Issue tracking multiple domains with Google Analytics
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Published on 2012-11-16T15:55:26Z
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I have 2 domains mydomain.com
and mydomain.net
which I'm trying to track with the same GA
code. Here are the options I turned on:
Subdomains of mydomain ON
Examples: www.mydomain.com -and- apps.mydomain.com -and- store.mydomain.com
Multiple top-level domains of mydomain ON
Examples: mydomain.uk -and- mydomain.cn -and- mydomain.fr
Which gave me the following code:
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-123456789-1']);
_gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'mydomain.com']);
_gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
In this help page I read that _setDomainName
must be changed for each domain
which I did:
-if you go to mydomain.net
you get _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'mydomain.net']);
-if you go to mydomain.com
you get _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'mydomain.com']);
When I generate traffic on both mydomain.dom
and mydomain.net
and watches GA
push requests made with firebug
I can see requests generated for both domains and the parameter called utmhn
has the proper domain value (which matches that of _setDomainName
and the browser address bar).
However when I monitor the realtime statistics under Home->Real-Time->Overview
I see pageviews
for mydomain.net
BUT NOT for mydomain.dom
:(
What am I missing to properly track both domains?
PS: in the help page I mentioned they talk about setting up cross links
which I didn't do for now as my understanding is that it shouldn't be needed to get what I'm trying to do to work. Also I want to mention that I do not have any tracking code for any of these 2 domains other than the one I mentioned.
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