If your new year resolutions for this year included "help your friendly marketer be more successful", I have something for you today. It's a fairly straight-forward thing to do, but it'll help her big time: build a proper, solid data layer for her. There are countless blog articles out there about the advantages of having … Continue reading Data Layer – Yet Another Reason
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Basic Tracking – Remix (contains DTM)
In March 2013, I wrote an article on Basic Tracking, showing you the minimal set of code on a page that is needed for tracking the page in Adobe Analytics. We're in 2015, now, we have DTM, so it is time for a refresh. This article will give you the minimal setup needed for tracking … Continue reading Basic Tracking – Remix (contains DTM)
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
Direct Call Rules – what are they good for?
Absolutely nothing? This article started as a side note in the article about delayed page load tracking, but I feel it deserves a bit more space. Side notes are so easily over-looked! And when they are, they wither away, hidden in the cracks of our memories, obscured by bigger things, better things, things that demand … Continue reading Direct Call Rules – what are they good for?
The s_code.js File – Where is it now?
Sometimes, I get narcissistic. I log into Analytics and go through the numbers, for no other reasons than wanting to see whether they have gone up again. Then I am pleased. For about a year or so, I have always seen one specific article at the top of the list, The s_code.js File - Overview. This … Continue reading The s_code.js File – Where is it now?
Delayed Page Load Tracking with DTM
This article is dedicated to my father, Gerhard Exner, who passed away much too early 6 years ago. It would have been his 74th birthday today. I want to pick up where I left off last week and describe how to build "delayed page load tracking". I can think of a couple of situations where … Continue reading Delayed Page Load Tracking with DTM
DTM CustomEvent Rules
DTM can react to things that happen on pages, like when people click or something comes into view. A relatively new feature is that it can also react to custom events (of the CustomEvent variety), and I want to show you how to make it do that. I'd also like to add a slightly convoluted … Continue reading DTM CustomEvent Rules
DTM and the doPlugins Callback
Today, I'd like to tell you about a little gotcha I ran into. If you have ever worked with Omniture SiteCatalyst Adobe Analytics before, you will have come across the spectacularly useful s.doPlugins() callback. The doPlugins callback is called every time the Analytics Javascript code has almost finished its job and is just about to … Continue reading DTM and the doPlugins Callback
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?
DTM Property – Report Suite – Staging/Production
Most developers who work with web sites are working on multiple environments. You'd at least have a development and production environment. Web analytics is no different, we also have different environments. We have different environments in different areas, actually, to the point where I feel I need to explain what there is and how you … Continue reading DTM Property – Report Suite – Staging/Production
Web Analytics for Developers 