Failed to compile and no traffic about ga-beacon

[igrigorik]

Fixed the compile error in 43a9c22 - thanks for the heads up.

I am seeing hits from ga-beacon.appspot.com in my own GA account. Are you sure you're setting the right property ID in your tests? Also, make sure you're using real-time analytics when checking for the hits.

[hwdsl2]

Thanks for the quick reply. I double checked my test configuration and they are fine. And I am indeed using the real-time analytics.

I just ran the test again and observed something interesting: If I open this page directly in IE: ga-beacon.appspot.com/UA-XXXXXXXX-Y/ (the string is my Analytics property ID), I do see a hit registered in real-time dashboard, with the "active page" shown as "/UA-XXXXXXXX-Y/". However, as soon as I append anything to that URL, such as ga-beacon.appspot.com/UA-XXXXXXXX-Y/my-site/test-page , and test again, then no hit is registered in my real-time dashboard at all.

[hwdsl2]

I checked the Google Analytics forums and realized that because my GA property is brand new, there may be a delay of 24~72 hours before any data from the measurement protocol show up in my dashboard.

Thanks again for your help - I'll report back if it still does not work after a few days. Otherwise I plan to close this issue.

[igrigorik]

@hwdsl2 the real-time tab in GA should show data in... real-time.

[monolithed]

+1, I don't see any traffic in my project

[igrigorik]

@monolithed please check your real-time analytics.

Closing this bug since original issue was fixed.

[hwdsl2]

Finally found out the reason why ga-beacon was not working in my Analytics account. It boils down to changing a single setting in GA.

FYI for other people having this issue: You MUST UN-check the option "Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders" in the "View Settings" of your GA account. Otherwise no hits will be registered and the beacon won't work.

[igrigorik]

@hwdsl2 ah, that makes sense -- thanks for the heads up!

[Ragrant57]

Hi - I have just discovered GA-Beacon - thank you for creating it.

I'd like to use it to track traffic to my eBay product listings where I can't use js

I have installed the following line:

img src="https://ga-beacon.appspot.com/UA-7687050-3/ebay/test"

But when I visit the page, it is not showing up in my real-time stats in GA

Have I missed something?

Thanks for your help

[igrigorik]

@Ragrant57 first, make sure the image is actually included in the ebay page — you might have to inspect it. Per discussion above, uncheck the options mentioned above in GA and also see #62