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9/8/2009 1:43 AM
 
WiredKiwi
Just Learning

Joined: 6/3/2009
Posts: 6

First of all - great module, and very very cool that it is free! Ifinity modules are superb - thank you for all your hard work :-)

And now a question about tracking external links. I've ticked this in the GA module, but I'm assuming I still have to add that stupid piece of script to every link? Say it isn't so.... (grrr Google). My issue is that my site editors don't want to know about this extra piece of work, and frankly they get scared when they see HTML source. Anyone got any ways around this? Our referral numbers are a key selling point for our listing sales, and I'd like to be able to track the referrals we are generating to our 1000+ lisings without having manually set them all up....
 
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9/8/2009 1:47 AM
 
Bruce Chapman
Chief Poster

Joined: 3/9/2006
Posts: 3121

No, the external url tracking feature doesn't need any extra script.  It's built-in to the module.  Just switch it on and then you'll see the extra tracking show up in Google Analytics.  It's not perfect, and any attempt to reconcile it with, say, adwords clicks or anything will show discrepancies.  But it is good enough to get meaningful trend data.  You may want to tick it for some link you are tracking by other means (for example, track something with linkclick or similar).  After a week or so you'll be able to compare values between methods and get a feel for how accurate it is showing on your site.

The external link tracking will show up in your analytics under the /ex_links/ path in google analytics.
 
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