Use JavaScript and Google Analytics to Optimize Your Forms
By: Manoj Jasra
Forms are pretty much a necessity on websites therefore it becomes important to track how your visitors interact with the forms on your website, understand which fields are most often left empty, and determine how to best optimize your forms for success. In the past we have talked about great solutions like ClickTale which help determine:
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Which fields take the longest to complete
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Which fields are left blank and may be superfluous
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How often errors occur that force visitors to refill a field
Allaedin Ezzedin over at the Ambient/Transparent blog wrote an excellent post yesterday in which he explains how to use JavaScript and Google Analytics to create a home grown solution to help in the optimization of forms.
In his post, Allaedin takes you through how to code for Form Validation, how to handle Form Submissions, how to send variables to Google Analytics and how to create a custom profile to track only the form related page views.
