Comments for wheresitworking? http://www.wheresitworking.com adam ware's reviews and reflections of all things digital Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Tracking Authors in WordPress with Google Analytics Event Tracking by wheresitworking http://www.wheresitworking.com/2010/02/08/tracking-authors-in-wordpress-with-google-analytics-event-tracking/comment-page-1/#comment-466 wheresitworking Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:41:40 +0000 http://www.wheresitworking.com/?p=333#comment-466 Alex, Are you saying that Google will only record one event per author (i.e. unique Catagory/Action/Label combination) during a visit? Or one per page? - Adam Alex,
Are you saying that Google will only record one event per author (i.e. unique Catagory/Action/Label combination) during a visit? Or one per page?
- Adam

]]> Comment on Tracking Authors in WordPress with Google Analytics Event Tracking by Alex http://www.wheresitworking.com/2010/02/08/tracking-authors-in-wordpress-with-google-analytics-event-tracking/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Alex Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.wheresitworking.com/?p=333#comment-465 This is not an accurate way to measure pageviews unfortunately. Event Tracking only records one unique event during a website visitor's session. This means that 11 pageviews is only recorded as 1 unique event. And even though 11 pageviews can be recorded as 11 TOTAL events, 11 page refreshes of the same page by the same visitor can also be recorded as 11 pageviews, thus skewing the numbers and leaving pageview counting open to manipulation. Google Event Tracking is meant to record website visitors actions such as clicking a link or downloading a file, it's not meant to measure pageviews accurately, and the tools to do so are not built in. This is not an accurate way to measure pageviews unfortunately. Event Tracking only records one unique event during a website visitor's session. This means that 11 pageviews is only recorded as 1 unique event. And even though 11 pageviews can be recorded as 11 TOTAL events, 11 page refreshes of the same page by the same visitor can also be recorded as 11 pageviews, thus skewing the numbers and leaving pageview counting open to manipulation.

Google Event Tracking is meant to record website visitors actions such as clicking a link or downloading a file, it's not meant to measure pageviews accurately, and the tools to do so are not built in.

]]> Comment on Migrating to Google Analytics Async Tracking Code by Bambang Sugiarto http://www.wheresitworking.com/2010/06/06/migrating-to-google-analytics-async-tracking-code/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Bambang Sugiarto Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:30:08 +0000 http://www.wheresitworking.com/?p=343#comment-455 Nice post Adam... by the way, I just modified the Google Analytics plugin for WordPress and added the new asynchronous tracking method... Please review my post about Asynchronous Google Analytics plugin for WordPress at <a href="http://www.minilibra.com/wordpress/plugins/analytics.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.minilibra.com/wordpress/plugins/analyt...</a> Cheers Bambang Sugiarto Nice post Adam… by the way, I just modified the Google Analytics plugin for WordPress and added the new asynchronous tracking method… Please review my post about Asynchronous Google Analytics plugin for WordPress at http://www.minilibra.com/wordpress/plugins/analyt...

Cheers
Bambang Sugiarto

]]> Comment on Migrating to Google Analytics Async Tracking Code by wheresitworking http://www.wheresitworking.com/2010/06/06/migrating-to-google-analytics-async-tracking-code/comment-page-1/#comment-409 wheresitworking Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:53:47 +0000 http://www.wheresitworking.com/?p=343#comment-409 Thanks Thomas. Yes, we originally just swapped out the primary code on sites, then realized we were missing the data on all our customizations. Led to a scramble to figure out how the functions needed to be modified. Not the greatest documentation from Google on this. Thanks Thomas. Yes, we originally just swapped out the primary code on sites, then realized we were missing the data on all our customizations. Led to a scramble to figure out how the functions needed to be modified. Not the greatest documentation from Google on this.

]]> Comment on Migrating to Google Analytics Async Tracking Code by Thomas Bosilevac http://www.wheresitworking.com/2010/06/06/migrating-to-google-analytics-async-tracking-code/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Thomas Bosilevac Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:52:16 +0000 http://www.wheresitworking.com/?p=343#comment-328 Thanks a lot Adam. An easy to follow quick refrence to the migration. While it ain't rocket science, the simple examples you mention make this easier to follow than other info out there. Thanks a lot Adam. An easy to follow quick refrence to the migration. While it ain't rocket science, the simple examples you mention make this easier to follow than other info out there.

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