How to track click events with google analytics
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You're using Universal Analytics (analytics.js):
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-12345678-1', 'mysite.com');
ga('send', 'pageview');
With Classic Analytics (ga.js) event syntax (which won't work):
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Clicks', 'Logo', 'User clicked the "logo" on first screen']);
To fix, use Universal Analytics event syntax:
$(".logo-btn-js").click( function() {
ga('send', 'event', 'Clicks', 'Logo', 'First Screen');
});
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Updated on July 24, 2022Comments
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emersonthis almost 2 years
I'm trying to record events when users click specific elements, but no events are being recorded. Here's my code:
/* JQUERY PREPENDED ALREADY... */ /* STANDARD GOOGLE ANALYTICS CODE */ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-12345678-1', 'mysite.com'); ga('send', 'pageview'); var _gaq = _gaq || []; /* MY EVENT TRACKING CODE (NOT WORKING) */ $(".logo-btn-js").click( function() { _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Clicks', 'Logo', 'User clicked the "logo" on first screen']); } ); $(".websites-btn-js").click( function() { _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Clicks', 'Websites', 'User clicked the "websites" btn']); } ); ...
What am I doing wrong?