How to set up Google Analytics Goal for ajax form submissions

Question

I have a contact form that is submitted via ajax and upon a successful submission, a thank you/success message is displayed.

Additionally, I've set up a goal (Goal Completion URL) in my Google Analytics account for visits to a thank you page.

This page does not exist.

Any thoughts/suggestions on how I can set up tracking successful form submissions via this method?

Answer 1

You can use virtual pageviews. For each step of the process, add a call to

_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/ajax-contactForm/PAGE-or-STEP-NAME.html']); 

This will register as a pageview and can be used as a step in the goal.

See virtual pageviews in the GA docs.

Or, to set it up as an event goal as Eduardo suggested, see The New Google Analytics: Events Goals