Track Java versions with Google Analytics
I am tracking the Java versions used by web visitors: http://cowwoc.blogspot.com/2008/12/tracking-java-versions-using-google.html
Unfortunately, the level of integration is very deep. I'd like Google Analytics to tell me what percentage of visitors are running which version, and expand it further to see what sub-attributes each version is associated with. For example, what referrals / sources led users to a specific version? What screen resolution did they use? etc. On the other hand, what percentage of Mac users were running which version of Java?
Any ideas on how to improve the integration? Any idea on how to integrate this into your Google Analytics competitors? At the end of the day, I'm looking for the best integrated free analytics product.
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You want to use the new Advanced Segments feature. It is in the upper right corner of the page and creates a new segment. Drag the Visitors> User-Defined Value dimension to your dimension and enter the appropriate term. You can use regular expressions to group the versions, something like 6.*
to match all versions of Java 6 version.
With this you will be able to cut and cut any report for your Java versions.
Note, however, that I found the extended segments to be slightly flaky. It's still beta and I'm getting some weird numbers on some segments.
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