How do i implement event tracking
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Hi,
Please excuse me for being too simplistic or dumb.
I haven't had any experience in Event tracking so far. So, Please help me out
I want to track how many persons have clicked on "subscribe for Newsletter" button on website - http://bit.ly/w7iwdh
Pls can anyone paste here the code to implement this ?
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files/map.pdf does this mean that map.pdf ( or whatever be name of PDF file )
have to be placed in files folder ?
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So, there is no need to use /salesForms/orderForm1 in the code ?
is the code below correct ? Pls correct it, if you wish
Actually i wanted a simple code to understand things. Afterwards
i can go to complicated code like you people do
[Download PDF](http://www.example.com/files/map.pdf) ```
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The code goes into the link which points to the download page (just as you have thought
)
And the /salesForms/orderForm1 was a copy-paste from the article I have linked
Gr.,
Istvan
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Thanks. I understood quite a few things. Not a bad start
Why
/salesForms/orderForm1 ? what for ?
And where should i put the code ? In the link which when clicked goes to PDF file ?
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your code should look like something:
[onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', 'PDF', '/salesForms/orderForm1.pdf']);">Download PDF](<span>http://www.example.com/files/map.pdf) The "MyMap" you see in the code above is a Label. You can read further on: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html#Labels From the article which is linked above:
Setting Up Event Tracking
Before you can view event tracking results in your reports, you must set it up on your site following these steps.
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Set up tracking on your site. Make sure you have set up tracking for your website. For information on setting this up, see Tracking Sites.
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Call the
_trackEvent()
method in the source code of a page object, widget, or video.The specification for the
_trackEvent()
method is:_trackEvent(category, action, opt_label, opt_value, opt_noninteraction)
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category (required)
The name you supply for the group of objects you want to track.
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action (required)
A string that is uniquely paired with each category, and commonly used to define the type of user interaction for the web object.
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label (optional)
An optional string to provide additional dimensions to the event data.
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value (optional)
An integer that you can use to provide numerical data about the user event.
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non-interaction (optional)
A boolean that when set to
true
, indicates that the event hit will not be used in bounce-rate calculation.
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View the reports. Once event tracking has been set up and working on your site for a day, go to the Content section of the reports and view Event Tracking.
onClick="
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Thanks for replying so quickly.
Actually i wanted to learn how to track PDF files in GA.
1. Where do i put this code ?
2. What is meant by MyMap in the code?
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Hi Atul,
Do you have a thank you page after subscribing? if so, then you can track it with google analytics.
Set up a goal in GA: Decide one of the three types of goals you want. This can be URL Destination, Time on Site, or Pages/Visit. You will need the URL destination. just enter the Thank You page's URL and it is set up.
That should be the scenario.
I hope that helped,
Istvan
useful video step-by-step: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no9LuXnmLao
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