Update! gaAddons v2.0

gaAddons v2.0 is now available! This new version uses the async mode and a syntax similar to the native GA calls. See details for gaAddons v2.0.

Before integrating gaAddons v2.0 to your site, read important licensing information for practitioners, freelance consultants and agencies.

What was gaAddons v1.0?

gaAddons is a collection of useful enhancements to extend and improve upon the default Google Analytics implementation.

Features

Automatically track outbound links
Automatically track download links
Track using "fake" page views or "events"
... more to come...

Integrating gaAddons v1.0 to your site

Get the gaAddons.js script and save it somewhere on your site
Modify the default Google Analytics implementation code snippet so it looks something like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");
document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXX-XX");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/script/gaAddons.js"></script>

Support

See the gaAdddons Google Group discussion forum.

Contributing

gaAddons v1.x is open source. All contributions are welcomed and reviewed by a group of experienced implementation specialists.