Google Tag Manager chrome plugin to diagnose Analytics issues
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Hi
I've just used Google Tag Manager chrome plugin to look at possible analytics issues on a clients site and it has reported that its Analytics ID is being tracked twice.
1 is Universal and the other is Universal Asynchronous
And when i click the question mark next to the 'Where to Optimise' info in GTM this page is displayed with teh following info highlighted:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/asyncMigrationExamples
ga.js is a legacy library. If you are starting a new implementation we recommend you use the latest version of this library, analytics.js. For exisiting implementations, learn how to migrate from ga.js to analytics.js.
- Since both versions seem to be on there surely i dont need to migrate but just delete the old non-asynchronous version ?
Or do i need do anything else or additional ?
All Best
Dan
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Ok thanks for confirming Dirk
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Hi Dan
universal is the last version - async was the previous one. If in doubt you can always check here which version you use: http://www.statstory.com/how-to-identify-which-version-of-google-analytics-you-are-using/
Dirk
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Ok great thanks for the info Dirk
Only question isn't it the other way round - I should delete the Universal code and keep the Universal Asynchronous code ? (I thought UA was the latest version) ?
All Best
Dan
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If the UA code is the same for both trackers you can delete the async version and only keep the universal version. You should know however that the reported traffic probably will drop (as same traffic was measured twice), your bounce rate will go up and time on site go down.
Dirk
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