Analytics Code Upgrade?
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We have an older site that still uses the "gat" Analytics tracking code (pre asynchronous); we would like to upgrade it to the current "gaq" asynchronous code.
If anyone has done the same switch, a couple questions ...
1) Once we make the switch, will the user cookies carry over from the old code? Or will Analytics now "forget" visitors that have already visited our site and consider everyone that gets the async code snippet a brand new visitor?
2) The site is pretty complex; we'll probably have to "hunt" for all the sections of the site that have the old tracking code on them. While we do this code cleanup, will the old "gat" code and the new "gaq" code be compatible? Meaning they'll both count pageviews properly, will not lose referrer info, and count just one visit even if the user hits pages with the old code and the new code during their visit?
Thanks!
If anyone has done the same switch, a couple questions ...
1) Once we make the switch, will the user cookies carry over from the old code? Or will Analytics now "forget" visitors that have already visited our site and consider everyone that gets the async code snippet a brand new visitor?
2) The site is pretty complex; we'll probably have to "hunt" for all the sections of the site that have the old tracking code on them. While we do this code cleanup, will the old "gat" code and the new "gaq" code be compatible? Meaning they'll both count pageviews properly, will not lose referrer info, and count just one visit even if the user hits pages with the old code and the new code during their visit?
Thanks!