Using PHP Tracker Variables with the New Google Analytics

[thegoddessofeleven]

Hi, everyone!

I can tell I've been out of the loop for a while because I just logged into my Google Analytics account and found out that the whole thing has undergone a massive redesign since the last time I logged in. I'm trying to feel my way around and figure out how the new interface works, but I've been unable to find the answer to one question I have: how do you use PHP tracker variables with the new interface?

I use article marketing quite a bit. When I submit an article to ezinearticles, I append a unique "tracker" variable to my resource box link-- e.g. "http://www.mysite.com?=reebok." Before the Analytics interface redesign, I'd then set up a "campaign" (?) in Google Analytics for that variable ("reebok," in this case), and Google would track how much traffic each article generated-- "Reebok - 200 visits" or whatever.

(I hope that explanation makes sense. It took me a long time to decide how to word it!)

Anyway, now that they've redesigned Analytics, I don't know how to set up those campaigns (if that's what they're called). Analytics still seems to be correctly tracking the ones I already had set up, but I don't know how to set up new ones.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Many thanks!
~Stephanie