Google Analytics without JavaScript (beta testers?)

Hi!

I made a simple service to use google analytics without javascript, just with HTML, or BBC, or CSS, etc.. (so you should be able to track visits on MySpace, EMails, Forums, etc..).

I would like to know if someone is interested in beta testing it.

Documentation and FAQ: http://nojsstats.appspot.com/

How to:


Example (HTML code):

<img src="http://nojsstats.appspot.com/UA-123456/mywebsite.com" />

Code (markup):

Example (BBCode):

[ img ]http://nojsstats.appspot.com/UA-123456/mywebsite.com[/ img ]

Code (markup):

Example (CSS code):

body{
background: url("http://nojsstats.appspot.com/UA-123456/mywebsite.com");
}

Code (markup):

Any questions, ask me.

Greetings!!

 

You want others to advertise your site?

 

Oh! So this will put a 1x1 image on the website and it is used for tracking?

It would be nice if you can explain it clearly.

 

Its nice to hear about hassle free google analytics tracking by putting only ga profile code.

Thanks for sharing it.

Bdw i'm interested in Beta testing of this plugin. let me know what to do
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Looks to be a good option for Amazon Astore with the CSS image inclusion. I can give it a try pending availability of time !

 

> You want others to advertise your site?
no :S, actually, it's hardly that since the best way would be using SEO but I disabled the blog to appear on search results to limit the amount of users that will use the service.

> Oh! So this will put a 1x1 image on the website and it is used for tracking?
The service only redirects to google analytics service, getting all the information its able using the HTTP headers sent by the browser (referrer, cookies, etc..)

> Not sure what the point is... more users have images disabled than JavaScript.
Actually, millions of NoScript users are not being tracked because of google analytics, and the service is useful also to track websites where javascript is not allowed for security reasons.

>Bdw i'm interested in Beta testing of this plugin. let me know what to do
Well, if you can use it, and if you find some irregularities in the reports made (Im mostly interested in the last visit/pageviews/visits/etc..) I will try to fix it.

>Not only that, there is a bunch of data you can't get with image requests
yes, if you need that information, you wont be able to use the service

> Looks to be a good option for Amazon Astore with the CSS image inclusion.
exactly!! if you try it, let me know

Greetz!!

 

by the way, if you guys need support for a special feature in GA that is not currently supported (user-supplied value, campaigns, or anything with the ga.js or urchin.js that you need and I dont support, please let me know, I plan to reimplement all the API the best I can, but I will prioritize features)

 

I am going to beta test. Thanks.

This is great, it is useful to be used to track different kinds of ad campaigns in situations where javascript cannot go. While yes images is likely disabled in emails you can track your "interested" parties viewing, as if someone opens an email that contains images from a trusted sender, odds are they will allow the images to be downloaded.