[Web4lib] Google Analytics

[Cary Gordon]

While this is true, you can put calls to the GA js library, which has
tools for this purpose.

What you cannot do is track calls made directly to a file. If that is
a must you could configure your system so that files could not be
downloaded directly and force users through a trackable intermediary
page.

Thanks,

Cary

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Alan Cockerill
<alan.cockerill at jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> And further to GA's limitations is that you can't put javascript in pdfs,
> podcasts or other binary files.
>
> It's still pretty sexy though.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of John Bickar
> Sent: Saturday, 20 February 2010 3:23 AM
> To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Google Analytics
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just wanted to add that, although GA is quite powerful and useful, one
> of its limitations is that it it only tracks usage for visitors who have
> Javascript turned on and aren't blocking it for your site.
>
> Comparing and contrasting GA stats with server logs (using something
> such as AWStats for Apache) will yield more reliable data than GA alone.
>
> Also, Google's Webmaster Tools
> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/> provides some data that GA
> doesn't.
>
> -John Bickar
> Stanford University Libraries
>
>
>
> Kozlowski,Brendon wrote:
>> Just as a followup to Stacey's solution to link tracking...  Using the
> trackPageviews method will also increase your overall
> visitor/visits/pageviews hit counts for your own domain.  Since this is
> probably what you want on some of your links, that's a great solution - just
> be sure that if you're tracking outbound links to other websites that are
> not your own you do one of two things:
>>
>> 1. Set up your account to separate the external links as something
> separate
>> ...or...
>> 2. Use event tracking as suggested by someone else for external links not
> part of your own domain/website structure.
>>
>> That way your overall stats figures aren't off their expected margin by
> leaps and bounds.  :)  Google Analytics is quite powerful, and there are
> books written specifically for it. See if your institution has one or two,
> and if not, perhaps it's time to get a copy.  Enjoy!
>>
>>
>>
>> Brendon Kozlowski
>> Web Administrator
>> Saratoga Springs Public Library
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