Google Analytics Event Tracking (with GTM) displays impossible target URLs as event clicks
We are tracking events through the google analytics event tracking implemented with google tag manager.
We set up to track all link clicks and it was working fine. No we implemented our system at a new company and we receive weird URLs as link clicks.
The company is using a separate part of our website: e.g. "www.company.leon.com" and there is no button or link in that website directing a user to our main website "www.leon.com". Anyway our analytics shows impossible "eventlabels" within the event tracking area in google analytics, like:
Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"
But the only way people could navigate from the one website to the other is to insert the URL Link directly into the URL bar...
How can this happen?
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We are tracking events through the google analytics event tracking implemented with google tag manager.
We set up to track all link clicks and it was working fine. No we implemented our system at a new company and we receive weird URLs as link clicks.
The company is using a separate part of our website: e.g. "www.company.leon.com" and there is no button or link in that website directing a user to our main website "www.leon.com". Anyway our analytics shows impossible "eventlabels" within the event tracking area in google analytics, like:
Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"
But the only way people could navigate from the one website to the other is to insert the URL Link directly into the URL bar...
How can this happen?
javascript url
google-analytics google-tag-manager event-tracking edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
What values do you send in event category, action and label? "Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"" - it's not clear.
– Ms. Easy
Nov 14 at 20:24
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We are tracking events through the google analytics event tracking implemented with google tag manager.
We set up to track all link clicks and it was working fine. No we implemented our system at a new company and we receive weird URLs as link clicks.
The company is using a separate part of our website: e.g. "www.company.leon.com" and there is no button or link in that website directing a user to our main website "www.leon.com". Anyway our analytics shows impossible "eventlabels" within the event tracking area in google analytics, like:
Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"
But the only way people could navigate from the one website to the other is to insert the URL Link directly into the URL bar...
How can this happen?
javascript url
google-analytics google-tag-manager event-tracking edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
We are tracking events through the google analytics event tracking implemented with google tag manager.
We set up to track all link clicks and it was working fine. No we implemented our system at a new company and we receive weird URLs as link clicks.
The company is using a separate part of our website: e.g. "www.company.leon.com" and there is no button or link in that website directing a user to our main website "www.leon.com". Anyway our analytics shows impossible "eventlabels" within the event tracking area in google analytics, like:
Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"
But the only way people could navigate from the one website to the other is to insert the URL Link directly into the URL bar...
How can this happen?
javascript url
google-analytics google-tag-manager event-tracking javascript url
google-analytics google-tag-manager event-tracking edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
edited Nov 13 at 14:30
JBL
9,70333667
9,70333667
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
asked Nov 13 at 14:24
Leon von Humboldt
1
1
What values do you send in event category, action and label? "Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"" - it's not clear.
– Ms. Easy
Nov 14 at 20:24
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What values do you send in event category, action and label? "Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"" - it's not clear.
– Ms. Easy
Nov 14 at 20:24
What values do you send in event category, action and label? "Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"" - it's not clear.
– Ms. Easy
Nov 14 at 20:24
What values do you send in event category, action and label? "Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"" - it's not clear.
– Ms. Easy
Nov 14 at 20:24
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What values do you send in event category, action and label? "Source: "/company.leon.com" Target: "/leon.com"" - it's not clear.
– Ms. Easy
Nov 14 at 20:24