I have a website where I plan on setting up a few sub domains ( Which I want to be kept completely sepperate ) and I've set up an sepperate tracking code for each one.
I've set my default domain to sub.mydomain.com and been given the tracking code:
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-53076472-2', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
However when I run the page my analytics still show 0 Online. When I run the source code the correct JS tracking code is shown - What could the problem be?
By Default,GA tracks for tld's , you need to change the code to track subdomain.
ga('create', 'UA-53076472-2', 'auto'); - This only tracks the top level domain.
Replace this line with the below mentioned code...and Check ...
Hope it works for you..
ga('create', 'UA-53076472-2', {'cookieDomain': 'mydomain.com'}); /* test for subdomain
_gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, 'UA-53076472-2']);
_gaq.push([‘_setDomainName’, ‘mydomain.com’]);
_gaq.push([‘_addIgnoredRef’, 'mydomain.com']);
ga('require', 'displayfeatures'); //display properties
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
ga('send', 'pageview');
Thanks,
jaysaysin#dccm
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i have the following GA code added to my website
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-67265472-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
I created a different property to filter my own ip address from being tracked in Google analytics. The only difference in the tracking code is the below
ga('create', 'UA-67265472-2', 'auto');
Can i simply append this code to the end of the existing GA code or would i need to copy the entire new tracking code into the webpage.
Thanks in advance for your replies
You do not need to include the part that loads the analytics.js file multile times.
However if you simply call create with a different account id a second time you will overwrite the existing tracker and all call will be logged to the second account id.
If you need multiple trackers per page you need to create a named tracker, and send a second pageview call (and events etc.) there:
ga('create', 'UA-67265472-2', 'auto' , 'myTrackerName');
ga('myTrackerName.send', 'pageview');
You can this after your existing code:
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
// default tracker
ga('create', 'UA-67265472-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
// custom name
ga('create', 'UA-67265472-2', 'auto' , 'myTrackerName');
ga('myTrackerName.send', 'pageview');
</script>
To add to the contribution of Eike Pierstorff. When using multiple trackers, it is recommended to start using Google Tag Manager. This will make tracking with multiple trackers much easier.
Especially when you want to track events, custom dimensions, virtual pageviews, ecommerce, etc.
I've always used one Javascript GA tracking script on my page, for www.example.com version of my website. It used the property ID UA-XXXXXX-1. However, I read somewhere that pages viewed on your example.com domain (without www.) won't get tracked properly this way. So I added a second property, without the www. It had the property ID UA-XXXXXX-14.
Now, I'm seeing a significant rise in my page views (more than double, actually) for the stats of my UA-XXXXXX-1 property, but not in my sessions. Does this mean that Google Analytics is tracking page views twice? And if so, how is this possible, since I'm just looking at the stats for UA-XXXXXX-1?
EDIT: This is the code I'm using:
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-14', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
However, I read somewhere that pages viewed on your example.com domain (without www.) won't get tracked properly this way.
This is wrong. GA in its default configuration will track properly, even if www.example.com is technically a subdomain of example.com. Plus changing the domain in your account configuration will not actually affect data collection.
Does this mean that Google Analytics is tracking page views twice?
Yes, probably. However this is not related to tracking with to properties unless there is a problem with your configuration. Most likely you are accidentaly tracking twice to the same property.
If I had to take a wild guess I'd say you are doing this:
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-2', 'auto');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
ga('send', 'pageview');
when you should be doing this:
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-2', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
i.e. to send the pageview before you create your second tracker (because the second one will overwrite the first).
Alternatively you could use named trackers:
ga('create', ''UA-XXXXXX-1', 'auto', {'name': 'trackerOne'});
ga('create', ''UA-XXXXXX-2', 'auto', {'name': 'trackerTwo'});
ga('trackerOne.send', 'pageview');
ga('trackerTwo.send', 'pageview');
Since the tracker objects are called by name you can be sure that your calls always go to the correct tracker, no matter in which order the code is called in your page.
However if that is the problem you should not see data in your second account. In that case you need to share your actual tracking code.
I have a problem with google analytics for web.
I installed the analytics as following just before the closing head tag.
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
// ga('create', 'UA-xxxx23-1', 'auto');
ga('create', 'UA-xxxx56-2', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
It is weird because on one UA code (the one that is uncommented) no data is coming through ans the status of the tracking code is "tracker is not installed".
While the other property on another account the data is coming in correctly and the status is "Receiving data".
Any idea what this problem might be?
Turns out it was a time issue. The settings took around a day to kick in. The weird thing was that no realtime data was coming through. But now it works. If anyone has the same problem, just be patient.
If you are using multiple tracking ID then you have to pass the name field as the fourth argument in the create command.
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXX-Y', 'auto', 'myTracker');
And then you have to prefix the command name with the tracker name, followed by a dot.
ga('myTracker.send', 'pageview');
finally your code will look like this with double tracker
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m)
{i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new
Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)
[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://www.google-
analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-1', 'auto');
ga('create', 'UA-xxxxxxxx-1', 'auto', 'clientTracker');
ga('send', 'pageview');
ga('clientTracker.send', 'pageview');
This is my first question on Stackoverflow. So apologies if I make a mistake...
The challenge: I have a website (main.com), a sub-domain (sub.main.com) and 10 websites that send traffic, back and forth, to the main site and the sub domain. Let's call these sites site01.com, site02.com, site03.com,...,site10.com.
My question: How do I implement Universal Tag so I can do cross-domain tracking between main.com, sub.main.com and site01.com, site02.com, site03.com,...,site10.com.
I found instructions on how to do cross domain tracking for two sites. For example, on the main domain I will add the following code:
**<!-- Universal Analytics -->
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXXX-X', 'main.com', {'allowLinker': true});
ga('require', 'linker');
ga('linker:autoLink', ['site01.com']);
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>**
And on site01.com, I will add the code below:
**<!-- Universal Analytics -->
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'site01.com',{'allowLinker': true});
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>**
I don't know how to modify the code to include all 10 sites (site01.com, site02.com, site03.com,...,site10.com as part of the cross domain tracking.
Also, in relation to sub-domain tracking, I am guessing that the above code will also capture data from the sub-domain site (sub.main.com) with no issues.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Stratos.
You need to add the linker plugin to all of your sites, otherwise you only track visitors starting at the main domain and from there navigating to your subsites. The other way around (originates from site01.com and browses to your main site) would generate a new clientId.
Example (same for all of your sites):
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXX-X', 'auto', {
'allowLinker': true
});
ga('send', 'pageview');
// Load the linker plugin and define
// which domains to autoLink.
ga('require', 'linker');
// NOTE: add all your sites here. you can include the
// the site the code is at too if you want to use the
// same array of sites for all of your sites (ie,
// include this from some shared file)
ga('linker:autoLink', ['main.com', 'site01.com', 'site02.com', 'site03.com']);
Use for example the Google Analytics Debugger extension to Chrome to verify that you get the same clientId.
NOTE: You need to click on an achor-link to the other sites for the autoLinker to work, just typing in the URL in your browser won't work.
For implementing this on forms too pass true as a fourth parameter to the ga('linker:autoLink')-call above (ref: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cross-domain#autoforms).
I am using the new Google Analytics code (below) and need it to be able to track # URLs. I can do it in the old tracking code but am unshure of how to do it in this new code. Ideally I would love to be able to stick the tracking code into the header of all pages without modification and have it grab the # from the URL. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have check out this page https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/pages but am still unsure of exactly how to do what I want.
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-2433430-6', 'mydomain.org');
ga('require', 'linkid', 'linkid.js');
ga('send', 'pageview');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXX-Y', {'allowAnchor': false});
from here : https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference#allowAnchor