Google Analytics reporting different number of views than NewGrounds

[diminuto]

Hello, I have followed the simplest implementation of the libraries:

public function sendPageview( page:String, title:String = "" ):void
{       
      var trackingID:String = "UA-XXXXX";
       var config:Configuration = new Configuration(); 
       config.forcePOST = true;
       var tracker:WebTracker = new WebTracker( trackingID, config );
       tracker.pageview( page, title );
}

It seems like the stats are not working everytime: I uploaded my game to Newgrounds last night. According to them 110 people played the game. However, Google Analytics reckons only 48 played. Is there anything I'm missing?

Thanks!

[zwetan]

could be the session management, could be something else

others could be

• problem with the domain name, hits will come from newgrounds.com
• understanding of the tracking "played the game"
  for some people
  • viewing it once is enough to count
  • clicking a button "play"
  • ending a level
• how newgrounds does tracking
  eg. user refresh the page 3 times and count 3 tracking
• how GA does tracking
  eg. user play 3 times within 30 minutes, count 1 tracking
• could be the sampling
• etc.

my advice:

• setup a mobile app property, not a website
• it will allow you to define your game with a name, id, version, etc.
• track screens and not pages
  tracker.screenview( "Intro" );
tracker.screenview( "Level 1" );
tracker.screenview( "Level 2" );
• use events for fine grained tracking
  tracker.event( "Game", "click", "play" );
tracker.event( "Game", "start", "level 1" );
tracker.event( "Game", "end", "level 1" );
tracker.event( "Game", "lost" );
tracker.event( "Game", "win" );
• use timer for even more details tracking
  tracker.timing( "Game", "level1", 300 );
tracker.timing( "Game", "level2", 400 );
tracker.timing( "Game", "total", 1200 );

[zwetan]

"as is" I don't see that as a bug

[diminuto]

Thanks a lot for your quick reply zwetan, I will try with your suggested approach

[zwetan]

no prob, and if you found where was the problem please come back and make a little summary so it could maybe help others with a similar problem