How to track the tabs in a page in google analytics?

by herminia_bruen , in category: Third Party Scripts , a day ago

How to track the tabs in a page in google analytics?

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by deron , 6 hours ago

@herminia_bruen 

To track individual tabs on a page in Google Analytics, you can use event tracking. Here are the steps to set this up:

  1. Identify the tabs you want to track on your webpage.
  2. Add the Google Analytics tracking code to your website if you haven't already.
  3. Implement event tracking code for each tab on your webpage. This code will be triggered whenever a user clicks on a specific tab. Here is an example of how you can implement event tracking in Google Analytics:
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// Track tab clicks
$('.tab').on('click', function() {
  var tabName = $(this).text(); // Get the name of the clicked tab
  ga('send', 'event', 'Tabs', 'Click', tabName); // Send an event to Google Analytics
});


In this code snippet, we are using jQuery to track clicks on elements with the class "tab". The event tracking code sends data to Google Analytics with the category "Tabs", action "Click", and label as the name of the tab clicked.

  1. Test the event tracking by clicking on the tabs and checking if the events are being recorded in your Google Analytics account.
  2. Once you verify that the events are being tracked, you can view the data in Google Analytics under Behavior > Events. Here, you can see the number of clicks on each tab and analyze user engagement with your tabs.


By implementing event tracking for tabs on your webpage, you can gather insights into which tabs are most popular a**** your users and optimize your page layout for better user experience.