Ga event tracking and GAC code placement
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Just relaunched website and since then specific event tracking has zeroed. I copied event tracking directly from old site so it should work. Overall analytics are fine. Only variable I can think of is where google analytics code is placed. Does GAC code need to be on HTML header or at end of body specifically for event tracking to work? Example: Steripen.com/freedom/... When user clicks "REI" icon, this tracks an event that a user clicked on one of our"retailer links." Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
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Yeah, I was going to correct myself there. It is .
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Actually, Francisco, the optimal location for the async version of the GA tracking code is just before the closing tag. You'll get much more accurate data and because the code is asynchronous, the JavaScript won't slow down the page load.
Paul
<object id="plugin0" style="position: absolute; z-index: 1000;" width="0" height="0" type="application/x-dgnria"><param name="tabId" value="undefined"> <param name="counter" value="201"></object>
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Martjin, I did find that answer early this morning and tested, then went to bed. Just woke up and, indeed, after changing to integers, it worked fine.
Now it's just my ecommerce vaules that are not displaying. I can't imagine the integer value would apply to ecommerce in ga as rounding is not expected.
Thanks for your feedback.
Tim
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Your event tracking code seems fine.
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Videos', 'Video Load Time', 'Gone With the Wind', downloadTime]);
Your placement should GA tracking code should be before the . Use the async GA tracking code. Where is your event tracking not working; under Events or under Goals?
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Hi Tim,
Within this case you used the value: 119.95 where this value needs to be an integer. This could be what is causing your troubles.
Hope this helps!
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A second set of eyes is greatly appreciated. Thanks for responding and a good point actually. here's the code from the page I referenced:
<a <span="">onclick</a><a <span="">="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Buy Now', 'www.rei.com', 'Freedom Portable Water Purifier',119.95]);" href="</a>http://www.rei.com/product/824898/steripen-freedom-water-purifier" target="_blank">title="Buy SteriPEN Freedom at REI.com" src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="Buy SteriPEN Freedom at REI.com" />REI.com
Right now my GAC is just beore
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A second set of eyes is greatly appreciated. Thanks for responding and a good point actually. here's the code from the page I referenced:
<a <span="">onclick</a><a <span="">="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Buy Now', 'www.rei.com', 'Freedom Portable Water Purifier',119.95]);" href="</a>http://www.rei.com/product/824898/steripen-freedom-water-purifier" target="_blank">title="Buy SteriPEN Freedom at REI.com" src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="Buy SteriPEN Freedom at REI.com" />REI.com
Right now my GAC is just beore
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Please show me your event tracking code. I can probably figure it out for you. CHeck your source code because MANY times the code will get stripped by the editor if flipping from HTML to Visual.
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