A developer's guide to web analytics – decommissioned in 2021
I am no lawyer, and I do not want to go into any legal or even ethical or moral aspects of EU privacy law. Let's just say this for our American friends: people in the EU do not like to know they're being marketed to. Mostly. They also fear Google more than their own government, … Continue reading Privacy with DTM
This is not technically a post, but May is a month with 5 Tuesdays, so: If you weren't able to come to Summit, or just missed the session, I'm happy to announce that you can now see Craig Scribner and me speak about Data Quality! The recording is available online, though you have to drop … Continue reading My Summit session now viewable online
Are you an AEM architect or developer? Then you have probably heard of the DTM Cloud Service, right? You might also know that you can use that Cloud Service to automate what DTM calls "Library Download". If you are working with any other CMS, you can obviously also download the Javascript that DTM generates and … Continue reading Self-hosting DTM Libraries
Here's a simple question: If I have two Page Load Rules setting the same variable, and if both rules fire, which one wins? Hm... I might have a standard PLR that fires on every single page of my site. This rule might use the URL of the current page to compute some kind of page … Continue reading How does DTM know which rule is more specific?
Some time ago I wrote an article in which I dreamt of having some sort of test-driven development capability in online marketing tools. At the time, I said the vendors had to chime in, building hooks, frameworks or APIs into their systems so users and consultants would be able to be test-driven. I had discussions … Continue reading TDD and Adobe Analytics
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?
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
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to track something outside the normal way. Examples can be when you want to track data that is not available directly on page load, such as product availability. Easy: use DTM In theory, this should be easy: Just make a Page Load Rule, set "Trigger … Continue reading Quick Tip: Delayed Tracking with DTM
Have you used a Tag Management system yet? And a Data Layer? Both are good ideas in our business, for a variety of reasons. The one I think is most relevant in this context here is that defining a Data Layer makes a lot of requirements, possibilities, assumptions and limitations explicit. I think in a … Continue reading Data Elements vs Data Layer
What I write about mostly on this blog has to do with analytics, specifically Adobe Analytics, fka SiteCatalyst. But this is just one in the large collection of tools your friendly marketer uses to do her job. Analytics allow her to capture data for analysis and observation. She can also use the data to drive aspects … Continue reading The Visitor ID Service
Web Analytics for Developers 