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Obtain the Full Referring URL in Google AnalyticsJan 15 2007 | Analytics |
One of my biggest problems with Google Analytics has always been that you can’t get the full referring URL of where someone came from. For example - if you someone came from http://www.domain.com/referring-exact-page.php - it just shows up in Analytics as http://www.domain.com - which only gives you half the story. I want to be able to track down the exact place if neccessary - not have to hunt through a site to find the page.
Luckily Reuben Yau has come up with a hack that integrates the Urchin Tracker Script, which is usually used for tracking javascript or Flash events. It takes all of 1 minute to install and seems to be working great. If you’re a Google Analytics user and want full referring URLs - check out the fix at Reuben’s blog.
Posted by Chris Winfield at 4:12 pm
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January 16th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Nice find Chris and good job Reuben. I love hacks that save you once wasted time. Give me time anytime.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
This annoyed me as well, but Google has fixed it.
Go to:
Traffic Sources
Click on the source you want the full referring URL for.
Click on the Referral path.
Below the chart and above the tabs there’s a link “Visit this referring link”.