Simple Google Analytics - Support

**PeakViz** · 4 Dec 2007, 12:58 PM

Hi

I've downloaded the Simple Google files.

the installation readme says:

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Installation Instructions

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1. Upload the included files and directories to your zen cart install.

Can anyone tell me where in the massive zencart directory structure to put the files?

thanks

**econcepts** · 5 Dec 2007, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by PeakViz

Hi

I've downloaded the Simple Google files.

the installation readme says:

----------------------------

Installation Instructions

----------------------------

1. Upload the included files and directories to your zen cart install.

Can anyone tell me where in the massive zencart directory structure to put the files?

thanks

Drop them as is into the root directory of your zen cart install. There are no files to overwrite so you are safe to do that. It is a very quick install. Just take the entire admin folder and upload it to your server. It will place the files in the proper locations.

After that, all you have to do is add a few lines of code to one of your files (described in the readme) and you're all set.

**phil99** · 5 Dec 2007, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Tot 2 Teen

Thanks Eric. I've checked the stylesheet and it looks good. Any idea what other files might effect only the product page?
Sue

Hi there.... did the font size change just after you added the analytics code???

I noticed this if the code is in the wrong place....

Dont know why!....

**phil99** · 6 Dec 2007, 12:45 PM

Hmmm im am becoming increasingly sceptical of google analytics.....

Yesterday my site made 6 sales....

It is only promoted at the moment using adwords.... Under my adwords campaigns is says I made 2 conversions......

However under my ecommerce graph it says 0 conversions for yesterday (it has updated as it was yesterday)

I understand the the ecommerce part of the analytics is just for adwords? so how come the conversions show under the adwords, but dont under ecommerce...

Seems to me if you are going to make decisions from this to change your site be very very careful

**efman** · 6 Dec 2007, 09:28 PM

I am trying to put Google Analytics mod on my site.

My site is www.raptorman.ca but I have that url forwarded to www.raptorman.ca/shop/

Is that why it wont work? I've done what the directions asked and it still wont track.

**smap** · 6 Dec 2007, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by efman

I am trying to put Google Analytics mod on my site.

My site is www.raptorman.ca but I have that url forwarded to www.raptorman.ca/shop/

Is that why it wont work? I've done what the directions asked and it still wont track.

I'm not sure but that's a pretty ugly "forward":

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD></HEAD>
<FRAMESET ROWS='5000,*' FRAMEBORDER='no' BORDER='0'>
	<FRAME SRC='http://www.raptorman.ca/shop/'>
	<FRAME>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

I'm thinking you could mod_rewrite your root traffic to /shop for a cleaner way of doing it.

**econcepts** · 6 Dec 2007, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by efman

I am trying to put Google Analytics mod on my site.

My site is www.raptorman.ca but I have that url forwarded to www.raptorman.ca/shop/

Is that why it wont work? I've done what the directions asked and it still wont track.

It shouldn't matter how or where you direct traffic. Google Analytics will work just fine as long as you tell them the actual url they can find the code at to verify (which is the url that you are forwarding all traffic to).

**econcepts** · 7 Dec 2007, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by phil99

Hmmm im am becoming increasingly sceptical of google analytics.....

Yesterday my site made 6 sales....

It is only promoted at the moment using adwords.... Under my adwords campaigns is says I made 2 conversions......

However under my ecommerce graph it says 0 conversions for yesterday (it has updated as it was yesterday)

I understand the the ecommerce part of the analytics is just for adwords? so how come the conversions show under the adwords, but dont under ecommerce...

Seems to me if you are going to make decisions from this to change your site be very very careful

Actually, Google Analytics can provide superior results and plenty of data to base decisions on. We have used it time after time to increase sales. The latest ... A site that we took from $0 in sales online and no web presence to over $350,000 in sales in just one year (11 months). It currently averages $50,000 in sales a month now and that continues to grow each month.

All decisions were based solely on data provided by Google Analytic reporting.

Installing analytics is one thing. Understanding and interpreting it is another. Many things are not clear cut in the analytic realm and some reports depend on data from others in order to show progress.

The e-commerce portion of Google Analytics is totally independent from Adwords tracking. You can operate it without ever running an Adwords campaign. You must have the e-commerce code in place (included in the module) and tracking codes in place as well for it to work.

To get Adwords data to work with Analytics, you must link the two together from within the Adwords interface or you will not get proper Adwords tracking when viewing Analytics.

No tracking system is perfect. I have used many (some that cost hundreds of dollars a month) and to be honest, all have some sort of data inconsistencies. It's unfortunate, but it's the nature of tracking on the internet.

Google Analytics is a free system that we have used with at least equal success to other "paying" tracking systems. And they continue to update it. Just recently (Oct. '07) they added even more reporting capabilities to help decision making.

In your case, I would check and compare what your analytics goal is set at vs. what you are calling a "conversion" in your Adwords campaign. I don't have access to that data, so I can't tell you one way or the other, but a comparison of those items that play into the conversion reporting may uncover what is causing the difference.

Just some thoughts. Hope they help!

**joshlfisher** · 7 Dec 2007, 01:43 AM

I'm having this wierd issue where the google analytics SQL bit isn't being added to the site for configuration. I tried adding is usingthe ZC Admin SQL patcher, and things didn't show up right. I'm attaching two screenshots to help explain my problem. Notice there is no place for account number.

When I try to put in the SQL I get this message:

1062 Duplicate entry 'GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_UACCT' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO tmlp_configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, last_modified, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES ('', 'Analytics Account', 'GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_UACCT', 'UA-XXXXXX-X', 'This number is the unique id you were given by Google when you registered for your Google Analytics account.

For more hints and tips on how to use Google Analytics to increase sales from your store, visit ZenCartOptimization.com

Enter your Google Analytics account number (starting with the "UA-") in the space provided below.
', @t4, 1, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, NULL);]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

**joshlfisher** · 7 Dec 2007, 05:07 PM

There was some kind of error with the SQL, and it didn't put the options in the configuration table correctly. Some kind of issue with the configuration_group_id. I got it working.

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