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
Category: Tips
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
The “Star Trek Blue Print” for Web Analytics
I am currently watching all Star Trek episodes. I started with Next Generation, of course (you can now guess my age) and will go through DS9 next. I can already say that TNG is still my favourite part of Star Trek, by far. A lot of episodes could be a blue print for how web … Continue reading The “Star Trek Blue Print” for Web Analytics
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
Anomaly Detection using the Reporting API
While we're looking at the Reporting API and little-known features, let's use the new anomaly detection that was introduced in February 2013. Like real time reporting, it is currently only available in the Reporting API, giving developers a real edge! What is it? The Reporting API can now calculate upper and lower bounds for the … Continue reading Anomaly Detection using the Reporting API
The s.abort Flag
With the release of H.25.3 in January 2013, the Javascript code was augmented with the s.abort flag — a flag that when set instructs the core Javascript code to not fire the tracking request. Uh, what? Where would you use that? In the interest of keeping the page tagging light (do we have to go … Continue reading The s.abort Flag
Tracking Internal Search
We have explored a lot of basic techniques and fundamental principles of web analytics and Adobe Analytics specifically. I guess it is time for a practical tip. Read the following, understand it, then take it to your friendly marketer and see what she says. She might be positively surprised! Internal Search Most web sites have … Continue reading Tracking Internal Search
Web Analytics for Developers 