Comments on: Tracking Ajax Requests in Analytics http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics Cleaning up the web with Ajax Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:41:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-249127 Alex Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:31:55 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-249127 I’m working on a new analytics platform explicitly designed for Ajax applications - http://www.ajaxmetrics.com - and I’d love to hear what you have to say about it. I’m working on a new analytics platform explicitly designed for Ajax applications – http://www.ajaxmetrics.com – and I’d love to hear what you have to say about it.

]]> By: IT快餐——–发现,分享,关注互联网 » 10-13 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-127641 IT快餐——–发现,分享,关注互联网 » 10-13 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:43:47 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-127641 [...] 很酷的图像切换效果 http://smoothslideshow.jondesign.net/showcase.html Tracking Ajax Requests in Analytics [...] [...] 很酷的图像切换效果 http://smoothslideshow.jondesign.net/showcase.html Tracking Ajax Requests in Analytics [...]

]]> By: Doug Karr http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-126575 Doug Karr Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:20:34 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-126575 You can also utilize the Funnel controls within Google Analytics. This is useful to identify what step in your Ajax people have gotten to or abandoned on. I've done this with <a href="http://www.payraisecalculator.com" rel="nofollow">Payraise Calculator</a> to identify how many times the calculator was executed. Here's an example: urchinTracker("/funnel_G1/step2.html"); You can also utilize the Funnel controls within Google Analytics. This is useful to identify what step in your Ajax people have gotten to or abandoned on. I’ve done this with Payraise Calculator to identify how many times the calculator was executed.

Here’s an example:
urchinTracker(”/funnel_G1/step2.html”);

]]> By: Fading Roses & Raging Viruses » http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-125500 Fading Roses & Raging Viruses » Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:01:54 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-125500 [...] [::[ Wed 11 Oct 2006 ]::[ General ]::[ ]::] I just read a post over at Ajaxian.com on how to use Google Analytics online, another to track Ajax Pages. Google Analytics is a really good tool for Web 1.0 fashioned pages but is terribly wrong for Web 2.0, first of all a pageview cannot be translated to anything in an Ajax Page. Is a refresh of a part of the page, let’s say the user list currentlypageview or is only the change of the main content a new pageview? Google Analytics themselfs suggest that you call the urchinTracker upon every successful XMLHttpRequest, but I believe that this is really dangerous. By triggering too many pageviews we first of all obscure the data we are actually interested in (how do you distinguish a single content reload among thousands of minor updates of some small widget?) and you significantly reduce the speed of your application by generating additional overhead. So my advise: although it might be tempting to use things like Prototype’s Ajax.Responder to trigger the urchinTracker function, don’t! It generates a huge overhead and actually obscures your statistics.Technorati Tags: Ajax, Google, Google Analytics, Statistics [...] [...] [::[ Wed 11 Oct 2006 ]::[ General ]::[ ]::] I just read a post over at Ajaxian.com on how to use Google Analytics online, another to track Ajax Pages. Google Analytics is a really good tool for Web 1.0 fashioned pages but is terribly wrong for Web 2.0, first of all a pageview cannot be translated to anything in an Ajax Page. Is a refresh of a part of the page, let’s say the user list currentlypageview or is only the change of the main content a new pageview? Google Analytics themselfs suggest that you call the urchinTracker upon every successful XMLHttpRequest, but I believe that this is really dangerous. By triggering too many pageviews we first of all obscure the data we are actually interested in (how do you distinguish a single content reload among thousands of minor updates of some small widget?) and you significantly reduce the speed of your application by generating additional overhead. So my advise: although it might be tempting to use things like Prototype’s Ajax.Responder to trigger the urchinTracker function, don’t! It generates a huge overhead and actually obscures your statistics.Technorati Tags: Ajax, Google, Google Analytics, Statistics [...]

]]> By: Matt Lowell http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-125271 Matt Lowell Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:22:34 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-125271 This begs an interesting question of why not do JS based analytics yourself? Not meaning write it yourself but at least host it yourself. Certainly we have had the tools to do so particularly with Ajax and now we need to insert the appropriate calls anyway. If you did your own you avoid the load issue concerns. I think the main reason these outsource analytics firms exist is because marcom people can't get reasonable data because they are limited access to servers or their IT people are too busy. It is just too easy for them to jam a .js file call in their page and be on their way, but in many ways from privacy to delivery it just isn't the right way to do it. Cost certainly isn't the issue either folks because until things like Google Analytics came along lots of these stats services like Omniture or HBX cost huge money ($1000s per month) and many still do. So purchase or implement in some cases might even be cheaper and maybe the rise of Ajax and the analytics implications from it will drive a new trend? This begs an interesting question of why not do JS based analytics yourself? Not meaning write it yourself but at least host it yourself. Certainly we have had the tools to do so particularly with Ajax and now we need to insert the appropriate calls anyway. If you did your own you avoid the load issue concerns.

I think the main reason these outsource analytics firms exist is because marcom people can’t get reasonable data because they are limited access to servers or their IT people are too busy. It is just too easy for them to jam a .js file call in their page and be on their way, but in many ways from privacy to delivery it just isn’t the right way to do it. Cost certainly isn’t the issue either folks because until things like Google Analytics came along lots of these stats services like Omniture or HBX cost huge money ($1000s per month) and many still do. So purchase or implement in some cases might even be cheaper and maybe the rise of Ajax and the analytics implications from it will drive a new trend?

]]> By: Tinus http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-125214 Tinus Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:30:07 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-125214 This also means that when Google's servers are down, your website get very slow. The Analytics scripts in this case, have to be loaded before your page starts displaying, or am I wrong? This also means that when Google’s servers are down, your website get very slow. The Analytics scripts in this case, have to be loaded before your page starts displaying, or am I wrong?

]]> By: CiPHER http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-125177 CiPHER Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:27:42 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-125177 Hmm.. I ment: <a href="link to external site" onclick="return urchinTracker(this.href)">External link<a> Hmm.. I ment:
<a href=”link to external site” onclick=”return urchinTracker(this.href)”>External link<a>

]]> By: CiPHER http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-125176 CiPHER Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:26:36 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-125176 Could this be used for tracking clickout's too? <a href="http://link-to-external-site" rel="nofollow">External link</a> ? Could this be used for tracking clickout’s too?
External link ?

]]> By: Michael http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics/comment-page-1#comment-125144 Michael Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:31:37 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/archives/tracking-ajax-requests-in-analytics#comment-125144 I've been using this technique and it's works great. I’ve been using this technique and it’s works great.

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