Comments on: Campaign Tagging with Google Analytics

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:55:01 +0000

This is great Alex. I’d been trying to figure out how to do this lately, as I just set up Google Analytics on a new site of mine. I never really was into tracking my sites and their traffic and such, but I definitely realized I was making a big mistake. This is definitely going to help me. Thanks again!

By: Alex Cohen

Alex Cohen — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:56:50 +0000

Hi Damon,

Those parameters are automatically appended by Google. There’s nothing you can do about it, unfortunately.

-Alex

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:59:39 +0000

Do you happen to know how to stop google from putting those parameters on my links.

I notice it adds those parameters to any links from my feed. Like if I comment on a commentluv enabled blog it will look something like this.

damonday.com/3015/consumers-in-debt-are-easier-to-scam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consumers-in-debt-are-easier-to-scam

I really hate that and I have read it can even screw up some rankings because perhaps duplicate content.

I have tried everything short of completely removing analytics. I have deactivated the plugin in wordpress, but I still have the normal google analytics code in my blog header. I have also unchecked the click tracking in feed burner.

I have another blog that does not have this problem, and I have the google analytics code installed and it is working fine.

Any help is appreciated, this has bothered me for months and I can’t solve the problem. Thanks.

By: DigitalAlex

DigitalAlex — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:15:54 +0000

You’re welcome, thanks for reading my campaign tagging guide!

By: cdntigger

cdntigger — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:31:30 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to write a great, clear article. I wish everyone took the time to do as good a job as you did. Thanks again!

By: DigitalAlex

DigitalAlex — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:47:33 +0000

You need to setup a redirect (301 or 302, depending on what you want indexed) and point the redirect to the new URL with the destination URL parameters attached.

By: tv14

tv14 — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:23:20 +0000

I understand the usage, but do not know about how to add code to my site. I have a domain abc.com, i order more than one domain 123.com and i want that when someones type 123.com on url bar , it will appear as: abc.com/?utm_source=123.com&utm_medium=referral

How can I do? Please help me!

By: DigitalAlex

DigitalAlex — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:46:18 +0000

Hi Josh,

Campaign tracking code isn’t “installed” so much as implemented, meaning you append the parameters after the regular URL.

If your parameters have been successfully applied, the data will appear in the Traffic Sources, All Traffic Sources report.

-Alex

By: Josh Fialkoff

Josh Fialkoff — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:04:32 +0000

Hi,
How can I verify that the campaign-tracking code is correctly installed?
I have it on a site, but I don’t see any data in Google Analytics and I know that people have clicked on that link (who are not excluded by the GA cookie).
Thanks,
Josh