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 More options Feb 1 2008, 1:08 pm
From: yohaas
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:08:35 -0800 (PST)
Local: Fri, Feb 1 2008 1:08 pm
Subject: Re: Action Needed: ga.js is broken!
Sorry to hear about that...but at least you don't have bad data on a
big site (like we did).
Why is it such a big deal to switch back? How many different places
contain the code?

Anyway, good luck. Hopefully Google will fix the issues and the site
with the new code will be fine.

yohaas

On Feb 1, 12:28 pm, Tim Leighton-Boyce wrote:

> I've only dared try the new code on one site so far and, sure enough,
> that seems to be having a problem tracking any ecommerce details. Our
> first reaction was to check and re-check our code, but I'm fairly sure
> we're supplying the correct transaction information.

> This is on a tiny new site. My thinking was that because it was such a
> quiet site it would be OK to take the risk. I now regret that: if it
> was a busy site we'd just eat the cost of switching the code back to
> urchin. But because it's such a tiny project nobody wants to spend
> time fiddling around with it. I made the wrong call on that one!

> Tim

> On Jan 31, 2:36 pm, yohaas wrote:

> > For the last few weeks many people on this board and others around the
> > internet have been complaining of problems with the new analytics
> > tracking code (ga.js vs the old urchin.js). The response from Google
> > has been lacking to say the least. I have not seen any official
> > response from Google, and it does not seem like they are taking this
> > seriously. I recently switched back to the old code, and I can now say
> > with certainty that the new code is broken.
> > We had been seeing the same symptoms that many others had seen:
> >  - transactions showing $0 even while the items were listed with
> > prices
> >  - incorrect goal funnel numbers
> >  - inconsistent visitor totals (numbers not adding up)
> > After switching back to urchin.js, these problems have disappeared,
> > and we are now seeing what seems to be correct data.

> > We need Google to pay attention to this, they are pushing the new
> > code, but there are obviously problems. It may not affect everyone,
> > but a lot of people have complained.

> > If you have experienced any issues since switching to the new code,
> > please respond to this message. Maybe if enough people complain,
> > Google will take notice.

> > Thanks,
> > yohaas


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