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I was recently checking out the Official Google Analytics Blog and found that they’ve made an addition (in terms of code) to the GA.js, GATC (Google Analytics Tracking Code).
Original GA.js Tracking Code
<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src=’" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
var pageTracker = [...]

If you are a past visitor to PureWebAnalytics.com then you have probably noticed that I recently changed the design of the site. It’s been long overdue, in my opinion and I finally found the time to update the site. This site has seen numerous versions and even a domain name change (from WebmasterFarms.com [...]

Recently you’ve probably heard me talking about my pet project, SpicyWebDesigners.com.  And, recently I’ve adding and begun to play around with AdSense on the site.  I am still a beginner but I am learning fast to optimize AdSense a little further and today I came across something I wanted to share with those of you [...]

I was going through some various blogs and sites over the past few days while I’ve been at home and sick with the flu and one little piece of information that I thought was worth sharing is from a post by Aarron Walter who is a Teacher, Author and Web Designer/Developer that published a cheatsheet [...]

Regardless of whether you just got out of college and are doing your first technical support job fixing printers, doing software updates or 1 of 100 tasks that you may feel are beneath you or you are a seasoned computer engineer with an ego that matches your salary everyone of these positions are [...]

I’ve had a lot of changes in the last year from starting Spicy Web Designers to starting school at Ryerson University this past fall and planning a wedding with my fiancée, Maria.  It’s enough to make my head spin at times but I love the adventure that life has in store.
 
Now I [...]

Web Analytics and the collection of web analytics data is sensitive, confusing and at times down right difficult to do accurately.  I wanted to talk about something that can really stop someone from doing quality data collection on the web.  Web pages have been plagued with performance problems from the times of the first web [...]

The Google Analytics Crew has rolled out the new features into my account so let the fun begin.  I wanted to thank Avinash for taking the time to upgrade my account personally.  When I studied Web Analytics at UBC back in late 2007 I must say that there is one thing that I really liked [...]

Sure its getting cold here in Toronto Canada (Okay so I live in Mississauga but you get the idea) but that is not what I mean when I say that “It’s like Christmas”. I posted a few days ago after finding out that other companies are getting early access to the new features that [...]

I was checking out what is going to be changing with Google Analytics the other day and I am not sure how exactly Google is releasing these new improvements to Google Analytics but I want them already! It’s like waiting for Christmas for those of you who love web analytics, web metrics and all [...]