Description
Add Google Analytics tracking values to URLS posted by the Twitter Tools plugin.
Screenshots
Source data tagged in Google Analytics
Installation
You must already be using the Twitter Tools plugin to post to twitter when you make a new blog entry.
- Upload the Plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Campaign/Source/Medium data will start to show in your Google Analytics account.
FAQ
- Can I configure the tags that are added?
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Not yet – I can add this if there’s any interest. If you want this, then please get in touch
- What Google Analytics tags are set?
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The plugin sets the following Google Analytics Tags:
+ utm_source : twitter
+ utm_medium : twitter
+ utm_campaign : twitter - Can I set different values for each post?
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Not yet – I can add this if there’s any interest. If you want this, then please get in touch
- Why should I use this plugin?
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Generally hits from twitter will show up in Google Analytics as “Direct Traffic” – which means you can’t measure the effectiveness of your Twitter profile. Tagging your traffic lets you measure the hits coming from Twitter effectively – see my original post on the subject for more information.
Contributors & Developers
“Twitter Tools Tagger” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.0
- Initial Release
