How can Google Analytics track 'Send Test Traffic' if Analytics code is not inserted on website?

[wood1e2]

Hi

I am working on a website for a client see here: https://www.screencast.com/t/Sc6aehKhl and they have redirected from a previous domain. ON this domain was the Google Analytics tracking code.

I have deleted this, and the website! Yet still I am able to view 'Send Test Traffic' in real-time report see here: https://www.screencast.com/t/FSPazo5PX3

And here: https://www.screencast.com/t/y24h55xId

How is this possible? I have scanned the site and I cannot find analytics coding anywhere... I am obviously missing something. It is driving me bonkers!

Cheers

 

[fisicx]

On the homepage. Lines 640 to 649

 

[Paulo1Chop]

Me Google. Me have smoke and mirrors a plenty!

 

[wood1e2]

On the homepage. Lines 640 to 649

Where? Line 640? is PrettyPhoto CSS? Nothing there to do with Analytics... although that may be my problem... I have been looking at this so much maybe I am missing the blooming obvious.

 

[wood1e2]

Me Google. Me have smoke and mirrors a plenty!

Very true

 

[Fredrik]

Hey @wood1e2,
Just had a look at the website and on the homepage I can see GA code, (just search for "ga(" ) in the source code in Chrome and you can see the pageview tag...

You probably have a wp plugin that sets it... ps would strongly recommend that you use tag manager instead of Google Analytics directly.

 

[fisicx]

Where? Line 640? is PrettyPhoto CSS? Nothing there to do with Analytics... although that may be my problem... I have been looking at this so much maybe I am missing the blooming obvious.

I see this:

<script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function () {
        jQuery.post('https://ghmcare.co.uk?ga_action=googleanalytics_get_script', {action: 'googleanalytics_get_script'}, function(response) {
            var s = document.createElement("script");
            s.type = "text/javascript";
            s.innerHTML = response;
            jQuery("head").append(s);
        });
    });
</script>

The Pretty Photo CSS is on line 660.

 

[Glen Wheeler]

I see what Fisicx see's. This must be sat in your header.php somewhere if you're using Wordpress. In a header partial if its static.

 

[fisicx]

This must be sat in your header.php

It's been embedded in the footer on the ghm site - which isn't the best place for GA.

 

[wood1e2]

Hi

I can see this now, couldn't see it before as I was logged in as Admin!! Bonkers, just couldn't see the wood for the trees!!

Thanks @fisicx & @Glen Wheeler

 

[Glen Wheeler]

It's been embedded in the footer on the ghm site - which isn't the best place for GA.

Yeah, Google Advises header, but it these levels it's not too important really. It also depends hopw its been implement, static files or is it being fired in via a plugin.

 

[fisicx]

It’s not so much the method of delivery but more to do with how JS is enqueued. The site has a shed load of scripts which means GA won’t even get a look in until too late. People could have bounced and GA would never know.

 

[Glen Wheeler]

It’s not so much the method of delivery but more to do with how JS is enqueued. The site has a shed load of scripts which means GA won’t even get a look in until too late. People could have bounced and GA would never know.

Hard to control really if theres a bunch of plugins being loaded in to the header. With Wordpress people generally do not think about the consequences of inserting plugins. These would generally throw a bunch of JS in and as the DOM's loaded GA could appear way down the list.

I guess all you can do in this scenario is do an audit and make sure GA is at top level when loading scripts using the enqueue method from the functions file. Performance in my opinion is more important than anything else so getting rid of redundant or unwanted scripts its key.