用于AJAX目标跟踪的Google Analytics（分析）虚拟页面

Question

I've got checkform which is triggered upon form submission below.

function checkform() {

    if (!document.getElementById('terms').checked) {
        alert('Read terms of use');
        return false;
    }

    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/subscribe-successful']);
    return true;

}

I've also put trackPageview after if checked statement so if validation goes through, the gaq.push gets executed.

Also Google Analytics code itself is above this code so it's loaded before and I've got goal set up as /subscribe-successful

Is this the right way to track AJAX based goals?

Answer 1

Your code looks right, though keep in mind Google Analytics will now think your visitor is on that page for its visitor flow and time-on-page tracking.

I prefer using event tracking for things that don't involve navigating away from the page, like this:

_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Subscribe', 'Success']);

That will let you track successful subscriptions in Analytics without changing the visitor's URL. (And failures for that matter, if you want to track that.)

There are times when a virtual URL (your solution) is better, such as when the page content has changed fundamentally so that it's not effectively the same page anymore. It's up to you to decide which one this is.

See https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/eventTrackerGuide for info on tracking events.