Archive for the ‘Web Analytics’ Category
Clean up your event tracking with jQuery
In my last post, I went through the basics of setting up Google Analytics event tracking. In doing so, I showed how to create click events using the onclick event for things like links and images. However, littering your code with onclick events can be a bit messy, and if you’re anything like me, you prefer your code to be a little cleaner.
Event Tracking with Google Analytics
It’s been quite a while since the Google Analytics team introduced event tracking, but many people I talk to don’t understand it. In some cases, they don’t even know it’s there. Nevertheless, event tracking is one of the most useful tools for getting data into Google Analytics and it opens up analysis on many things we just couldn’t see before.
Is your web traffic seasonal?
Note: When I movedthis blog over from colintemple.com, I decided to start fresh and keep the posts more focused. This is one of only a couple of posts that I’m moving over here, so I’m sorry if you’ve heard it all before. This one’s originally from last September, which explains the timelines here.
As we go about our lives throughout the year, our patterns change. In the summer, we’re more likely to be on vacation, or outside enjoying the sun. In the winter, we’re more likely to spend more time indoors, maybe at the computer. Your occupation might also change dramatically from season to season, whether you’re a student, botanist, hockey player or lifeguard.
