Tracking Clicks on a Global Header Across Multiple Sites
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Hey All,
A particular client has multiple websites and we're planning on implementing a global header across 15+ sites. I've been looking for a way to track the clicks on this global header across all sites (that is that they are summed up), what's the best way to go about this if I am using Google Analytics (I know Adobe site catalyst could do this no problem with some advanced tweaking), any ideas?
I could do the general click tracking route and tag every link but that will only help me if I do that for each site (that being said, if the global header for all sites pulls from a single HTML, then tagging it would technically count all the clicks from all the sites, the only caveat being that I'd have to pick which Google analytics profile I'd want to track the header with). Thoughts?
Thanks!
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Hi Evans!
If the global header links are just loaded as an include to all the different websites, then it should probably not be a problem with tagging up the links once, and then the data would just flow into the account for the website being displayed.
Have you considered tracking clicks on these as events? Taht would also make it possible to have some sort of generic tracking that could be similar across all the sites.
Best regards,Anders
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Close, a property can also be part of a Google Analytics account. But you gave the answer. Then in that case it makes it more difficult as the idea I had before.
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No they won't be on the same properties since each is an individual domain (each domain has a separate owner of the Google analytics as well).
I'm assuming that by property you mean each individual URL and by account you mean the organizational layer that Google uses (http://chrisburbridge.com/google-analytics-understanding-accounts-vs-properties-vs-profiles/).
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Question: will they be on the same Google Analytics property (note, property is not account)?
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