Google Analytics - Web Development Articles

Getting In-Page Analytics Working with Drupal Google Analytics Module

Submitted by Mark Kindred on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 12:40

It's amazing how much time we need to spend tweaking all our development tools to keep them all playing together nicely. So when I find a problem that takes me a while to fix, I like to post it here in the hope that it will save someone else some time.

Such was the case today when I switched over to the latest version of Google Analytics. In-Page Analytics, one of my favorite tools in GA, stopped working on all my Drupal sites.

Here's the error message I got:

Problem loading In-Page Analytics

Real-Time Stats in Google Analytics?

Submitted by Mark Kindred on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 18:34

I thought I'd share a useful trick in Google Analytics to show nearly real-time statistics. For anyone who has used Analytics for any length of time, this is probably very obvious. But I have to admit it's kind of hidden... I didn't notice it for quite some time.

ROI: Tracking form submissions in Google Analytics

Submitted by Mark Kindred on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 10:48

The most important role of any stats software like Google Analytics is tracking the return on investment of your web site. One way to do this is through Analytics' "goals". By setting custom goals for your site within Analytics, you can track how many times your web site fulfills its primary purpose of converting viewers into contacts or paying customers.