Using Google Analytics asynchronous code from external JS file

Question

I\'m trying to add the asynchronous version of the Google Analytics tracking code to a website.

I\'d like to keep the JavaScript in a separate file, and call it from

Answer 1

Your variable definition var _gaq is inside a function. That means it's locally scoped inside that function and won't exist globally. Google Analytics depends on the global variable _gaq. If you want to keep it inside a function like that, reference it as window._gaq.