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How to have 2 or more Google Analytics accounts and events on a single web page
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multiple-ga-accounts.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Test Multiple Google Analytics on a single page</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://plus.google.com" target="_blank" onclick="sendAnalytics('ga1','trackevent', { name : 'button3', event : 'clicked' }); sendAnalytics('ga2','trackevent', { name : 'button3', event : 'clicked' } );">Google+</a>
<script>
/*
* parameters.name : Name of the event triggered / tracked
* parameters.event : Type of event triggered / tracked
*/
var sendAnalytics = function( account, type, parameters ) {
switch( account ) {
case 'ga1':
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-6740548-20']);
break;
case 'ga2':
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-6740548-21']);
}
switch( type ) {
case 'pageview':
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
break;
case 'trackevent':
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', parameters.name, parameters.event]);
break;
default:
// don't default to anything
break;
}
}
sendAnalytics('ga1', 'pageview');
sendAnalytics('ga2', 'pageview');
</script>
</body>
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