[support] Google Analytics Module with subdomains

Broyhill, Gary Gary.Broyhill at lr.edu
Mon Dec 19 14:23:57 UTC 2011


Jibran, 

Thanks for your help about not adding the extra javascript code, and also
about adding filters to create the profiles. I'll check out that link.

Gary


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>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:54:00 +0500
>From: Jibran Ijaz <jibran.ijaz at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [support] Google Analytics Module with subdomains
>To: support at drupal.org
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>In the main site
>If you have already enable the subdomain setting enabled in GA module then
>you don't have to add javascript code it is just adding extra line .
>Something like this
>"var _gaq = _gaq || [];_gaq.push(["_setAccount",
>"UA-123456789-1"]);_gaq.push(["_setDomainName", ".site.edu"]);var _gaq =
>_gaq || [];
>
>  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-123456789-1']);
>
>  _gaq.push(['_setDomainName',
>'.site.edu']);_gaq.push(["_trackPageview"]);"
>
>And in your GA Account settings you also have to apply filters to add
>domain name to uri and you can also create profiles (50 per GA account)
>for
>each subdomain.
>This link is helpful for GA settings
>http://cutroni.com/blog/2007/11/19/tracking-sub-domains-with-google-analyt
>ics/
>
>
>On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Broyhill, Gary
><Gary.Broyhill at lr.edu>wrote:
>
>> I have a main domain, www.site.edu and 85 subdomains (intranet.site.edu,
>> faculty.site.edu, etc.). I am tracking the main domain and all
>>subdomains
>> on one report in GA using a single Web Property ID (UA-123456789-1)
>>
>> For the main domain, I set the the Google Analytics module as follows:
>>
>> Web Property ID: UA-123456789-1
>> What domains are you tracking? One domain with multiple sub-domains.
>> In the Advanced Settings/Javascript snippets, I added the following in
>>the
>> Code Snippet (before) box:
>> var _gaq = _gaq || [];
>>  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-123456789-1']);
>>  _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '.site.edu']);
>>
>> For the sub-domains, I set the Google Analytics module as follows:
>>
>> Web Property ID: UA-123456789-1
>> What domains are you tracking? A single domain.
>> In the Advanced Settings/Javascript snippets, I added the following in
>>the
>> Code Snippet (before) box, per info obtained on the Google Analytics
>>help
>> pages:
>> var _gaq = _gaq || [];
>> _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-123456789-1']);
>> _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '.site.edu']);
>>
>> This all seems to work ok, except the following problem: on my GA Top
>> Content report, I cannot tell where the hits came from. Example: my 24th
>> highest entry is listed as \program.   That node appears on many of my
>> subdomains. Is it aggregating every instance of \program across 85
>> subdomains into one metric? If you click on it in the report, it gives a
>> 404 error.
>>
>> If I go to the Content by Title view, it's a little better because I can
>> see the names of the pages.
>>
>> I am wondering if I have everything set up correctly. If you are whiz at
>> GA/Drupal and can tell if my settings are wrong, please let me know!
>>They
>> came about from much trial and error and digging through the GA help
>>pages.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gary Broyhill
>> Lenoir-Rhyne University
>> www.lr.edu
>>



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