Parameters when deciding how to set up cross domain analytics?
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Hi,
I am planning on setting up cross domain analytics for my website. I have found lots of sources about the code to use, but haven't been able to find something about what parameters to consider.
Would appreciate my fellow mozzers helping me to put together a list of all the variations of elements I may want to track to ensure I am setting it up correctly.
Thanks!
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Hi Sara,
The most important thing you need to ad the GA code is:
_setDomainName
and you reference the root domain for example
hope it helps
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