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New Google Analytics goals appear to be delayed by more than a few hours.
I’m a big fan of Google Analytics, but there are just things that don’t work well.
I’ve recently been setting up goals for a client and one day they didn’t work and the next day they would.
It was frustrating but I eventually came to the conclusion that new Google Analytics goals must have some sort of big delay before they start collecting data. Something like they don’t kick in until tomorrow arrives.
This is increasingly frustrating when Google Analytics data comes in every 10 or 20 minutes. So I could see pages in the top content reports, and yet goals would stay at 0.
GA? and yExplore are now Firefox 6 compatible.
I received emails from Mozilla today that stated GA? – Is Google Analytics Installed and yExplore are compatible with Firefox 6.
Man these releases are moving fast. The good news is that my extensions don’t require any updating to work in the new releases; well not yet anyway.
I just sit back and let Mozilla do all the testing and updating and tell me that my extensions are OK. I think I can handle that.
GA? and yExplore are now Firefox 5 ready.
I received emails from Mozilla yesterday that stated GA? – Is Google Analytics Installed and yExplore are compatible with Firefox 5. So I’ve updated the version numbers in the extensions and they are ready to go.
As a bonus, GA? also works in Firefox 4 now too. 
Enjoy!
Google Analytics Extension Upgraded
Just a quick note to say that the Is Google Analytics Installed? Firefox extension recently has been updated to work with Google’s new asynchronous tracking code.
It should now work for all versions of Google’s code.
And, if Google doesn’t drastically change the analytics tracking in the future, it should continue to work well for future updates.
(fingers crossed)
GA? – Google Anlytics Extension – Turns 1.0
I finally dug into GA? and figured out how to take it to the next level!
GA? now checks the entire HTML page to see if it contains Google Analytics code. Prior to 1.0, it only checked for analytics code within the body of a page.
GA? is a Firefox extension that automatically detects if Google Analytics is installed on a web page and displays the result in your status bar. For more details see the GA? – Is Google Analytics Installed page.
GA? is also ready for Firefox 3.
GA? Upgraded to work with new Google Analytics code.
Google Analytics recently updated their tracking code. In doing so, my GA? Firefox extension didn’t recognize the newer code. However, with a few new lines of code, the GA? Firefox extension works with the old and new Google tracking code.
Thanks to those who wrote in requesting the update. It really helps me get a feel for who’s using it.
Google Analytics Extension Updated
The new version of GA? has been released. The Google Analytics detector now re-checks each page as you switch between tabs to ensure the status bar icon is kept up to date. This was a big enhancement for me as I’ve always got multiple tabs open.
However, with advancements comes a few more bug reports.
1. GA? doesn’t update the status bar icon when switching between windows . Actually this may be a non issue. I’m still thinking that one over.
Sweet Look of Google Analytics on AIR
Google Analytics is a great program, but add in Adobe AIR and it becomes even better with the Google Analytics Reporting Suite module. It’s a stand alone application that gives you direct access into your Google Analytics account with a few great features thrown in.
The first thing I love is the ability to have multiple profiles.
I have a handful of profiles and where as switching between each one isn’t to difficult in Google Analytics, it is a bit tedious. With Google Analytics Reporting Suite, I can save profiles (aka bookmarks) for each account I want to access. Then I just double click and I’m in. No more having to load the GA website, enter a password, choose a profile then a site and then getting to the stats. This is just so much simpler.
Is Google Analytics Installed? – GA? Firefox Extension
To get the best results out of Google Analytics, you need to ensure it’s installed on each page of a website. To automatically check for you, I’ve created a Firefox extension to do all the work.
GA? will put a little icon in the status bar of your Firefox web browser. It will then check each page you load to to see if it has Google Analytics installed. If so, it’ll show a colored bar chart. If Google Analytics doesn’t appear to be installed, it’ll show a gray bar chart.
7 Stats Programs For Your Blog or Website
I’ve been testing and testing site stats ever since Mint 2 came out. I didn’t really want to pay for the upgrade so I ran though a few different services and put them though the tests. I was looking for a quick way to access my visitor stats and in the end, Mint is the best stats program I can find.
