How to track a Google Adwords conversion onclick?

Don’t know if you’ve already found it… I mention it anyway for future surfers… I was looking for the same, and found this piece of code : <script type=”text/javascript”> function trackConv(google_conversion_id, google_conversion_label) { var image = new Image(1, 1); image.src = “//www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion/” + google_conversion_id + “/?label=” + google_conversion_label + “&script=0”; } </script> Then for links … Read more

Google Analytics GIF request not sent

Are you testing your site on localhost or an intranet? If so, you may need to add _gaq.push([‘_setDomainName’, ‘none’]); before _trackPageview See Google Analytics on Intranets and Development Servers for more info… If you’re using Google Analytics on a site with a URL like http://intranet/ or something like http://mydevserver:12345 it won’t work. Specifically, the Google … Read more

Mass email tracking

Yes, this is pretty much the only way to do it. Consider that an email is something that is inherently static. The only way to know if someone has “opened” an email is for the email to send some information back to your server. Most email clients these days support HTML emails, which means that … Read more

Track mass email campaigns

The code works in the following way: <style> /* Print stylesheet */ @media print{ #_t { background-image: url(‘https://a6.emltrk.com/XX0000XX?p’); } } /* Forward stylesheet */ div.OutlookMessageHeader, table.moz-email-headers-table, blockquote #_t { background-image:url(‘https://a6.emltrk.com/XX0000XX?f’) } </style> <!– Extra DIV –> <div id=”_t”></div> <!– Main Image –> <img src=”https://a6.emltrk.com/XX0000XX” style=”display:none” width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ /> There is an image that gets … Read more

What is the most reliable way to hide / spoof the referrer in JavaScript?

I have found a solution which works in Chrome and Firefox. I’ve implemented the code in a Userscript, Don’t track me Google. Demo (tested in Firefox 9 and Chrome 17): http://jsfiddle.net/RxHw5/ Referrer hiding for Webkit (Chrome, ..) and Firefox 37+ (33+*) Webkit-based browsers (such as Chrome, Safari) support <a rel=”noreferrer”>spec. Referrer hiding can fully be … Read more

Is version control (ie. Subversion) applicable in document tracking? [closed]

I’ve worked with Word documents in SVN. With TortoiseSVN, you can easily diff Word documents (between working copy and repository, or between two repository revisions). It’s really slick and definitely recommended. The other thing to do if you’re using Word documents in SVN is to add the svn:needs-lock property to the Word documents. This will … Read more