How do i implement event tracking

[seoug_2005]

Hi,

Please excuse me for being too simplistic or dumb.

I haven't had any experience in Event tracking so far. So, Please help me out

I want to track  how many persons have clicked on "subscribe for Newsletter" button on website - http://bit.ly/w7iwdh

Pls can anyone paste here the code to implement this ?

[seoug_2005]

files/map.pdf  does this mean that map.pdf ( or whatever be name of PDF file )

have to be placed in files folder ?

[seoug_2005]

So, there is no need to use  /salesForms/orderForm1 in the code ?

is the code below correct ? Pls correct it, if you wish

Actually i wanted a simple code to understand things. Afterwards 

i can go to complicated code like you people do

[Download PDF](http://www.example.com/files/map.pdf)
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[Keszi]

The code goes into the link which points to the download page (just as you have thought )

And the /salesForms/orderForm1 was a copy-paste from the article I have linked

Gr.,

Istvan

[seoug_2005]

Thanks. I understood quite a few things. Not a bad start

Why

/salesForms/orderForm1  ? what for ?

And where should i put the code ? In the link which when clicked goes to PDF file ?

[Keszi]

your code should look like something:

 [onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Downloads', 'PDF', '/salesForms/orderForm1.pdf']);">Download PDF](<span>http://www.example.com/files/map.pdf)

The "MyMap" you see in the code above is a Label.
You can read further on: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html#Labels

From the article which is linked above:

Setting Up Event Tracking

Before you can view event tracking results in your reports, you must set it up on your site following these steps.

1. Set up tracking on your site. Make sure you have set up tracking for your website. For information on setting this up, see Tracking Sites.

2. Call the _trackEvent() method in the source code of a page object, widget, or video.

   The specification for the _trackEvent() method is:

   _trackEvent(category, action, opt_label, opt_value, opt_noninteraction)
   

   • category (required)

     The name you supply for the group of objects you want to track.

   • action (required)

     A string that is uniquely paired with each category, and commonly used to define the type of user interaction for the web object.

   • label (optional)

     An optional string to provide additional dimensions to the event data.

   • value (optional)

     An integer that you can use to provide numerical data about the user event.

   • non-interaction (optional)

     A boolean that when set to true, indicates that the event hit will not be used in bounce-rate calculation.

3. View the reports. Once event tracking has been set up and working on your site for a day, go to the Content section of the reports and view Event Tracking.

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[seoug_2005]

Thanks for replying so quickly.

Actually i wanted to learn how to track PDF files in GA.

Download PDF

1. Where do i put this code ?

2. What is meant by MyMap  in the code?

[Keszi]

Hi Atul,

Do you have a thank you page after subscribing? if so, then you can track it with google analytics.

Set up a goal in GA: Decide one of the three types of goals you want. This can be URL Destination, Time on Site, or Pages/Visit. You will need the URL destination. just enter the Thank You page's URL and it is set up.

That should be the scenario.

I hope that helped,

Istvan

useful video step-by-step: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no9LuXnmLao