Statistics Modifications - Digital Point Better Analytics

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This allows you to utilize Google Analytics with some advanced options

Installation

• Install the product-digitalpoint_analytics.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
• Go to AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Digital Point Better Analytics to set your Google Analytics Profile ID.
• Important - In order for site search tracking to work, log into your Google Analytics account and edit your site profile. On the Profile Settings tab, set the Site Search Settings to track, with the query parameter set to "keywords" (without quotes).
• Remove any other Google Analytics code you may already have.

Notes

• Tracks across multiple sub-domains (in case your site is setup as such).
• Utilizes Page Speed tracking/reporting.
• Tracks social interactions for Facebook, Twitter and Google +1 buttons if you have them on your site.
• Tracks site search (what people are searching for within your own site).
• Requires no template edits or files to upload.
• External JavaScript is compressed and utilizes Cache-Control headers to eliminate HTTP requests.

Screenshots

[Alan_SP]

Just to report, it stopped showing AdSense in my account too. Didn't connected it with installing your mod, but it could be what caused this.

[digitalpoint]

Stopped showing AdSense in your actual AdSense account?

[Alan_SP]

No, everything works fine with AdSense, but stopped showing info about AdSense in Analytics account, in new version. Old version didn't had it anyway (and I was mainly on old version). When I switched to new version, I noticed that I have widget for AdSense, I used it, but it worked only for a few days. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure when it stopped working, I didn't pay attention to this.

Anyway, it still doesn't show info.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

I'll have a look into it. Not sure why it would be affected by it though since there's nothing special you need to add/remove from the normal tracking code to integrate AdSense stuff.

That was my first thought after I went through your code. May second one was, that this could be caused by the last step of the installation instruction: Remove any other Google Analytics code you may already have. I?m running vbSEO and so I removed the GA code in it the same day. Would be helpful if others could confirm that for their sites to locate the source of the problem.

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

What date did it stop for you?

I?ve updated vB to 4.1.9 on Dec 29th, integrated your mod and removed the GA code from the vbSEO installation the same day. The analysis had stopped the day after, Dec 30th.

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

I'll do some digging...

Cheers man, thanks.

[digitalpoint]

Doing some testing on my site, but it might be a day or so to get results since it's not realtime.

[digitalpoint]

Update 1.11 fixes issue where user's location would be incorrect and addresses issue where some cases AdSense data would not show properly within your Analytics account (for those with linked accounts).

[Alan_SP]

Just to report, now I again have AdSense data.

Thanks Shawn.

[Mukashi]

For those who were using the vBSEO integration of Analytics before switching to this mod, could you provide a brief comparison? Is there anything I'd be giving up to switch to digitalpoint's version here?

[pete_brady]

Probably one for the bleeding obvious file, but if you use Cloudflare, and you enable their Google Analytics app (which is supposed to remove the GA code from any pages it's already on), it can't automatically remove the DP analytics code inserted by this mod and you end up with 2 x your actual pageviews & a 1-2% bounce rate, followed by crushing disappointment when you realise your mistake.

[Neal-UK]

Originally Posted by Mukashi

For those who were using the vBSEO integration of Analytics before switching to this mod, could you provide a brief comparison? Is there anything I'd be giving up to switch to digitalpoint's version here?

Gravity Insights which is free to vBSEO customers is being closed down.

http://support.insights.gravity.com/...pril-31st-2012

At 12:00 AM Pacific time on April 28th, 2012, Gravity Insights will be permanently shut down and you will no longer be able to log in to the service to view your forum analytics.