Hi Kim, If I am reading your question correctly, just setting up an advanced/custom segment in Google Analytics that tracks traffic coming from fb and twitter should do the trick.
Create an advanced segment, name it and then set it to "include" "source" then use "Matching RegExp" and fill in the form with: facebook|m.facebook.com|hootsuite.com|ow.ly|t.co|tweetdeck|twitter (or whatever you want....that's just some of the sources I use...including ow.ly and hootsuite because we use hootsuite here at SI) You can then put that custom segment on your dashboard in a widget if you want. Or not. Hth, Keri Keri Thompson Head, Web Services Department Smithsonian Institution Libraries e. [email protected] t. 202.633.1716 @DigiKeri_SIL library.si.edu || blog.library.si.edu || biodiversitylibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Genny Engel Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Adding Twitter to Google Analytics You shouldn't have to do any setup for basic counts to show up. Traffic coming directly from Twitter or Facebook ought to be appearing under Traffic Sources -> Social -> Overview ________________________________________ From: Code for Libraries [[email protected]] on behalf of Kimberly Silk [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CODE4LIB] Adding Twitter to Google Analytics Hi Everyone, I am running a wordpress-powered web site and use Google Analytics to measure our traffic. I would like to set up Analytics so that it measures traffic coming from Twitter and Facebook. I see that Google Analytics can be set up to track social interactions, but I'm feeling overwhelmed by the instructions on how to set it up (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSocial?hl=en_GB). Have any of you successfully set this up? Care to share your tips? It would be wonderful if there was a simple edit to the WP code, or a plugin - am I dreaming? Many thanks, Kim --------------------------------------------------------- Kimberly Silk, MLS Data Librarian, Martin Prosperity Institute Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto 105 St. George Street, Suite 9000 Toronto, ON M5S 3E6 President, SLA Toronto Chapter Office: 416-946-7032 <-- New!!! Mobile: 416-721-8955 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> @kimberlysilk www.martinprosperity.org Twitter: @MartinProsperit
