Google Calendar won't update ics feed when new events are added - google-calendar-api

I have a published .ics file that my users can add to their google calendar via a url. The trouble is that google seems to be caching the feed and new events aren't showing up. The only solution I've come up with is to manually remove the calendar and re-add it with a slightly different url by adding ?nocache=asdfasdfsdf to the end. Is there something in the ics spec that would solve this problem that doesn't require intervention by users?

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Google Analytics not tracking events

I have the following code setup to track clicks on specific links on a specific page of our site:
My Link Text
These links go to a CGI script which logs users into a given service. The login form also has our Google Analytics tracking code on it.
I have several links like this on my page with different labels. Our CMS puts the Google Analytics universal tracking code below the content of our site. I can't put this in the header.
I've tested it and checked in GA the next day, however it is showing nothing for event stats.
Is there something I'm missing.

No Longer Showing Paid Traffic

About a month ago, we had a Wordpress site that went down due to a billing issue with hosting. They had to restore via backup. Since then there has been no Paid Traffic showing in our Analytics, although UA is tracking. We get most of our traffic via Adwords. I have tried everything I can think of and still can't get it to work! Some details:
We use Tag Manager (there were no edits in there prior to this event)
The only edit to the site was made when we switched from Tag Manager to straight UA script (post event), which didn't work either so we switched it back
Yes, the Analytics and Adwords accounts are linked properly
We tried adding UTM strings to the destination URLs
We tried turning off auto-tagging in Adwords
We tried turning off auto-tagging and then adding UTM
We tried setting up a brand new Analytics account
Finally, we moved the site onto a different host
NOTHING has worked. I have checked everything I can check. Is it a code issue?? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Here's the site: www.advancedwaterrestoration.com
Try Google Tag Assistant - https://get.google.com/tagassistant/ You can use this tool to watch your tags and see if they fire properly, and what data they send.

Does Google Analytics by MonsterInsights wordpress plugin insert tracking code automatically or does it just fetch the analytics data?

Here's what I did,
Installed Google Analytics by MonsterInsighs plugin on WordPress
site.
Authenticated and Connected the plugin to use corresponding Google
Analytics Property
I have not manually inserted any tracking code on my site. I am under the impression that the tracking code insertion is (and should be) the task of MonsterInsights plugin. With that strong supposition, I cleared the cache on Site CDN and Site Server to check if the tracking code is inserted. The three verification methods I used are;
Verification through Google Tag Assistant Chrome Plugin
Verification through Google Analytics Debugger Chrome Plugin
Manual Verification by Viewing Page Source
Ther are no errors in the plugin page. None of the methods have indicated the presence of tracking code. You can have a look yourself at https://techmars.org
PS: All of these activities are very recent i.e. It has just been an hour. Does it usually take some waiting? I haven't encountered such a prerequisite anywhere.
MonsterInsights automatically adds the tracking script. It appears to have done so on your site. The only time it would require waiting is if you were to use some sort of page caching that needs to clear for new frontend output tags to show.

Google Maps Info Cards With Events?

I am currently working on a project for new homes throughout neighborhoods in Indiana. I'm using Google Fusion tables to populate the map on my site.
We want to be able to force users to sign in after they click the "builder site" link on the info card (the pop up from the google location marker). Is there a way to add events to the google info cards?
You can't do this with stock Fusion Tables info windows because we scrub any JavaScript in them. You can code this up yourself if you want; see this question for an example.
A cleaner way might be to process all the links on your own HTTP server, showing the login page if necessary or redirecting to the builder site if not. That would work with no custom client code, but would require the appropriate server-side setup.

Google Analytics Tracker showing Tracking Not Installed

Using wordpress, I manually inserted the tracking code given to me by Google Analytics just before the tag into my header.php file. Google Analytics is still showing Tracking Not Installed.
here's the source code for my site:
view-source:http://funnykittenmemes.com/
Any ideas?
It looks like the javascript is broken from cutting and pasting.
Easiest thing to do is use a plugin rather then edit theme files. Take a look at http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=google+analytics for any number of plugins - simple to complex - that will work.
Most you simply enter your Google ID - and sometimes authenticate with your Google account - and the plugin takes it from there.

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