[RESOLVED] Tracking with Google Analytics

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01-21-2010, 03:37 AM
dtone314

[RESOLVED] Tracking with Google Analytics

I've searched the forum, but there were no definitive answers.

I'm trying to use Google Analytics to track button clicks. I know there is an AS3 component, but I'm working on an AS2 project. Google gives examples on what the code should look like here, and I'm following those instructions to the dot, as far as I know, but I'm not getting any tracking results from the button in Analytics, and it's been 2 days since implementation. I must be overlooking something.

My button has the following code:

Code:

on(press){ getURL("javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/SongDownloads');"); }

On my HTML page I set AllowScriptAccess to "always". The website I'm working on is here in case you want to check that my Analytics code is correctly in place.

The HTML page itself is providing tracking results, just not the button clicks from Flash.

I someone could PLEASE give me a hand here I would very much appreciate it. I've put 2 days into this and can't figure it out for the life of me. If you need more info, let me know.
01-21-2010, 12:06 PM
sstalder

Seems like it should work. How can you tell that it's not? Clicks won't show up immediately on analytics. Have you checked lately if you are seeing any results?
01-21-2010, 12:10 PM
dtone314

I'm looking under Content in Analytics, where it lists the pages being tracked. It says 100% of the traffic is going to "/", my single HTML page. I don't see any reference to "/SongDownloads" anywhere. Could I be looking in the wrong place?
01-21-2010, 12:21 PM
sstalder

Your code:

PHP Code:

<script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12520643-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} </script>

Needs to be in the proper place first. It should go down right before the </body> tag.
01-21-2010, 12:27 PM
dtone314

I had it there at first, but Google says that when there's other Javascript it can sometimes interfere with the Analytics code, and that the <head> is a more reliable place to put it. (reference)
01-21-2010, 12:46 PM
dtone314

I missed your previous remark...

I know the clicks have had enough time to "marinate" themselves into Analytics. I put this code in place 3 days ago now, and still no button stuff shows up. New page views take 1-3 hours to register, usually. Thanks for your help so far.
01-21-2010, 03:02 PM
dtone314

Ok, I found the problem.

I had 2 getURL calls, on after the other. One appeared to cancel the other out. I put a delay in between calling each, and now the data is showing up in Analytics. Wow.
01-21-2010, 03:16 PM
sstalder

Interesting. Good to know I suppose :) Glad you got it figured out!