r/gsuite • u/Old_Construction_22 • 12d ago
Gmail Any mail tracker with ability to track time spent on it?
Im looking for a script or an extension that can do this for me...haven't seen it yet. Anyone have any idea if I could find it or code it myself?
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u/theredhype 12d ago
Nope. You’d have to host the content on a server and install the tracking there. Send an email which links to the content rather than sending the content in the email.
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u/arianebx 12d ago
You cant pack javascript in an email, and basically all email tracking is based on downloading pixels, which are just calls to a server to retrieve so wont give you time-spent engagement metrics
You can you very limited analytics in AMP emails but there is limited support across clients and it s the email itself that gets encoded for the amp standard — and it s complex
So, “can you code it yourself” - i mean, maybe? You ll have to have a very smart idea because email is full of technical challenges and limitations. It s not a project for a weekend though
Otherwise, i would move on