Tracking analytics on several domains
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Hello,
I am looking for some advice.
I am working with a real estate client. They have a main website, and then several separate agent websites. The agent sites share some content with the main site, as well as having some unique content.
My question is what is the best way to track visitors? Should I have separate Google Analytics accounts for each site, or should I use one account and separate profiles?
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When setting up Google Analytics you can specify that you want to track multiple domains.
1. Put this into the head of your document (noting the bold lines)
2. For links you want to track you'll need to use the _link function to track links between the domains. Please note that your analytics tracking code needs to be in the header for this to work, because you need access to to **_gat._getTracker. **If your current links look like:
Then change them to:
onclick="pageTracker._link(this.href); return false;">Login
3. If you send information between domains using forms, you'll need to use the _linkByPost function.
<form action="/action/here.php" method="post" <strong="">onSubmit="javascript:pageTracker._linkByPost(this)">
This will work for GET and POST methods
4. By default, the data in your google analytics reports will only include the Request URI (Requested page), not the domain name. If you'd like to see the domain names in your reports, you can create an Advanced filter for your profile with the following settings:
Filter Type : Custom filter > Advanced
Field A : Hostname Extract A : (.)
Field B : Request URI
Extract B : (.)
Output To : Request URI
Constructor : $A1$B1</form>
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