I guess this post is pretty specific. It might have a target audience of a dozen or so. I hope the rest of you forgive me, but keep on reading, you might need this one day! Setup At a Swiss financial institution, we implemented an "internal visitor" detection using their reverse proxy. They are routing … Continue reading Quick Tip – Debug server-side manipulations of the tracking call
Category: Tips
How to monitor campaign performance in the Real-Time reports
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Everybody who ever pays for traffic should be using campaign tracking! How else will you ever find out whether you spend your money wisely? But how about monitoring a campaign in real time? Well, Analytics has "Real-Time" — three "reports" or maybe "dashboards" that show data very quickly and refresh automatically. The Real-Time reports are … Continue reading How to monitor campaign performance in the Real-Time reports
DTM – How to Amend an Existing Analytics Setup
(Let me state right here at the beginning that judging by the feedback I got from my beta testers editors, this article may not be for the faint of heart. If you think Javascript should be treated with respect, you might want to stop reading.) Have you ever seen the '[x] Page code is already … Continue reading DTM – How to Amend an Existing Analytics Setup
DTM – find the rule that does …
Yet another article about DTM... I guess by now I can't even get away with calling it a "mini series" anymore, can I?! Today, I want to share a tip that came in handy a couple of weeks ago while troubleshooting a relatively complex implementation with a lot of rules. The topic: I know that … Continue reading DTM – find the rule that does …
How do I debug the JS that DTM injects?
I'm guessing that by now, you are sick of reading about DTM. Let me reassure you that I have other articles in the pipeline. Also: let me know what else you want me to write about. Know that I can write about DTM all day long 😉 Anyway, today we're looking at ways to debug … Continue reading How do I debug the JS that DTM injects?
Content as Ecommerce
In December, Simo Ahava posted an article where he explained how using concepts from ecommerce and implementing those on his blog helped him gain new insight. A brilliant article which I suggest you read. I'll wait. Read it? Looks good, doesn't it?! I especially like the distinction skimmer versus reader. Simo implemented everything he did … Continue reading Content as Ecommerce
SAINT Classifications – the Most Used Feature
Product Manager John Bates told the audience at the marketing Summit in Utah in March 2014 that Classifications is the most used feature in Adobe Analytics. I am not surprised. One reason is that Classifications allow you to aggregate data. Aggregation of data can make all the difference between a report that is unreadable and … Continue reading SAINT Classifications – the Most Used Feature
Quick Tip – One s_code.js for Multiple Sites
The situation: you are responsible for a couple of sites on different domains. Tracking is pretty much the same on all of these pages, but there are some small differences (e.g. each site tracks into a separate report suite). A new version of the s_code has come out and you want to update all your … Continue reading Quick Tip – One s_code.js for Multiple Sites
Quick tip: 20 Char Limit
If your friendly marketer asks you to implement purchase IDs or to serialise events, you'll have to generate 20-character IDs that should be as unique as possible. The straight-forward approach is to use some existing IDs that the back-end provides, but often those can be longer than 20 characters. So what can you do? Hash … Continue reading Quick tip: 20 Char Limit
With DTM you don’t need Data Elements
Slight deviation this week, but we're still on the path to glory a setup of Adobe Analytics and Dynamic Tag Manager (DTM) that is as close to perfection as possible. The deviation today has to do with a question I was asked about a month ago: how can I track an attribute of a clicked … Continue reading With DTM you don’t need Data Elements
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