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How to track domain referrals

by KostaKondra
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I have a web address brookerboats [dot] com [dot] au that redirects to our main website brookermarine [dot] com [dot] au (to track magazine advertising), I was wondering how I can track this with Analytics (as we'd like to know how much leads it is generating).

Thanks
#domain #referrals #track
  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Why is it redirecting???
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    The answer depends on how you are doing the redirect.
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    • Profile picture of the author KostaKondra
      1) I'm redirecting because we need to track how much traffic we receive from print magazines
      2) I want to be able to see the traffic source in Analytics as a seperate entry
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      • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
        Originally Posted by KostaKondra View Post

        1) I'm redirecting because we need to track how much traffic we receive from print magazines
        2) I want to be able to see the traffic source in Analytics as a seperate entry
        Redirecting to track offline promotions isn't necessary.

        Just point each advertisement to a dedicated location on the SAME domain.

        promotion 1
        yourdomain.com/promotion-1/

        promotion 2
        yourdomain.com/promotion-2/

        promotion 3
        yourdomain.com/promotion-3/

        I think you're making things harder than they need to be.
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  • Profile picture of the author locke815
    It depends on how you redirect your domain and you will know how you get the referral.
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  • Profile picture of the author KostaKondra
    Hi,

    1) The ads have all ready gone out so we can't change the domains now
    2) Right now we have a lead source report broken down by where the URLs are coming from
    3) Isn't it possible to attach a variable to a URL that can then be tracked by Analytics?

    Kosta
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    • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
      Originally Posted by KostaKondra View Post

      Hi,

      1) The ads have all ready gone out so we can't change the domains now
      2) Right now we have a lead source report broken down by where the URLs are coming from
      3) Isn't it possible to attach a variable to a URL that can then be tracked by Analytics?

      Kosta
      Geeze, well someone goofed up royal didn't they.

      Anyway....do this.

      Go to Google's URL Builder..

      URL Builder - Analytics Help

      Set your parameters.

      eg.



      Then once you have your trackable url ^^^ set redirects on each domain.

      Heres the code that *should* work ...

      Code:
      <?php
header( 'Location: http://brookerboats.com.au/?utm_source=brookerboats.com.au&utm_medium=leaflet&utm_campaign=letter%2Bbox%2Bdrop/' ) ;
?>
      This is off the top of my head man. Just test it by going to one of your redirection domains and seeing if the querystring parameters are in the URL.

      Oh bugger it, here I just tried it...and it works.

      Just set your parameters to whatever suits your promotion/campaign.

      As a tip - make sure you set your parameters so that theyre MEANINGFUL and you understand them. Once youve got it working, you will see it listed under TRAFFIC SOURCES > SOURCES > CAMPAIGNS within Google Analytics.

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      • Profile picture of the author KostaKondra
        Originally Posted by John Romaine View Post

        Geeze, well someone goofed up royal didn't they.

        Anyway....do this.

        Go to Google's URL Builder..

        URL Builder - Analytics Help

        Set your parameters.

        eg.



        Then once you have your trackable url ^^^ set redirects on each domain.

        Heres the code that *should* work ...

        Code:
        <?php
header( 'Location: http://brookerboats.com.au/?utm_source=brookerboats.com.au&utm_medium=leaflet&utm_campaign=letter%2Bbox%2Bdrop/' ) ;
?>
        This is off the top of my head man. Just test it by going to one of your redirection domains and seeing if the querystring parameters are in the URL.

        Oh bugger it, here I just tried it...and it works.

        Just set your parameters to whatever suits your promotion/campaign.

        As a tip - make sure you set your parameters so that theyre MEANINGFUL and you understand them. Once youve got it working, you will see it listed under TRAFFIC SOURCES > SOURCES > CAMPAIGNS within Google Analytics.

        My paypal email address is .....
        Thanks John.
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  • Profile picture of the author MaryPabelate
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    As you have control of both domains then you can use StatCounter and check there.
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