Install tracking via Tag Manager

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Note

When you install tracking via the corresponding NuGet package, it will result in double tracking, and you should set the episerver:personalization.content.DisableDefaultTracking key to true.

Add the tracking script

The tracking JavaScript tag triggers an API call to track visitor activity with that URL. You can validate the tracking script after you install the tracking JavaScript through a tag management system or include it in the header via the content management system.

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Notes

• The script is in your Content Recommendation Portal. Go to Content > Properies > Web Properties > Web Tracking > Tracking JavaScript.
• The tracking API call is made asynchronously to have no effect on web page performance
• Tracking JavaScript tracks users anonymously and does not collect personally identifiable information.

Cookie usage in Content Recommendations

Tracking JavaScript uses the following performance cookies.

See Optimizely Platform Cookies for information about other cookies in the Optimizely platform.

Example

The following example uses Google Tag Manager, but you can use any other tag management solution.

1. Your Optimizely onboarding representative emails the tracking script to you.
2. Log in into Google tag manager (or other tag manager).
3. Paste the code provided by Optimizely into the (Google tag manager) HTML section. (Your tag manager may have a different field.)

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Note

To install Optimizely Content Recommendations through Optimizely Content Management System (CMS) or by manually editing a page, copy and paste the code into the tracking code section of web.config, or the  section of your web page.

4. Click Save to publish the container.

Related blog post: Implementing Idio (Optimizely) analytics and content recommendations on an  Episerver (Optimizely) site  - David Knipe