Re: [IUG] Google Analytics - Placement of script, warnings or drawbacks?

[Heather Parker <hparker at alliant dot edu>]

There was a choice of legacy script or a new version that would allow more up and coming features.  I chose the new version and it appears to have to https in it. :)

Heather Parker
Electronic Resource Coordinator
Alliant International University Libraries, San Diego
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From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org [innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Welch, Andrew [AWelch at auroragov dot org]
Sent: 07 May 2008 06:49
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: [IUG] Google Analytics - Placement of script,      warnings or drawbacks?

If you put it in toplogo, you'll need to repeat it if you use
toplogo_loggedin. I would recommend putting it in botlogo, since it gets
loaded after the rest of your page content. If for some reason your
server is taking a while to contact the Google Analytics server, your
page content won't be affected as much as if it were in the toplogo.
(Having said that, ours is in the toplogo, but only because I haven't
gotten around to moving it!)

Also, if you use SSL, make sure to use the secure version of the Google
Analytics script. It uses an https URL, which prevents IE from
displaying the "secure and nonsecure items" warning on every page if the
user is logged in.



Andrew Welch
Sr. Library Systems Technician
Aurora Public Library
Aurora, CO 80012
http://auroralibrary.org


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>[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Heather Parker
>Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:06 PM
>To: IUG INNOPAC List
>Subject: [IUG] Google Analytics - Placement of script,
>warnings or drawbacks?
>
>At IUG, I attended the Google Analytics session.  It appeared
>something very easy to do so I went ahead and set up this on
>our library.alliant.edu pages today.  I put the script in the
>bottom logo as instructed in the presentation.  The
>instructions for Google Analytics call for the script to
>appear before </body> and the botlogo token appears right
>before the </body>.  However by reading the IUG archives, I
>found out that at least one person put the script in the
>toplogo and one put it someplace else I think.  I viewed the
>source and it didn't seem like it was in the top or the bot
>logos.  Is there a good reason for the script not to be in the
>botlogo? -
>
>For those of you using Google Analytics, are there any
>warnings or drawbacks?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Heather Parker
>Electronic Resource Coordinator
>Alliant International University Libraries, San Diego
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