Basic page view tracking with third-party cookies
Important: As a result of the Chrome 85 Release, Oracle Eloqua tracking will only capture the domain name and not the full path of the URL that was visited (unless your web team already has an explicit referrer policy in place on your website that allows the full URL to be shared) for any visitors who access your website via Chrome 85. See this product notice to learn more about recommended actions and FAQ.
When you visit a website where Oracle Eloqua asynchronous tracking scripts deployed, cookies are placed in your browser. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit and help personalize your next visit.
In a third-party cookie implementation, the domain of the cookie placed in the browser is different than the domain being visited. For example, if you visit example.com and the domain of the cookie placed on your computer is eloqua.com, then this is a third-party cookie. If it the domain of the cookie is example.com, this is a first-party cookie.
Using third-party cookies can be problematic. Third-party cookies are often:
- Blocked by anti-spyware applications
- Blocked by browsers and default privacy settings
Code sample: Implementing third-party cookies
The following code sample illustrates how to implement third-party cookies on your website.
<script type="text/javascript">
var _elqQ = _elqQ || [];
_elqQ.push(['elqSetSiteId', 'siteId']);
_elqQ.push(['elqTrackPageView']);
(function() {
function async_load() {
var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript';
s.async = true; s.src = '//img.en25.com/i/elqCfg.min.js';
var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x);
}
if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async_load, false);
else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent('onload', async_load);
})();
</script>
When implementing the code sample, note the following:
_elqQis a queue of commands to push to Oracle Eloqua servers. After the scripts have been loaded into the DOM, the commands are queued up and executed in order.- The script can be placed anywhere on the page. Since the scripts are executed asynchronously, it does not matter where they are placed on the page. However, if you plan to use other features like data look ups or strict mode,
_elqQmust be defined before it is used.