Google Analytics for Clicklaw Website Contributors

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Clicklaw uses Google Analytics (GA) to collect, report, and analyze data about its website usage. One of the reports is tracking outbound traffic from Clicklaw to contributor websites. The report shows the number of clicks on links to contributor websites. Each time a Clicklaw visitor clicks the link, Google Analytics reports it as one click.

Clicklaw sends traffic directly to PDF files residing on a contributor’s website, which is reported in the above report. When a contributor’s website is using Google Analytics to track inbound traffic, this direct-to-PDF traffic does not get reported because of the way GA tracking works. Clicklaw’s report can then provide a piece of the missing picture and complement a contributor’s own GA report.

There are many other reports that you can access on Google Analytics. Currently, we focus on providing the instruction for viewing the report described above. We welcome any suggestions on other reports that could be useful for Clicklaw contributors and will be happy to share them here. Please email editor@clicklaw.bc.ca with your suggestions.

Google Analytics Account

You could log in to Google Analytics to access the report using Clicklaw's account or using your own account.

Using Clicklaw's GA account

Clicklaw has a GA account for contributors. When you log in to Clicklaw, you can see the information about the user name and password for this purpose.

Using your own GA account

If you already have a GA account, we could give permission to your account to access Clicklaw's GA reports. This way, Clicklaw will show up under your list of sites whenever you log in to your GA account. Please let us know your GA account's email address by sending an email to editor@clicklaw.bc.ca.

Viewing the Report

1. Go to http://www.google.ca/analytics/.
2. Enter the user account and password
3. Click on Clicklaw – Site only [v1.0].

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1. Go to Behavior --> Events --> Top Events. You will see a list of organization names on the screen.

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1. Click on your organization name to see the report for your organization.
2. By default, the date range for the report is set for the past one month. You can change this using the date range menu.

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1. You can change the view to Performance. Click on the icon as shown below.

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Filtering the report

1. Click on advance.

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1. Enter the following filter and click on Apply.

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Exporting the report

1. Click on Export and select the format that you prefer.

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