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Last post , we told you about a way to use Google Analytics to see your Google Checkout transaction data. Today, we'll show you the alternate method of posting Checkout API requests,Method 2 for posting Checkout API requests into Google Analytics <script src="http:/checkout.google.com/files/digital/urchin_post.js" <input type="hidden" name="analyticsdata" value=""> onsubmit attribute to the <form> element. The onsubmit element should call the setUrchinInputCode JavaScript function as shown in the following example: <form action="..." method="POST" onsubmit="setUrchinInputCode();" > analyticsdata field so that the value can be included in the Checkout API request.<analytics-data> element to your Checkout API requests. The element’s value should be the analyticsdata field captured by the previous step. The <analytics-data> element is a subtag of the <merchant-checkout-flow-support> element.ut transactions.this excellent resource that the Google Checkout API team has put together for you. Posted by Adam Wooley, Google Analytics Team
We occasionally get questions from our new users of Google Checkout. They've read all about how to track e-commerce transactions with Google Analytics; now they would like more specific details for implementing tracking.Method 1 for posting Checkout API requests into Google Analytics <script src="http://checkout.google.com/files/digital/urchin_post.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <input type="hidden" name="analyticsdata" value=""> onsubmit attribute to the <form> element. The onsubmit element should call the setUrchinInputCode JavaScript function as shown in the following example: <form action="..." method="POST" onsubmit="setUrchinInputCode();" > Using Google Analytics to Track Google Checkout Orders , and stay tuned for Part 2.Posted by Adam Wooley, Google Analytics Team
Happy new year! For our first post of 2007, we'd like to add clarity to the difference between two reports that you are probably already using.retains . If you're trying to explain the difference between these reports to your colleagues, read on.Absolute Unique Visitors New vs. Returning Absolute Unique Visitors : User A will be counted as a First Time (New) Unique Visitor on May 5th, and User B will be counted as Prior (Returning) Unique Visitor. User A and User B will not be counted as a Unique Visitor (either first time or prior) for any subsequent visits (May 12 and 17th).New vs. Returning : The visit on May 5th from User A gets counted as a visit from a "New" visitor. Subsequent visits from User A (May 12 and 17th) get counted as visits from a "returning" visitor. All of User B's visits are counted as visits from a returning visitor.Absolute Unique Visitor report counts visitors to your website (counting each visitor only once in the selected date range) whereas New vs. Returning classifies all visits (sessions) in the date range by the visitor type. The new visitor number may seem especially large if you are looking at a large date range, or if you have just recently installed Analytics on your site.What's the difference between clicks, visits, unique visits, and unique visitors? glossary of terms .Posted by Gauri Deshmukh, Google Analytics Team
