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Alex Turpin
Alex Turpin

Reputation: 47776

UTM source getting overriden with referral when going to subdomain

I have a site http://test.com. Potential customers are sent to that site with AdWords with a UTM source, so for example, http://test.com?utm_source=adwords. Now if the customers decide to register, they are sent to a page at http://register.test.com. I've configured Google Analytics to work cross domain using _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '.mysite.com']);, but the problem I'm having is that my source gets lost and replaced with a referral to the original domain when I go to the subdomain's page. I tried adding a _gaq.push(['_addIgnoredRef', 'ekomobi.com']);, but that only causes my source to be set to (direct).

I will be trying to save the __utmz cookie's value and restore it on the other domain, but are there any other proper solutions to the problem of the UTM source getting overriden by the referrer on a domain change?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1248

Answers (1)

Nick Blexrud
Nick Blexrud

Reputation: 9603

If you have cross-domain tracking correctly implemented, you should see the original utm parameter when you get to the register page. For cross domain tracking to work, BOTH top-level domain and subdomain must have _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '.mysite.com']);,.

Upvotes: 2

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