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		<title>Google Analytics Showing Google as Referral Instead of Organic?</title>
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		<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>

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		<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 id="attachment_473" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img 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 id="attachment_472" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img 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 id="attachment_471" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img 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>
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