Tracking of Youtube videos

In our supportcenter you can find two guides that will show you how you can implement Webtrekk YouTube tracking without much effort.

In case simple event-tracking is enough, please have a look at this guide:

 https://support.webtrekk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000087919

Here the name of the video is transmitted via ct parameter (eventname in the frontend) whenever the user interacts with the player for the first time during the pageview.

For a more detailed analysis you should go for the solution with our media tracking library.

Here’s a guide where you can find the code for an easy, fast and yet powerful implementation:

 https://support.webtrekk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000115999

The following events are tracked here:

• opening of a video
• playing and pausing of the video
• play position of the video
• audio level and mute
• title oft he video
• overall duration of the video
• seeking actions

You also add customClickParameter, media categories, session parameter and eCommerce parameter to the mediarequests.