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Track 404 errors as events with Google Universal Analytics, capturing the referrer as well.
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404-error-tracking.html
<script type="text/javascript">
// Track 404 errors with Universal Analytics
if($('body').hasClass('error404')) {
ga('send', 'event', 'error', '404', 'page: ' + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + ' ref: ' + document.referrer, {'nonInteraction': 1});
}
</script>
@jnachtigall
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Not 100% sure, but I think it should be

ga('send', 'event', 'error', '404', 'page: ' + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + ' ref: ' + document.referrer, undefined, {nonInteraction: true});

That is, if the 4th argument is optional then pass in "undefined" and for nonInteraction it should be "true" (though 1 might work too depending on how Google has implemented it.

@bjorn-ali-goransson
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@jnachtigall undefined is unnecessary, Google themselves do not use it in their examples. But you're correct on the "1" thing.

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