How to Track Traffic from Google Places Pages
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Hi,
Is there anything I need to do in Google Analytics to setup tracking for traffic coming to a site via it's Google Places page?
I can see some traffic from maps.google.com in the Traffic Sources > Referring Sites report, but it does not appear to marry up to the data reported in the Google Places dashboard.
Thanks
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Here is one possible way to handle the situation:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/tracking-traffic-from-google-places-in-google-analytics
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