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Segment G-news one box traffic

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Mr.bfz last edited by

Hey Guys,

This might be an over spoken topic but I havent been able to find a proper answer or solution for this issue. So far, the closest solution I came across is this article --> http://moz.com/blog/decoding-googles-referral-string-or-how-i-survived-secure-search

I would like to know if there is any other solution for this matter.

I have been searching the web for quite while now and I havent found a reasonable solution to segmenting the traffic from google news one box.News onebox traffic is counted as organic/google in GA.Is there a way to measure the traffic coming from the onebox news??Please note that news.google.com is not the same thing.I really appreciate any help.
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DennisSeymour last edited by

Maybe this could help you out http://www.seotakeaways.com/google-analytics-cookies-ultimate-guide/
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