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Hi,

in the popular entries plugin I would like to add google event tracking and I was wondering what would be the best way to do it?

Basically I have to add something like this: to each link entry.

How are external links tracked (google analytics plugin)? I cannot find any clue in the sources of my blog on a similar entry for those.

Daniel

External links can be tracked with the Google Analytics Plugin.

And how would I track internal links? So eg. track clicks on the popular links sidebar plugin or the static page plugin?

Daniel

Also with the GA Plugin.

Ok, on my start page there are multiple links to the same site. How can I differentiate where the user clicked? How would I do that with the GA plugin?

Daniel

For that you have to manually add code to the links because Google do not disdinguish between links to the same site.

What would you suggest to be the best approach here? Should I change the code of the corresponding plugin or is there a way to do it in a more general way for all sidebar plugins?

Daniel

If you need it for the whole blog, then i would change the plugin. You could f.e. add the article id to the link you send to ga.

What is the best practice in plugin development then? Due to the automatic update function it would probably be good to make a copy of the old plugin, rename it and then develop there?

Daniel

Hi,

In my endeavors to get more insights from my visitors behavior I just realized, that external links in the of the sidebar content are only tracked if in the html nuggets. Eg. the amazon recommendation plugin is not tracked.

I've had a look at the code and the links just seem to be enhanced there with the onclick event. But how could I include the other content of the sidebar there as well?

Daniel