Is Google Analytics Installed? - GA? Firefox Extension

Works in Firefox 2 & 3

To get the best results out of Google Analytics, you need to ensure it’s installed on each page of a website. To automatically check for you, I’ve created a Firefox extension to do all the work.

Google Analytics Check

GA? will put a little icon in the status bar of your Firefox web browser. It will then check each page you load to to see if it has Google Analytics installed. If so, it’ll show a colored bar chart. If Google Analytics doesn’t appear to be installed, it’ll show a gray bar chart.

This is a handy little tool if you have a smaller website, if want to do a spot check on a handful of pages or if you want to ensure that certain pages are being tracked.

Works with Firefox 1.5, 2 & 3.

Known Issues:
1. It doesn’t currently re-check for each tab or window you cycle through. It only checks the page that completed loading last. Updates are planned for it to refresh per window or tab focus.Â : Version 0.5 updates on tab change.

2. It doesn’t detect Google Analytics code put in the head of the document.Â It only searches the body of each page. Working in version 1.0.

Try it out and let me know what you think.

GA? can be downloaded at Mozilla’s Addon site.

Developed and tested on a Mac running Firefox 2.x & 3. Works well on Windows too. Unsure of how well it work in Firefox versions less than 2.x.

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Tags: extension, google, google-analytics

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- Review my latest Firefox Extensions » Blog on a Stick September 5th, 2007 at 6:43 am
WordPress 2.2.1

This is a fantastic invention - I work for an SEO company and I often have to check through entire sites to make sure that Analytics is on all of the pages. Great stuff.

- Jono Ellis October 23rd, 2007 at 7:58 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 - Windows XP

Thanks Jono. A new version should be out next week that will check on tab change so it stays up to date.

- Thomas October 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 - Mac OS X

Any reason your extension does not show GA installed on my site? GA is installed on most pages, including the home page, yet your tool shows GA not installed (grey).

I’ve written a SEO tool that detects the “urchinTracker();” string and finds GA everytime. What is your indicator as to if GA is installed?

http://asbdc.ualr.edu/ecommerce/internet-marketing-tool.asp

- Timothy November 5th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 - Windows XP

Excellent question and I think I have an answer. The extension looks for Google Analytics code in the body of the page. Since that’s where Google says to put it, that’s where I’m looking.

Your site has the Google Analytics code in the head of the document, not the body. That’s why my extension doesn’t see it. I’ll have to do more research to see if I can look in all HTML.

Thanks for pointing that out.

- Thomas November 6th, 2007 at 7:01 am
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Your Add-on is great, but would it be possible to set a parameter to be able to define what code will be looked for in the html source of the page? If this is possible, we could have an open generic add-on which could be used in a lot of case (for example: webtrends, xiti, personalized coding for google analytics…).

- Marius December 15th, 2007 at 4:01 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows XP

I agree, that’d be a nice idea Marius. I’ll keep it in mind.

- Thomas December 16th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Safari 523.10 - Mac OS X

Just to let you know. GA has just launched a new script for tracking websites. Your Extension does not work with the new version. The old version was “urchin.js” and now the new is “ga.js”. You can check the code on my website at http://www.chris-aranha.co.uk

thanks

- Chris December 19th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 - Windows Vista

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Hi Thomas
I wrote you in December 2007, that your add-on was great. I need your add-on, but with more options. I wanted to send you my request with the contact form but it hasn’t work.
Could we buy your code for internal use in our company OR will you change your add-on and create one for us in order to check other tags in the page? I’m sure my requests are not difficult for you and will help us to check the qualtiy on our web pages
If you are interested, you can reach me with my mail.
Thanks.
Marius

- Marius Engler May 20th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 - Windows XP

nice plugin. It’s really helpfull. Thanks

- iroel May 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 - Windows XP

Marius - What else are you looking for? Feel free to email me at twistermc / gmail.com. And my contact form should be working.

- Thomas June 1st, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 - Mac OS X

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Dia is mhuire Dhuit Twister Mc,
I was amused and amazed at your “cupla focail”.
I’m no great Gaelgoir myself, but well done !!
Now, about that colourful invention of yours ; product of your fertile brain….. you know the one that tells you if your google analytics is properly installed or installed at all.
I have downloaded it but it seems to be completely ignoring me…… not a bar chart in sight, neither the coloured version or the grey.
Is the continuous rain and the damp grey mist of Ireland too much for it?? Yes it is sitting there on the add-ons, happy in the company of its extension pals…… but will it get to work ?? not a budge out of it. Please take a look at it and tell it to get the finger out… get cracking… stop being a slouch..
Go raibh mile maith agat
Noreen

- Noreen September 10th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 - Windows XP

Thanks checking it out now!

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 - Windows XP

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