Last week, Adam Greco wrote his excellent article called Linking Authenticated Visitors Across Devices, which is the first really good and complete description I have seen of how to tackle "the cross-device issue". In short, people are using more than one device to interact with your online presence, and because visitor identification is primarily based … Continue reading Cross-Device Linking – what Adam said
Category: Javascript
Postings dealing with any Javascript-related tracking aspects
Know Your Version
I received a question via Twitter the other day: @jexnerADBE Hello Jan, can you tell from looking at the source code for SC which version of SC a site is on?...Thank you! That is a really good question! Sounds simple but there are a couple of ways to get to the version. And as an … Continue reading Know Your Version
Internal URL Filters
Your friendly marketer is interested in the beginning and the end of a visitor's visit. She wants to know where they came from, how long they were around, how many pages they saw and so on. How do we technically determine those two important moments? The Beginning of a Visit Let's look at the start … Continue reading Internal URL Filters
2 Good Reasons to use Context Data
My colleague Carl Sandquist recently wrote "Although you may get a bit teary-eyed bidding farewell to expounding on the differences of eVars and props to your developers, we’re sure you’ll eventually get over it." He's obviously right about this: developers will shed no tears if they never have to see props or eVars ever again. … Continue reading 2 Good Reasons to use Context Data
s_gi() and Tracking Links
Today we'll discuss one of the big questions of all times: when tracking links or actions, is it necessary to call s_gi()? If you don't know what I'm talking about, go and read the article on Tracking Links & Action while I wait. At the heart of it is this piece of code: <script type="text/javascript"> … Continue reading s_gi() and Tracking Links
Migrating from H-code to AppMeasurement
In May 2013, the Adobe analytics product team released a new Javascript library, no longer called "H.xx.y" but "AppMeasurement for JavaScript". The main selling points for this new lib are it's speed (3 – 5 times faster than H.25), size (8k compressed, compared to 13k for H.25) and native support for some of the most … Continue reading Migrating from H-code to AppMeasurement
Ode to Charles & Map Local
There once was a tool with a feature The merits of which like a preacher I praise on this blog And I'm almost agog For it's part of my normal procedure If there is one tool in my toolbox that I have to point out, it's "Charles" by Karl von Randow. Sure, there are others … Continue reading Ode to Charles & Map Local
How to track the ‘Like’ button
No site without a "like" button these days. Your friendly marketer wanted to have a "like" button, as well as a "tweet this", "share on Google+" and possibly a bunch of other social media buttons on the site to augment the reach of their content. The idea is that a product, some content, or any … Continue reading How to track the ‘Like’ button
How to track Micro-Sites with Vanity URLs
Let's be constructive again. After telling you to say "no" and indulging in some scifi-geekery, I feel it is time to go back to solid technical advice. Let's look at micro sites with vanity URLs. Analysts usually treat them one of two ways: as a marketing channel — concentrating on how they bring traffic / … Continue reading How to track Micro-Sites with Vanity URLs
How Do I – Track Page Load
Let's begin our irregular series of articles explaining how to do things with a simple one: how do I track page loads? KPI(s) The underlying questions your friendly marketer is asking include: How many Visits and Visitors do I get (to a certain part of my site)? What are the most popular pages on our … Continue reading How Do I – Track Page Load
Web Analytics for Developers 