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Re: Google Analytics - Appending Campaign Data to the URI

Have you used something like Charles Proxy to see what data stream the
browser is sending back to google? That's the first thing I'd check.
Do a proper url with campaign tags so you get a feel for what would
be sent when it's normally working.

--- In webanalytics@yahoogroups.com, "John Cole" <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> I want to setup campaign tracking for legacy widgets already out in
> the world. The links to our site already include parameters in them,
> just not the Google Analytics tracking parameters.
>
> For example:
>
http://eventful.com/performers/P0-001-000000162-8/demand?from_sticker=300x325_bl\
ueflag

>
> We modified the GATC on our site in at attempt to append the GA tag to
> the URL before we send it to Google. If the above parameters are in
> the referral link, then we append the GA tag.
>
> The appended URL reported to GATC would look like this:
> DF_demand_start_unknown?
>
from_sticker=300x325_blueflag&utm_source=widgets&utm_medium=widgets&utm_campaign\
=demand_widget
>
> Here is some of the code our engineer put together:
>
> <script>
> function utmx_section(){}function utmx(){}
> (function(){var
> k='2743214403',d=document,l=d.location,c=d.cookie;function f(n){
> if(c){var i=c.indexOf(n+'=');if(i>-1){var j=c.indexOf(';',i);return
> c.substring(i+n.
> length+1,j<0?c.length:j)}}}var
> x=f('__utmx'),xx=f('__utmxx'),h=l.hash;
> d.write('<sc'+'ript src="'+
> 'http'+(l.protocol=='https:'?'s://ssl':'://www')+'.google-
> analytics.com'
> +'/siteopt.js?v=1&utmxkey='+k+'&utmx='+(x?x:'')+'&utmxx='+(xx?xx:'')
> +'&utmxtime='
> +new Date().valueOf()+(h?'&utmxhash='+escape(h.substr(1)):'')+
> '" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></sc'+'ript>')})();
> </script>
>
> I've checked our Google Analytics reports, but they still report the
> pages just as before. The content report doesn't display the tags
> we've added, nor do the visits get segmented into a campaign.
>
> How can we get this to work?
>





Fri May 9, 2008 2:21 pm

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I want to setup campaign tracking for legacy widgets already out in the world. The links to our site already include parameters in them, just not the Google...
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I think there is some problem in the code please check it once from your profile. ~Bhagawat. John Cole <yahoo@...> wrote:...
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Have you used something like Charles Proxy to see what data stream the browser is sending back to google? That's the first thing I'd check. Do a proper url...
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