# Google analytics as extension **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [September 30, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-analytics-as-extension/149871 "2008-09-30T18:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkooij)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-analytics-as-extension/149871/1 "2008-09-30T18:13:22Z")
Google analytics, next to page tracking etc, has the option for tracking outbound links. It’s a very handy feature to use rather than another tracking software. A simple implementation of it is simple by changing a: [http://davidseah.com/blog/the-printable-ceo-series/](http://davidseah.com/blog/the-printable-ceo-series/) into [http://davidseah.com/blog/the-printable-ceo-series/](http://davidseah.com/blog/the-printable-ceo-series/) Is anyone working on an implementation of Google Analytics? If not I would like to claim it to build my first extension. Jasper ---
**Author:** ![jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkooij)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-analytics-as-extension/149871/2 "2008-09-30T20:22:32Z")
Jasper, What do you think about using javascript for that? That would be my choice. It’s pretty easy with this jquery plugin : [http://jamazon.co.uk/web/2008/03/26/jquery-google-analytics-tracking-api-integration-gajs/](http://jamazon.co.uk/web/2008/03/26/jquery-google-analytics-tracking-api-integration-gajs/) Marcus ---
**Author:** ![jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkooij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-analytics-as-extension/149871/3 "2008-10-01T06:59:24Z")
Hi Marcus, How is the above ga tracking different from the new ga.js? That’s the one I’m using on my wordpress where I can specify by means of a pluging van joost de valk. Here is the screenshot of the settings in wordpress for example using the ga.js to tag: [http://screencast.com/t/l3orhxHo3wq](http://screencast.com/t/l3orhxHo3wq) I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel, just measuring on a website what’s working and what’s not. the outbound tag in pageTracker.\_trackPageview(‘outbound/[The Printable CEO™ Series – DSri Seah](http://davidseah.com/blog/the-printable-ceo-series/)’) and simply be replaced by a preset or specified one. I’ve checked the analytics and the tagging works well that way. The only thing is that the JS code needs to be loaded before the pageTracker is being called. So I’m going through the tutorial in creating an extension at the summer reboot [http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Creating\_an\_extension\_I](http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Creating_an_extension_I) Jasper ---
**Author:** ![jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkooij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-analytics-as-extension/149871/4 "2008-10-01T09:13:46Z")
Hi Jasper, just in case you or anyone else on the list is on a fruitless search to also implement event tracking as part of your work with ga.js, it would _appear_ that this is still in beta. The event stuff is well documented, but I had to dig around to find out why I wasn’t seeing anything appearing in the GA reports. You need to apply to get on the Trusted Tester program to get this switched on for your account [http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/trustedTester.html](http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/trustedTester.html) Event docs are here (basically same as pages but with additional parameters, which you might find useful) > **[इवेंट ट्रैकिंग - वेब ट्रैकिंग (ga.js)  |  Analytics for Web...](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/eventTrackerGuide?csw=1&hl=hi)** regards Ben Adam van den Hoven wrote: > for (var i = links.length - 1, lnk; i \>= 0; i–){ > the anchors this way is the fastest possible way to do it. > > > Jasper > > Post: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Search: [http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/](http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/) > > Site: [http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant](http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant) – Ben Still | Red Ant | office +612 9267 8300 ext 208 | mobile 0425 294 271 ---
**Author:** ![jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@jjkooij](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jjkooij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-analytics-as-extension/149871/5 "2008-10-01T08:12:16Z")
Jasper, I believe that Marcus’ point was that instead of hard coding it into the HTML, that you write some JavaScript code to do it for you. Something like this should be more than fast enough for your needs: (function (){ //Always isolate your JavaScript from the global scope var links = document.getElementsByTagName(“a”), this\_host = window.location.host; for (var i = links.length - 1, lnk; i \>= 0; i–){ lnk = links[i]; if (lnk.host !== this\_host) { lnk.onClick = “pageTracker.\_trackPageview('outbound/” + lnk.href + “’);” }; }; })(); I haven’t tested it but it should work, more or less correctly. You could use a library to set the event, if you like, but looping through the anchors this way is the fastest possible way to do it. Adam