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Easy Redirect Script - How to get More Advanced Tracking

by caesargus
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Hi Everyone,

I will be completely honest with you. I actually work on the support desk for the Easy Redirect Script, and I know a lot of customers that have sent in "pre purchasing questions" have been about the tracking capabilities of the Easy Redirect Script.

The standard answer that we gave before was that we would work on it, but if we wanted to add in the more advanced tracking features it wouldn't make the script easy to install.

Fast forward a few months, until I was able to start actually using the product (funny thing is that I worked on part of the redesign, and I never really used it). When you actually start using your own product (it's called "dogfooding" for those that are not familiar with that term - check out this story - Coding Horror: The Ultimate Dogfooding Story), you start thinking of ways to actually improve various things.

Well, since the advanced tracking is not a feature that everyone desires, but only some people desire (like me, and a few people that were asking about it), I wrote up instructions on how to integrate your Easy Redirect Script with your Google Analytics Account. Easy Redirect Script – Google Analytics Integration Script

For those of you who are not familiar with Google Anayltics, you can find out all sorts of things about your user base, from how many users use Firefox, and whether or not they have Flash enabled, what part of the world your traffic is coming from, what sites they are coming from, is your traffic coming in from organic search links or from other referring sites? Oh and it has unique visitor tracking. The list goes on and on. Google Analytics | Official Website Feel free to check it, and best of all it's a free reporting tool.

And just in case you do not already have Easy Redirect Script - check it out at easyredirectscript.com (not an affiliate link)

If you have any questions, please let me know
#advanced #easy #redirect #script #tracking
  • Profile picture of the author dmitchb
    Originally Posted by caesargus View Post

    instructions on how to integrate your Easy Redirect Script with your Google Analytics Account
    Does every tracking app ~ similar to Google Analytics ~ follow along the same path for integration? Have you included other choices - other than Google - in your instructions? ... I'm assuming integrating Easy Direct with any tracking app will require some TLC for things to work right?
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    • Profile picture of the author caesargus
      Originally Posted by dmitchb View Post

      Does every tracking app ~ similar to Google Analytics ~ follow along the same path for integration? Have you included other choices - other than Google - in your instructions? ... I'm assuming integrating Easy Direct with any tracking app will require some TLC for things to work right?
      Well, that would depend on the API that is provided by the analytics platform. The file 'customconfig.php' if placed in the ersadmin/ directory will be executed before every redirect.

      If you are going to place some tracking codes in your Easy Redirect Script, I would suggest placing it in that file. I would be careful with this file, since it is executed before every redirect, you could potentially prevent all of your links from tracking, if you have a syntax error in your file (or some other error that prevents the execution of the rest of the script).

      I have only included the instructions for the Google Analytics, since that was all I needed access for. But you could integrate this platform with Site Catalyst, or other platforms.

      If you are thinking about swapping this code out for another tracking service, (assuming javascript pixel) - place the code between the <<<GOOG and GOOG; lines, and that should work.

      If you need to verify that your code is valid, run the command:
      "php -l FILENAME" (that's an lowercase L) on the command line, and it will point out any syntax errors that are located within the file.

      Just to warn you, this code is not officially supported by the help desk for Easy Redirect Script, and is an add-on to provide additional data.

      I can only support the code that I wrote (please send a message to me directly - not to the Easy Redirect Script Support Desk), but if you make modifications beyond that, I will not be able to provide support for you, nor will the Easy Redirect Script Support Staff.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    This is a great contribution for ERS. Thank you!
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    • Profile picture of the author caesargus
      Originally Posted by Jesus Perez View Post

      This is a great contribution for ERS. Thank you!
      I hope you enjoy the extra tracking features that Google Analytics provides.

      If you have any other suggestions for ERS, feel free to send a message to the support desk, and we will see if we can build it into the product itself, or release an add-on for the product.

      Without the suggestions of the user base, I would not have thought of making this script.

      I will probably release some additional add on features as users request them. These features will probably never make it into the main build of the Easy Redirect Script, so if you would like to be notified of these add ons, please sign up for my email list, and I will provide an email as I release additional modifications.

      Thanks!

      Augie/CaesarGus
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  • Profile picture of the author caesargus
    Haha, I guess the script wasn't working quite right. It appears to work for the Stealth page redirects. Which makes sense, since that portion displays some HTML so it would fire the javascript, while the other links are processed in the background (unseen by the web browser).

    Stay tuned for further updates.
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    • Profile picture of the author davidyair
      hello,
      is it possible to use easy redirect script with prosper202? (since i host that on my own servers)thanks.
      david
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