Looking through Google Analytics for my websites, I have always been struck by the lack of IE7 uptake seemingly apparent from the statistics. However, I recently discovered that there may be a reason for this. I use the Ultimate GA plugin with my WordPress blogs and that adds the JavaScript code block near the bottom of the page. However, I recently saw that giving me scripting errors in IE7 and a spot of manual coding saw it travel to the header section of the web page. That, and the deactivation of the said plugin, was sufficient to rid of the errors in question. Seeing the effect of my changes on the reported share of visitors using IE7 could be interesting. It might even boost the Vista numbers as well.
Using external JavaScript files? Just don’t load them at the bottom of the page…
Saturday, July 21st 2007
Topics: Scripting, Web Development
Tags: Analytics, Google, IE7, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Ultimate GA, web browser, WordPress plugin
Tags: Analytics, Google, IE7, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Ultimate GA, web browser, WordPress plugin
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