I have created an affiliate marketing website. Here users will register on my website and shop, however the shopping link will be of amazon.
I need to know how to set up Google Analytics so that it can track which registered user has clicked an affiliate link on my website.
For example I have this amazon link
https://www.amazon.in/BassHeads-225-Super-Extra-Headphones/dp/B01M9C51T9/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&pf_rd_i=desktop&pf_rd_m=A1VBAL9TL5WCBF&pf_rd_p=14ffe21a-e5a2-45c9-a9c0-91f47b082bbc&pf_rd_r=94G5Y8CM93G8M5Y2SNS3&pf_rd_t=36701&qid=1554008093&s=gateway&smid=A14CZOWI0VEHLG&sr=8-1
I know I'm supposed to put an onClick event on there somewhere but I don't have any idea how it links to Google Analytics? I am using Google Tag Manager
Is this the correct Onclick code:
onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Link', 'Click', 'Banner Advert1']);"
If not what do I need to add to track the registered user?
I have many links to external sites on my website; an example link looks like this:
<a id="Buy" data-itemDescription="(a description)" data-itemValue="2.80" href=http://externalsite?id=6789>
The key things here are the extra attributes before the href: id (used to identify the specific event that occurs when the link is clicked, i.e. in this case a Buy event) and the data-itemDescription and data-itemValue metadata (used in constructing the event label etc.)
The relevant GTM artefacts are as follows:
Trigger:
Buy: Click - Just Links when Click Id contains Buy
User-defined variables (custom Javascript):
ItemDescription:
function() {
return {{Click Element}}.getAttribute("data-itemDescription");
}
ItemValue:
function() {
return {{Click Element}}.getAttribute("data-itemValue");
}
ItemValueFloat (100 multiplier used because GA didn't like my decimal places - I then divide by 100 at reporting time to get the right answer):
function() {
return parseFloat({{ItemValue}})*100;
}
Tag BuyClicked is an Event triggered by the Buy trigger as above, with:
Category = Purchase Tracking
Action = Purchase {{ItemDescription}}
Label = {{Page Path}} : {{Click URL}}
Value = {{ItemValueFloat}}
I also have Non-Interaction Hit set True.
The BuyClicked event is then collected by GA, and reportable on from e.g. Google Data Studio, without my having to do anything further.
If you can't add an id or metadata, you could undoubtedly do the same sort of thing more painfully by handling all clicks through a single trigger and then parsing the Click URL via custom Javascript to get granular Categories, Actions, Labels.
Related
I am trying to track user feedback onclick of thumpsUp(1) or thumsDown(0) : with help of GA but not able to track the events in the Analytics Dashboard as shown below.
window.ga("send", {
hitType: "event",
eventCategory: "button",
eventAction: "feedback",
eventLabel: pageID, // page url
eventValue: value, // 1 or 0
});
}
custom event is not appearing below:
I am able to get events :
Is it possible to map vote and pageID together so that we can know which page has which vote
Many Thanks
The code shown is for Universal Analytics but dashboard is on GA4.
They are 2 different things.
You can find code to setup GA4 events in the documentation: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/ga4/events?client_type=gtag
To understand who clicked on up/downvote you can use the parameters associated with the event:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/ga4/event-parameters?client_type=gtag
Note: the data in the GA4 platform (unlike UA) are visible after 24h.
In my website we have a banner which on clicking directs the user to our client's website. In order to track the number of people clicking the banner we decided to make use of the google analytics events component. I added the JS provided by them just below my Google analytics script.
var captureOutboundLink = function(url) { ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { 'transport': 'beacon', 'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;} }); }
Then in the place of the banner I called the function
<a href="https://example.com/pg/" onclick="return captureOutboundLink('https://example.com/pg/');">
<img src="https://www.moreexample.com/admin/banner/mascot.jpg" alt="macott2022" title="macott2022" class="img-res innerbann" />
But the google analytics events tab is still not tracking. I tried clicking the Banner few times but it shows no signs of activity. Does it take time to reflect ?
yes, events report might need some time to process the data. you can use "events" section of real-time report instead.
moreover you might use Tag assistant or other GA debugging tool to make sure that your event data being sent.
I have started using Google Tag Manager recently and I don't understand why one of my variables remains undefined while everything seems to be set up correctly.
Here is first the code that I use to create my datalayer:
<script>
window.dataLayer = [{
'pageCategory': 'test1',
'Device' : 'test2',
'Manufacturer': 'test3'
}];
</script>
I have created custom dimensions based on those variables and I can find them in Google Analytics. So far, everything is all right.
I then want to track a click on a button that leads the users to an external link. I use the following code:
window.dataLayer.push({
'ShopURL': url,
'ShopName': shop_name,
'PriceOffer': price,
'event': 'ClickPrice'
});
I have checked the content of each variable with a console.log and they all display the correct values.
In GTM, I have created datalayer variable for each one of them, I have created a custom event to push them to Google Analytics. I have taken "ShopName" for event_category, "Device" for event_action, "PriceOffer" for event_label.
When I look at the data in Google Analytics I see that event_category is undefined while event_action has the correct value. It looks like the event is fired correctly because I can only see it in GA when I click on the button but somehow some variables are not populated correctly.
You can see it in action here: https://www.mobilemultimedia.be/en/nokia/price-nokia-8.1 (click on one of the "check offer" button to trigger the event)
With GTM preview in the browser I see all the correct values.
Any idea?
Additional info
Here is a screenshot of the variable configuration in GTM:
I'm sorry, it's in French but you can see the variable with the right name.
I believe you have your trigger set incorrectly.
I think it might be an element click trigger right now, but you need it to be a "custom event" trigger and you should have "ClickPrice" as the event name you use to trigger.
Like so:
I just finished working on a plugin for Sketch and I created a simple landing page for users to download the plugin. I want to use Google Analytics event tracking to track the downloads, but the event tracking is not working and I can't seem to figure out why.
Here is what the link looks like:
Download
Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Do I need to add any other code anywhere else besides the onclick attribute?
My bet is that you're facing what we call a race condition: the moment the user clicks the link, the browser initiates a page change, thus GA is interrupted before it's had a chance to send the event.
2 options
Open link in new tab: add target="_blank" to your links so they open in a new tab and don't interrupt GA in the current tab.
Prevent Default + Hitcallback: you can use a custom function for onClick that will prevent the link from opening by default (return false;), trigger the GA event, and use GA's hitCallback to trigger the page change programatically.
For option 2 there are different ways of doing it (since it's custom code). Here is an example from Google:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1136920?hl=en
<script>
/**
* Function that tracks a click on an outbound link in Analytics.
* This function takes a valid URL string as an argument, and uses that URL string
* as the event label. Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent
* using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it.
*/
var trackOutboundLink = function(url) {
ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, {
'transport': 'beacon',
'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;}
});
}
</script>
You'll also need to add (or modify) the onclick attribute to your links. Use this example as a model for your own links:
Check out example.com
I am looking for some clues on where to add Google Analytics Event Tracking to a page that has AnythingSlider installed. I have a slider that does not autoscroll and you have to click the navigation buttons for the slides to move. I wish to track these clicks. I would also like to track if a visitor clicks on a link within a slide.
I am wishing to use Google's InPage Analytics to track visitor click behavior and workout what items (images & phrases) catch the attention of the visitor in order to make better lead funnels.
I did try the Event tracking guide from Google before posting here, but I was unsure of where to pickup the navigation clicks from the slider.
add this to any a href in your html
onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Slider','Panelno:x', 'blah']);"
Untested (I'm about to do this myself) but the API suggests to me that I should use the onSlideComplete callback, e.g. (assuming you've set up the names of your panels in an array called pages).
onSlideComplete : function(foo) {
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Slider','Panelno:'+slider.currentPage, pages[index - 1]]);
}
EDIT: Be careful with onSlideComplete, it seems to fire off too often. Set a var to tell it not to refire, and reset the var with onSlideBegin.
onSlideBegin : function(e, slider) {
refire = 1;
},
onSlideComplete : function(slider) {
if (refire) {
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Slider','Panelno:'+slider.currentPage, pages[slider.currentPage - 1]]);
refire=0;
}
}