whats wrong with my tracking code?

Question

I am trying to set up cross domain tracking and also some other add on's as per the web developer reference guide but its not working.

When I use the google debugger it gives me this error: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

related to my this line of code: ga('create', 'UA-xxxxx-1', 'auto', {'allowLinker': true});

My full code is this:

 <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-xxxxxx-1', 'auto', {'allowLinker': true}); ga('require', 'linker'); ga('linker:autoLink', ['destination.com']); ga('send', 'pageview'); ga('require', 'ecommerce'); ga('send', 'social', 'socialNetwork', 'socialAction', 'socialTarget', {'page': 'optPagePath'}); ga('send', 'timing', 'timingCategory', 'timingVariable', timingValue, 'optLabel'); ga('send', 'event', 'category', 'action', 'opt_label', opt_value, {'nonInteraction': 1}); ga('require', 'displayfeatures'); ga('require', 'linkid', 'linkid.js'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> 

id really appreciate any help as the code is no longer working and I cant track any analytics.

please help.

Answer 1

You'll need to update this line of code to include your tracking number. I'm seeing this from the snippet you pasted:

ga('create', ‘UA-xxxxxx-1', 'auto', {'allowLinker': true});

You should use this instead:

ga('create', 'UA-38001765-1', 'auto', {'allowLinker': true});

As well:

ga('linker:autoLink', ['destination.com']);

You are using ' instead of ' .

If your code still doesn't work, try going through the troubleshooting checklist: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009683?hl=en . I know I've had issues in the past with other scripts on the page using the same variables as the Google tracking snippet uses.