Google Analytics Sample code for a Third-Party Website

Posted: February 25th, 2009
By:
Tommy Unger

I’m very surprised at how there appears to be just one lone example/sample showing the use of Google Analytics for a cross-domain, third party website, or e-commerce implementation. Or maybe I’m just a bad googler. My scenario involves hosting content which includes a subscribe or buy now link that takes the user to a third party e-commerce site where the actual order is processed.

Here’s what I found. I searched for “google analytics cross domain” and this came up as the second :-( It should be first) link:
google analytics cross domain. Ok, that’s the API, but without knowing a few tricks I couldn’t get it to work.

So then I tried, “google analytics third party”, and once again, Continue reading Google Analytics Sample… »

A new beginning for something I’ll never finish

Posted: February 10th, 2009
By:
Tommy Unger

I’ve been developing websites for over 10 years now. Fortunately, my earliest work is safely hidden away. I’m sure it include blink tags and animated gifs. I could probably even put an email directly on the site without getting spammed. From the first “web page” in 1996 it was probably another year before I really made another web page, but I really don’t know.  I don’t know if I was hooked yet, but it wouldn’t be long before I was captured by the ease, simplicity and power of publishing on the web.  I blame the never finishing part on the ease. So, for the first few years I would just spend most of my time surfing and seeing what was out there. Continue reading A new beginning for… »

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