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Chevenement David
Chevenement David

Reputation: 356

Enabling cross domain tracking with Google Analytics on different properties

We have 2 sites running google analytics, each on different properties in GA. On each of them, we have configured cross-domain tracking as explained in Google Analytics help pages on the subject.

When clicking from site A to site B, cookie is correctly passed in the _ga URL parameter.

The issue is that in Site B, client coming from site A are still seen as coming from site A as referral and not from the original site from which they arrived on Site A, for instance Adwords ppc campaign.

We added Site A and Site B to the referrer exclusion list but then Source is identified as Direct and not Adwords

Is analytics cross domain tracking only possible with a single property for Site A and Site B ?

If yes, is it possible to configure this single property while not changing anything to the current property configuration on Site A and Site B ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1117

Answers (1)

Philip Walton
Philip Walton

Reputation: 30441

Is analytics cross domain tracking only possible with a single property for Site A and Site B ?

Yes, it's only possible with a single property. This is because client IDs are not shared between properties for user-privacy reasons.

If yes, is it possible to configure this single property while not changing anything to the current property configuration on Site A and Site B ?

You could use two trackers on each site. One tracker that treats them both as a single property and then one tracker that treats them as separate properties.

This isn't necessarily an ideal solution if you'd planned this from the beginning, but it's a good way to add new reporting capabilities without losing historical data.

Upvotes: 2

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