Adobe Contribute and Google Analytics Code Don’t play Nice
The standard Google Analytics code contains auto-detection for HTTP/HTTPS. Unfortunately Adobe contribute enforces a level of XHTML compliance that exceeds the level built into the Analytics code causing corruption of the HTML, leaving ")); at the bottom of a page after it has been edited.
The solution to this is to remove the auto-detection and document.write. Read the Analytics Help Forum Archive for more details.
Google Drops Support for IE6 – Hurrah!
Happiness is a web developer reading that Google is dropping support for IE6.
That is me this afternoon as I received the news from Google that they will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.
Google will start with their Docs suite and move on to Google Main and Google Calendar. By showing Apps users the message that they should upgrade their browser the number of users on outdated software should certainly fall.
In my opinion, this can only be a good thing; for internet users, for website owners, for web designer/developers, for all.
Keyterms and Metatags
This month Matt Cutts talked about how Google doesn’t use the keyword meta tag in web search.
After watching this video someone came to me and was quite surprised “Did you know that google doesn’t use the meta tag in its search algorithm?”
Well... Yes, I did know. This is not latest news. Google haven’t used key terms for a while.
But that doesn’t mean that they are not useful and that identifying them is not a key stage in your website design and SEO. I work with my clients to get a good understanding of their potential visitors through a few techniques that include identifying how they think and what they will query when they sit in front of a search engine.
These terms are then used within copy and the code. These will also make up a basis for AdWord terms.
So just because Google isn’t using the keyword meta tag, don’t dismiss the process of identifying your key terms.
Drupal Google Analytics Module
Not sure about how to put Google Analytics into a Drupal installation? Go take a look at Brian Stevenson’s videos on installing the Google-Analytics module. They’re Awesome!
Installing & Configuring the Google Analytics Module for Drupal 6.x
Configuring User Segmentation in the Google Analytics Module for Drupal 6.x
Advanced Tracking in the Google Analytics Module for Drupal 6.x
Advanced JavaScript Tweaks in the Google Analytics Module for Drupal 6.x
The Drupal module for Google Analytics can be found at http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics