Quote Originally Posted by dreamdaily View Post
Dear cuda,

I have another question, now regarding the workings of the mod:

My assumption is that it does not touch the ipn_main_handler.php, therefore, it does not report on the PayPal bound clicks (regular PayPal, NOT the Express).

If this is true, then 'checkout_confirmation' page will report a larger number of exits/bounces/etc. than it really has, since many PayPal users will not be tracked once they go to the PayPal site to pay.

Also, after running ZC sites for almost 2 years I noticed that a lot of PayPal users do not "return to merchant" after paying and thus will never see the checkout_success page. In these cases, the transactional data will not get to Google.

1) Is my assumption regarding the ipn_main_handler.php correct?
2) If no, how does Google count the PayPal-ers?
3) If yes, what do you think about rigging the ipn_main_handler.php?

What do you think?
--dreamdaily
Dreamdaily-

1. Google analytics tracks when you land on a page with the google analytics code not when you exit (exits are when you do not return to the site)... you can however track button clicks if desired. If a user does not return to the success page their transaction data can not be tracked you are correct.

3. How are you going to call the javascript?