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Do a check for google analytics header

Open caniszczyk opened this issue 7 months ago • 3 comments

This should be done below probably the check for a website.

We generally want projects to use GA or Hubspot tracking.

caniszczyk avatar Mar 27 '25 15:03 caniszczyk

cc: @nate-double-u

caniszczyk avatar Mar 27 '25 15:03 caniszczyk

Hi @caniszczyk

We used to have this check but some users complained about it (i.e. #1307). We discussed it with you and removed it soon afterwards at #1317.

tegioz avatar Mar 27 '25 15:03 tegioz

@nate-double-u please work to figure this out

caniszczyk avatar Mar 27 '25 15:03 caniszczyk

I think we should reintroduce it. Google analytics can be made to be opt in, and in fact this may be a good place to help track whether or not it is opt in on any given site.

The LF uses Google Analytics, and it is helpful to be able to track its use project site to project site.

I'd also like to expand this -- @caniszczyk is asking for a Google analytics check, I'd like to have a general check/listing of which project sites have analytics, and if they do, which analytics they're using. Let's check and document:

  • [ ] Site has analytics
  • [ ] Type of analytics
    • [ ] google analytics, analytics code (or URL for dashboard)
    • [ ] plausible.io, analytics code (or URL for dashboard)
    • [ ] Hubspot
    • [ ] other?
  • [ ] is opt-in setup

nate-double-u avatar Apr 28 '25 23:04 nate-double-u

I agree that there should be a check for analytics and, for each project, an indication of the kind(s) of analytics services that are enabled.

Use of analytics is a best practice, and whether a project uses GA or Plausible or another service is up to them. So, in response to #1307, we shouldn't require GA. Instead CLOMonitor should detect and report which ever analytics service is used. WDYT?

chalin avatar May 03 '25 14:05 chalin

just a follow up, I've also found some projects using Scarf

nate-double-u avatar May 08 '25 15:05 nate-double-u

Thanks, we'll look into this 🙂

tegioz avatar May 09 '25 05:05 tegioz

@tegioz - thanks. If you could post progress here, that would be great.

chalin avatar May 21 '25 18:05 chalin

We've added the analytics check back at #1756.

  • The check now does not affect the project/repository score, as it has a weight of 0 (i.e. not required to pass)
  • It now supports some additional providers: GTM (not strictly a provider, but can be useful), Plausible and Scarf
  • We've removed support for Google Universal Analytics (GA3)
  • We've also improved some regular expressions for previously supported providers

Closed by #1756

tegioz avatar Jul 16 '25 13:07 tegioz