the sample report from a real client?

No, and it does not claim to be. It is built from observations of the kind the methodology actually produces, presented in the format a real report uses, and it says so on the page.

The alternative would be to present something invented as a client engagement, which is the specific dishonesty this business defines itself against.

What are the four labels on each finding for?

They separate what was seen from what it might mean, which is the distinction the whole report rests on. What the check saw is a fact, observed publicly and recorded as found. In plain terms is the same thing without the technical vocabulary.

Why it matters commercially is conditional by design: it is a prompt to look, never a conclusion. What we would verify next is the specific question that cannot responsibly be settled from outside, so no answer is offered rather than a guess being dressed up as one.

A finding can also be marked as observed with sound elements, which means it records something working correctly alongside something worth checking. That label exists because a review that can only speak when something is wrong is not a review.

What will I actually receive after the free check?

A PDF by email, written in plain commercial language rather than tag syntax, with each finding labelled by what kind of evidence sits behind it. It is written to survive being forwarded to whoever actually makes the decision.

It comes from jose@adsconversionaudit.com, from a named person, and it will tell you what could not be determined as clearly as what could.

Can I share the report with my agency?

Yes, and it is written on the assumption that you will. The technical detail exists underneath the plain-language summary precisely so that it holds up when a marketing manager, a developer or an agency reads it.

It is also written not to make anyone look foolish. The framing is independent verification, not an accusation against whoever built the setup.