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CDK Global announced Friday that CDK websites will support the specification for Google Analytics that PCG Companies released for automotive dealers last year.

CDK dealers and dealer groups can now independently review website and marketing performance data from Google Analytics.

“We are excited to offer our dealers a standardized implementation of Google Analytics,” CDK Global product officer of consumer-facing products Max Steckler said in a news release.

“The demand for GA support from customers continues to grow, so it is the right time to meet that need and support this open standard. By leveraging the PCG specifications, our enterprise clients will be able to more easily compare the performance of our latest website technology and marketing solutions in their multi-vendor eco-system.”

The PCG specification provides dealer groups with a standardized set of measurement metrics across website platforms that can help dealers increase Return on Ad Spend from their marketing partners, according to CDK.

“Implementation of the PCG specification will be based on the CDK website data layer – a W3C specification for the uniform presentation of website data, which CDK supports with our responsive website platform,” the company said.

CDK joins a growing list of companies such as CarNow, which have recently publicly endorsed and implemented the PCG specification.

“By supporting a standardized implementation of Google Analytics, CDK demonstrates its willingness to increase data transparency with its clients. The PCG specification will allow dealers to more consistently document website conversions and engagement to improve marketing outcomes,” said Brian Pasch, founder of PCG Companies. “The support of the specification will also allow CDK clients to immediately leverage the independent data insights and traffic quality metrics in VistaDash, our popular Business Intelligence (BI) cloud software.”

This is the second specification published by PCG that has received widespread support from the automotive vendor community, according to CDK.