Comments on: Faster, Better, Stronger. The GA Async Tracking Code

By: Justin Cutroni

Justin Cutroni — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:49:00 +0000

Thanks everyone for the heads up. I’ve tweaked the code for the virtual pageview. Thanks!

By: David Pavlicko

David Pavlicko — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:28:21 +0000

Avoid the async version if you’re running website optimizer on your site, especially if you’re doing any cross domain tracking as well. There’s some workarounds here:http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/websiteoptimizer/thread?tid=51608c5976efb6d7&hl=en
but I haven’t personally tested them, so you’re taking a gamble. Just FYI

By: Ana

Ana — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:07:09 +0000

Thanks Justin for another great post!

Migration to asyncronus code worked fine for me (so far), but still I’m thinking about how to handle a tracking of new visitors with custom variables in asyncronus code.

To identify a first visit I first check if there is any __utma. If not (new visitor) I read the referrer (medium, source, keyword) out of __utmz and write it into a custom variable. So far, so good, but how can this be done with asyncronus code? Any idea?

Ana

By: Jacob Kildebogaard

Jacob Kildebogaard — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:55:49 +0000

Hi Justin

I guess you are missing something in your code example:
go red sox

- it should contain a trackEvent:

go red sox

At least if Google write the stuff the right way: http://code.google.com/intl/da/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/asyncMigrationExamples.html :-)

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:09:44 +0000

I’m guessing that the CRM integration code will need to be tweaked so that execution occurs after ga.js has created the cookie. Anybody know how best to do this?

By: Diogenes Passos

Diogenes Passos — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:42:45 +0000

Yeah, one more great post, Justin!
By the way, have you ever tried to use multiple asynchronous trackers on the same page, for roll up account reports?

Maybe this thread would be a great post for the community, huh?
I’ve seen so many posts on this thread with unclear answers.
I’ll send you a problem i’m facing and maybe it gonna be a nice suggestion on a new post to Analytics Talk.

Thanks and keep posting!
Best,
@diogenespassos

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:13:18 +0000

1. Your example for a virtual page (used in setting goals) does not use brackets: You say: Or, to create a virtual pageview you could push the command onto the queue like this: go red sox But all of the examples I see for gaq.push have both a parenthesis and a bracket and would seem to require the code to be: go red sox

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By: 619Cloud

619Cloud — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:30:15 +0000

We did a writeup and video tutorial on how to track events and goals with the new Google Asynchronous tracking code in javascript. Hopefully it will help others.

http://www.619cloud.com/google-analytics-asynchronous-events-goals/