Registration tracking with Google Analytics

[ugurcanuzer]

Hi everyone,

I want to track user registrations with Google Analytics for a customer's website. The thing is after registration visitors are not directed to a specific page, so I can't set it as a goal. I thought of tracking submit button with event tracking, but that data would not be true as a visitor may click it more than once, and there's the login with facebook and twitter thing.

Before convincig customer to create a registration confirmation page, I want to make sure there's no other way as they don't want to make any changes to the current website.

Any ideas?

[ugurcanuzer]

Thanks for your advice, virtual pageview method worked.

[Mark_Ginsberg]

What I'm saying is why not write your code to fire the virtual page view only when a successful registration takes place, or when someone registers via Facebook and Twitter?

That should be something you can capture and then fire only once someone registers, no?

[ugurcanuzer]

If you are suggesting that I track submit button of the registration form with a virtual pageview and track that page as a goal, then I can do the same thing with events. The problem with that method:

a) Visitor may not have filled all the required spaces and still clicks the submit button

b) Signing up with twitter and facebook

If you are saying something else, then please explain further. Also, would creating a blank confirmation page with GA code and redirecting it to the homepage with 301 so tracking that page means tracking registrations work? If not would delaying the redirection work?

Thanks in advance.

[Mark_Ginsberg]

I would recommend trying to create a virtual page view that will be fired whenever someone registers on the site - this way, you don't need to create a success/confirmation page for the form, just have the site fire off a virtual page view, and track this as a goal.

Mark