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><channel><title>Clickr Media &#187; Web Analytics &#8211; Category</title> <atom:link href="http://www.clickrmedia.com/blog/category/web-analytics/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.clickrmedia.com</link> <description>An Internet marketing consultancy in Singapore for pay-per-click marketing, search engine optimisation, social media marketing, email marketing and advanced web analytics.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:44:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Google Analytics Showing Google as Referral Instead of Organic?</title><link>http://www.clickrmedia.com/blog/google-analytics-showing-google-as-referral-instead-of-organic-460</link> <comments>http://www.clickrmedia.com/blog/google-analytics-showing-google-as-referral-instead-of-organic-460#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Derick Ng</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Web Analytics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google analytics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.clickrmedia.com/?p=460</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some time this week, a visitor asks via our live chat software why is Google Analytics showing &#8220;google.com.sg / referral&#8221; instead of &#8220;google / organic&#8221;. I explained that Google Analytics, by default, treats visits coming from any referring sites with domain name containing &#8220;google&#8221; and query string containing &#8220;q&#8221; will get attributed as an organic [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some time this week, a visitor asks via our live chat software why is Google Analytics showing &#8220;google.com.sg / referral&#8221; instead of &#8220;google / organic&#8221;. I explained that Google Analytics, by default, treats visits coming from any referring sites with <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name">domain name</a> containing &#8220;google&#8221; and <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string">query string</a> containing &#8220;q&#8221; will get attributed as an organic search visit coming via Google. Thereafter, he/she asked for examples where it will be referral rather than organic but before I got to answer, he/she left the chat. So here is how you can find them if you are reading. <img
src='http://www.clickrmedia.com/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>In Google Analytics, go to &#8220;Traffic Sources&#8221; &gt; &#8220;All Traffic Sources&#8221; and if you filter by &#8220;google&#8221;, you may notice a variety of referrals from Google.</p><div
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class="size-full wp-image-473" title="Google Analytics: Traffic Sources Filtered By &quot;google&quot;" src="http://www.clickrmedia.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google-analytics-traffic-sources-filtered-google.png" alt="Google Analytics showing all traffic sources filtered by &quot;google&quot;" width="500" height="350" /><p
class="wp-caption-text">Google Analytics showing all traffic sources filtered by &quot;google&quot;</p></div><p>Now, to know how &#8220;google.com&#8221; is sending you referrals, go to &#8220;Traffic Sources&#8221; &gt; &#8220;Referring Sites&#8221; and filter by &#8220;google&#8221;. You will see a list of Google domain names similar to the previous screen.</p><div
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class="size-full wp-image-472" title="Google Analytics: Referring Sites Filtered By &quot;google&quot;" src="http://www.clickrmedia.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google-analytics-referring-sites-filtered-google.png" alt="Google Analytics showing referring sites filtered by &quot;google&quot;" width="500" height="350" /><p
class="wp-caption-text">Google Analytics showing referring sites filtered by &quot;google&quot;</p></div><p>Finally, just click on &#8220;google.com&#8221; and you should be able to see the referral paths.</p><div
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class="size-full wp-image-471" title="Google Analytics: Referral Paths From &quot;google.com&quot;" src="http://www.clickrmedia.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/google-analtyics-referral-paths-google.com.png" alt="Google Analytics showing referral paths from &quot;google.com&quot;" width="500" height="260" /><p
class="wp-caption-text">Google Analytics showing referral paths from &quot;google.com&quot;</p></div><p>So, yes. Google can send you non-organic traffic from its other web properties like the <a
href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a> or <a
href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/">Google Bookmarks</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.clickrmedia.com/blog/google-analytics-showing-google-as-referral-instead-of-organic-460/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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