Why can't I change the domain being tracked in my campaign?
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Apologies if this has already been answered a million times and/or if I'm posting this in the wrong place... I did look, but couldn't find the answer anywhere...
I just realized that all this time I have been tracking www.mydomain.com in my campaign for a long time now, while I should probably have been tracking *.mydomain.com. I wanted to change this, but it looks like I can't. If I have to set up a whole new campaign, with all of the same keywords, competitive sites to track, etc., that will take forever.
Why can't I just change it so that my campaign starts tracking *.mydomain.com instead of www.mydomain.com from now on?
Thank you!
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Why can't I change the domain being tracked in my campaign?
There are issues due to the campaign tracking historical information. In order to change the domain, you need to create a new campaign. I had asked this same question previously and Megan provided the helpful response below:
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for writing in!
Unfortunately, the tool doesn't allow the domain of a campaign changed once it's setup.
It's limited in that way, because if the parameters of a campaign were constantly changing, it could make it extremely difficult to interpret historical data in terms of why progress was or wasn't made.
You'll need to set up a new campaign with the domain, but you can archive your current campaign so that you'll have all of the historical data for reference. Also, archiving doesn't take up a campaign slot.
I hope that helps!
Have a great day,
Megan
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