In this case, we can instruct Google Analytics to treat certain file link click events as super important. Then check the GA Real-time reports. But what if your business or Content Management System is naming files in a very bizarre way and all you can see in reports is this? This is a bit more technical. The href attribute shows the destination URL of that link a. You should explain to a developer, that this new custom attribute should include some meaningful, more understandable information about the file.
Maybe in your CMS, that file is already using a proper name? This step to get a developer buy-in is the most difficult. Now, the easier part — GTM configuration. Enter the following settings:. In the Attribute Name field, you must enter the name of that custom attribute that your developer has added, e.
Sometimes, file links on websites contain no file extension at all like. This principle was already covered in the previous chapter. Try to cooperate with a developer and ask for additional data attributes, like data-filename or data-fileurl.
Another option could be to ask a developer to push the file information to the Data Layer every time a visitor clicks the file link. Here is an example of the code:. Once a developer does that, you will need to check. Once you have this, create a Custom Event Trigger :. Then create a Data Layer Variable that will return the filename:. Sometimes, I end blog posts with the most popular questions I see online related to the current topic. This time, I have only one. Hopefully, the list will be updated in the future if I notice new trends in the comments section below.
Can you track the download button in the PDF file? Usually, people refer to this button that is available when you open a PDF file in the browser like Google Chrome :.
Unfortunately, the answer to this question is no. You cannot track that because you are now viewing the PDF file directly in a browser and you cannot place tracking codes in these files. Once you get a grasp on the main concepts, like triggers, tags, variables, you should be up-and-running fairly quickly. Every time a file link is clicked, the trigger will be activated and the GA tag will be fired.
If file links on your site do not contain file names or extensions, you should cooperate with a developer:. This is so helpful, thank you!! I really appreciate how you walked through the very very basic beginner steps as well.
Any idea how to track direct links to a PDF file? Everything above makes sense from a link click perspective, but how would you handle someone taking your PDF link and posting it online and then as a website owner, knowing how many people not only see the PDF from link clicks, but also from direct traffic? Super helpful. I'm applying for jobs and have a resume link on my website-now I can see how often it has been clicked.
Thank you so much for this really clear explanation! I've not used GTM before and was quite confused about how to go about tracking downloads and getting it hooked up properly with Google Analytics. With your super clear step-by-step guide I've now got it up and running in no time. I really appreciate the effort you've put into this. I was wondering. Why did you choose page url as a label and not the click label? Also what is the use of the delay and page path condition?
Just curious :. If you click a link and then the user is redirected, GA might not have enough time to send the data if PDF is opened in the same window. If you want to give it more time to send the data, you can use Wait for tags. This applies not only to GA tags but to all tags. Yes I saw, I think you misunderstoond me. For full view books, you are able to view the full content of this kind of book and download them to your local device for free.
You can follow below steps to download full view books from Google books. You will go to the Google books search page. Input the book title, or author you want to search and hit search bar to search the books. Step 2. The Google will show the search results. You just need to click on the link of the Full view books. Step 3. Now you will go to a new page where you can view the full content of this book.
At the top right corner, you can see a gear icon. Click it and select "Download PDF"at the dropdownlist. Now you only have to choose where to store this PDF at your computer. For preview books, you can only read the limited pages because of some access restrictions.
For this kind of Google books, you can only view the content at the browser, there is no Download option as the Full view Google books. For snippet view books, Google does not have the copyright to display all the pages but only several lines in context. For no preview books, you can only see basic information about this kind of books. For these books, we are not able to download them as PDF or any other format. If you really want to download preview, snippet or no preview books, you can check whether these books have ebook edition on sale.
Usually, the Google will show you some vendors at the left column which has this book in stock as below picture. Click ebook store, you will go to directly the book details. Then you can purchase it and download it. What's more, they even employ DRM scheme to encrypt the books.
Kindly note that download pdf file will not be editable and may be large in size as it contained images. Credit:- OneHack.
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