Tracking Google places (7 pack listing) traffic in google analytics
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Is there a way to see Google Places traffic (traffic from users clicking through the 7 pack listings) segmented in Google analytics ?
Normally is it just lumped together with the organic traffic ?
Can you see the search phrases used to find your site, or do they also show up under 'not provided' when from Google Places.
Im aware i can see some limited data in the Google Places analytics, but these seem to be 2 days behind when ever i view them.
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Thanks Miriam
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Hey there!
I've reached out to Ed Reese, the author of that article on LocalU to see if something has changed since he wrote it (could be!). If we're lucky, Ed might be nice enough to reply. I'll return to this thread.
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Thanks Miriam,
Ive implemented the dashboard in that article, but still not getting any local traffic showing up.
It seems to be tracking map traffic only, rather than google places 7 pack (or other) traffic.
Ive attached 3 screenshots : google analytics organic traffic, google places impressions and clicks, google analytics dashboard from previous article.
None of the data in them seems to correlate, any ideas ?
Is my google places traffic currently being reported as organic traffic in google analytics ?
Organic traffic from google analytics : http://i.imgur.com/ssu5XMu.png?1
Google analytics dashboard from article : http://imgur.com/dh1m9Iu
Google places impressions and clicks : http://imgur.com/FaNodvQ
(apologies, not sure how i can post images inline)
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Hi Pegasus,
I think you'll find this tutorial from Local U to be right on the money:
http://localu.org/blog/how-to-segment-local-search-analytics/
I hope it's helpful for you!
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