Doesn't detect first visited page about nuxt-gtag HOT 12 CLOSED

@ttonyh I have just released v0.5.6 with the manual tracking removed.

If another issue persists, please open a separate issue.

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I have incorporated the initial page_view into the plugin itself. Available in v0.5.5.
Please test it. Feedback much appreciated!

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@ttonyh Thanks for verifying. I believe so, too, since gtag.js will handle tracking all by itself. If someone wants to force the initial page_view, he may do so manually:

if (process.client) {
  // Send initial `page_view` event
  useGtag('event', 'page_view', {
    page_location: window.location.href,
    page_path: useRoute().path,
    page_title: document.title,
  })
}

So everyone is happy. 🙂

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Same issue

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Mmmh… That's unfortunate. Any idea why Google Analytics might not pick up the initial page_view?

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Is this being looked at? I feel like this is a major bug.

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It seems that the module is correctly setting up Google Analytics, but it's not sending the initial page_view event. You can manually track the initial visit by sending a page_view event after the Google Analytics script is loaded.

// Send initial `page_view` event
useGtag('event', 'page_view', {
  page_location: window.location.href,
  page_path: useRoute().path,
  page_title: document.title,
})

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Thanks for the quick fix!
In my case, sending events has never worked with this plugin (or GA4?) unless I add send_to: 'G-...' to the event parameters, so that piece of code won't work.
Has anyone experienced the same problem?

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@soylomass Are you sure the GA ID is set in your nuxt.config.ts? Please create a separate issue including your Nuxt configuration if that issue persists. Thanks!

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I have incorporated the initial page_view into the plugin itself. Available in v0.5.5. Please test it. Feedback much appreciated!

Thanks for the update.
I just tested it and it still does not seem to work.. In incognito and first page load, analytics only gets the event name 'first_visit'. The 'page_view' is still not being recognised by Google Analytics.

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@mroddev Have you tried verifying the page_view event by using the Google Analytics Debugger extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-analytics-debugger/jnkmfdileelhofjcijamephohjechhna

It seems to be working based on the output of the extension.

More info for debugging:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7201382?hl=en

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@johannschopplich I think the addition is causing the page_view to register twice.

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