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Can Google Analytics track subdomains?
The Google Developer site for Google Analytics has very few references to subdomains. A search for “subdomains” points you to documentation for cross-domain tracking, and cookie domains. When using automatic cookie domain configuration, your users will be tracked across subdomains without any extra configuration.
What is referral exclusion list Google Analytics?
A referral exclusion list is the list of domains whose incoming traffic is treated as direct traffic (instead of referral traffic) by Google Analytics. Direct traffic is a Google Analytics session (or visit) which starts without a referrer being passed by a user’s web browser.
How to set up filter in Google Analytics to track subdomains?
How to Set Up a Filter in Google Analytics to Track Subdomains Step 1: Make sure Google Analytics is set up on your subdomain and that both domains are using the same UA code Step 2: Create a new view in Google Analytics Step 3: Click on the new view you created for the subdomain and apply a custom filter
What happens when you edit a filter in Google Analytics?
Filters are account-level objects. If you edit a filter at the view level, you are also changing the filter at the account level, and any other views that use the filter are also affected by the change. If you want to customize a single instance of an existing filter used by multiple views, create a new filter and apply it to that single view.
How to exclude and include traffic in Google Analytics?
Exclude/Include only traffic to the hostname: use this filter to exclude/include only traffic to a particular hostname (such as sales.example.com or support.example.com). Exclude: This type of filter excludes log file lines (hits) that match the Filter Pattern.
What do you need to know about filters in Google?
Use filters to limit or modify the data in a view. For example, you can use filters to exclude traffic from particular IP addresses, include only data from specific subdomains or directories, or convert dynamic page URLs to readable text strings. You need Edit permission at the account level to manage filters.