Event-level tracking in web analytics

cdmo commented 5 years ago

~Likely it'll be Google Analytics, or at the least Google Analytics and~ Motomo (or some other FOSS option) but we need event-level tracking to understand, among other things, which facet dismiss icon is being clicked (there are other javascript-y things too of course)

UPDATE 7/29/19:

Here's a list of things that @ruthtillman and I brainstormed on back in early July

how many terms entered and which number link was clicked (or paged, or exited)
challenge is the intent of the search. examine common search terms for identifying types of uses and uses these to gauge success rates
cant find something: when does it happen and what do they do
Start Over (as an event)
Advanced Search complexity
When do facets get applied
When do new terms get added/modified
What gets clicked on the homepage
Track external link clicks
When do people click on Classic Cat
Clicks on holding/availability from search results (and from doc view)
What is getting clicked in the hierarchical facets on record page, what level are users going to
What's getting clicked in document toolbar
Prv/next
How do people return to home (which method)

Aha! Link: https://penn-state-university-libraries.aha.io/features/STPROJ-46

cdmo commented 5 years ago

Investigating Matomo option currently.

ruthtillman commented 1 year ago

Leaving this in backlog -- as we implement Matomo elsewhere, let's consider what we might do here.

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