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Can we use google analytics for Internal website?

I have an Intranet application which is accessible from within company firewall. To track some specific pages, I want to implement Google Analytics in my Intranet application. This application is accessible from outside only when user system has some specific certificate installed. Is it possible to implement Google Analytics in my Intranet application? Will this Google analytics work inside company firewall? How Google analytics work i.e. what is the actual flow of google analytics?

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user226817 Avatar asked Aug 21 '14 05:08

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Yes, Google analytics can be used for internal web applications too. Please visit this URL which will clear your doubts. If you click on the given link and able to access analytics.js file from your internal network you can use Google analytics for your internal applications protected from corporate firewall.

Please note that after implementation, tracking data would be available around 24 hours only. So, you need to wait for 24 hours first. Even if you are not able to view the tracking data, please visit this link. You will find the possible reasons behind not working your analytics code.

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ursitesion Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 10:09

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In order for Analytics to generate reports for your corporate intranet usage, your corporate network must be able to reach the Analytics JavaScript file (analytics.js).

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Your intranet must also be accessible through a fully qualified domain name such as http:// intranet.example.com. The Analytics JavaScript won't work if your intranet can only be accessed using a domain name that isn't fully qualified, such as http:// intranet

Ref: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009688?hl=en

In your example, if a person without the certificate you mentioned can still reach the domain (that is, there is a public DNS entry for the domain name) even if they get an 'access denied' or similar message, the tracking should still work.

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Ashley Wilson Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 09:09

Ashley Wilson