Google Analytics Registration Goal Plugin

Google Analytics Registration Goal Plugin
This plugin adds unique page names to the steps of the registration process so you can track registration as a Goal utilizing Google Analytics.

History
Jan 29, 2006
-- v1.0.1 Beta 2 Release. Removes duplicate goal URL and updates step counts.

Jan 28, 2006
-- v1.0.1 Beta 1 Release. Adds modifications for COPPA and Deny registration for users under 13

Nov 27, 2005
-- Initial Beta Release

Requirements
You must have a Google Analytics account

This does not work if you have turned on URL rewrites via .htaccess with programs such as subdreamer and vb seo.

If you use this plugin, click Install

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by the Sandman

LOL - I've tried both ways several times and it appears that you should not add the goal URL to the funnel definition - just let GA add it automatically.

I think that you might have put in one too many steps - I think the Register Form step might be redundant and cause the rest of the funnel to be off. I'm testing that now - unfortunately I have to wait for the stats to update and I'm not particularly patient...

I think you're right, and since I won't have much time tomorrow, I went ahead and created a new version with new instructions. Download it and re-install the plugin as I made a minor change to remove some unneeded code. The instructions have been changed to remove the last step on all permutations.

[the Sandman]

Still having the same issue:

Check DOB...........68
Sign UP...............53
Register Form.......44
Member Added.....18
Activation...........18

I believe that the Member Added step is showing Activations, because there are no Abandonment points listed for that step. So, there's an offset by one, but I'm not sure where.

[the Sandman]

All of my numbers are dropping - I don't think the plugin is working anymore...

[thebassman]

Still seems pretty accurate for me...?

[Jacqueline]

Sandman, doublecheck your code. Perhaps there is a typo somewhere? I have been running the last week with the update and it has fixed the double entry. I show for my funnel:

Initial TOS: 100%
Username: 90.48%
Send Activation Email: 77.78%
Registration: 33.33%

As a side note, I have another site I just launched but am using Subdreamer. It is using a .htaccess file to rewrite the URLs the same way VB SEO does, and it is also showing no stats. Looks like the URL rewrite is definately conflicting with Google's rewrite.

[the Sandman]

I did find one small error in one of my step URL's which I corrected. I also reinstalled the product. I'll let you know how it goes.

BTW, the stats for my site seem to be lagging for the last couple of days - my last full day of results is Thursday. Anyone else seeing this?

[Jacqueline]

Yes. When I looked this morning, my stats for Saturday were 0 on all four of my sites I have in Analytics. The update must be slow today.

[BlackHawk1994]

heheh, here I am almost two months later and I still haven't managed to get this to work. I've got some quick register mod installed which means registration is a one step process, so I've just been using ..../member_added.html without any of the funnel steps, but nothing shows up.

[cgchris99]

Does this work with 3.5.4?

I installed the xml in the "manage products" but it didn't seem to change the registration process at all. I clicked to register and it still came up register.php

My site is www.domain.com/forums if that matters.

[Jacqueline]

It should work with 3.5.4 no problem. You won't see the URL itself change, so register.php is correct. I tried following your link to look at your forum, but it brought up a 404.