Help with Google Website Optimizer

**kezan98** · 25 Jun 2012, 07:54 PM

Hi all

I'm really interested in using google's website optimizer and I thought I'd figured it out.

I was testing the colour of the add to cart buttons and I know how to enclose the particular part of the code to create the variates but I think I have a problem adding the code to the header files.

I copied the tracking code and conversion code to my header right after the <head> as advised but because this code show on all pages it give me this message:

"We've detected more than one occurrence of a given section name. This usually means that you have copied the script above without changing the section name. Please go back to your page and make each section name unique."

I've only got one section of the script on the product info display template and when I try to run this experiment it gives me 100% conversions so the data is incorrect.

Any one got any tips on how to use googles site optimizer with zencart?

cheers

Kerrie

**kobra** · 26 Jun 2012, 03:14 AM

I copied the tracking code and conversion code to my header right after the <head> as advised ...

I've only got one section of the script on the product info display template

What file have you added the code to?

**kezan98** · 26 Jun 2012, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by kobra

What file have you added the code to?

I've added both the tracking code and the conversion code to html_header.php

**schoolboy** · 28 Jun 2012, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by devbalic

Good to know that they have detected that more than one specific section name. This usually means that you have copied the above script does not change the name of the part. Please return to your page, the name of each part of the unique

Are you busy smoking something?

**kezan98** · 28 Jun 2012, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by schoolboy

Are you busy smoking something?

That made me laugh :)

I've given up with google optimizer and I'm trialing optimizely, it seems easily to implement and easier to test the things that I want.

**schoolboy** · 30 Jun 2012, 10:40 PM

What are you trying to "optimize" ?

Zencart is inherently very efficient, and if you keep your "bespoke" stuff efficient too, the site will be quite well "optimized". (BESPOKE stuff includes images, video files, flash, jquery and js scripts, css...)

If you tinker too much with the core code, you risk breaking things, and unless there is a compelling reason for you to add these (mostly nonsensical) "services", you should just let zencart work on its own.

**kezan98** · 10 Jul 2012, 08:10 AM

Thanks for your reply, I'm not trying to optimise for the search engines but for user experience so I want to test the effects of different headlines or add to cart buttons for example.