Set up Google Analytics for subdomain

dwyl / tachyons-bootstrap

👢Bootstrap recreated using tachyons functional css

http://tachyons-bootstrap.dwyl.com

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Set up Google Analytics for subdomain #51

Closed Cleop closed 7 years ago

Cleop commented 7 years ago

[x] Sets up Google Analytics for subdomain

Following this guide: http://www.verticalrail.com/kb/filter-in-google-analytics-to-track-subdomains/

I've added the UA code script to the tachyons-bootstrap index.html ✅
History: previously the GA are not picking up visits properly (see the graph below) and this seems to have coincided with the change from dwyl.io ▶️ dwyl.com. This has since been rectified ✅
I've now created a new view for tachyons-bootstrap
The guide now proposes creating a filter but I want to understand why I might need one so I create one that is useful for our needs.

I will have to wait until #50 is merged in before I can check that the analytics is working as the current live version doesn't feature the UA code script. Once #50 is merged I will test this but I believe the actions are in place for this to function.

ghost commented 7 years ago

@Cleop the site is hosted on .com .io forwards to .com

Let me know if you have any specific questions around that

Cleop commented 7 years ago

@markwilliamfirth Our analytics has dropped drastically after May 9th, I think GA is tracking only .io

ghost commented 7 years ago

@cleop looking at the graph I'd say your assumption is most likely correct

Cleop commented 7 years ago

@iteles or @nelsonic do you know what the filter prevent-exposing-token does for the main dwyl site and do I need to replicate this for tachyons bootstrap? It looks like it's just checking for traffic to the dwyl site but I'm a bit thrown by the name and whether this infers something else.

Also, the guide I was following recommended putting your subdomain on your referral exclusion list so as not to skew self-referrals, however I believe that it will be useful for us to see whether traffic from tachyons-bootstrap navigates to dwyl.com - let me know if you feel otherwise.

iteles commented 7 years ago

I don't know the answer to your first question, though could google it. @danwhy is this something you've come across for LDMW?

Danwhy commented 7 years ago

I didn't come across this, but it looks like it's a filter that's there to exclusively show data from dwyl.com, meaning if another person were to steal your GA token, any traffic coming from their site would be ignored: https://blog.kissmetrics.com/protect-analytics-from-hacking/ If you're using the same tracking for multiple domains/subdomains you may need to modify the filter to include it, or create a new filter per domain

Cleop commented 7 years ago

Closing as now complete.

iteles commented 7 years ago

@cleop Worth adding a paragraph to learn-google-analytics?

Cleop commented 7 years ago

On it: https://github.com/dwyl/learn-google-analytics/issues/14