Keeping Google Analytics Data when Moving to Subdomain
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Hey All,
Against my objections a client has decided to move an existing site into a subdomain while putting up a new site on the main domain. My question revolves around Google Analytics, how do I make sure that I don't lose historical data on the domain before it moves to a subdomain? We're going to be doing a redesign of the old site and I need to keep the historical data so I can prioritize content.
What do I need to do? Or will Google analytics recognize the URL's and still attribute the data to those URL's or will I have a separate set of data based on the new URL (with the subdomain). Any insight would be appreciated!
Thanks!
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I would change the current Analytics profile to represent the subdomain. The create a new profile for the top level domain, assuming that it will be all new pages and URLs and content.
So, hopefully this visual makes a little sense:
Current Profile ----------> New Profile www.mydomain.com -----> sub.mydomain.com
N/A --------------------------> www.mydomain.com -
Your data won't just disappear, your main site will just stop showing new data if it becomes an inactive site. Here's the google documentation on how to make subdomain tracking work well.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite#multipleDomains
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