Hi again James. So, just to keep you updated on your issue, I did a bit of digging around internally to see what can be done, and here's how we'll proceed here:
as soon as I have a second (today or tomorrow at the latest), I will create an Issue Tracker entry about your issue (and link it here), then, if you could post the code you use for your users to log in, we'll try to reproduce the referral behavior on our end and if we can reproduce, file this as a defect and start working on it. Sorry if it took a little while, since it touches both Analytics and App Engine, I had to make sure about the proper place for this to be handled. Is that okay with you? (in any case, expect another message on this thread within 24 hours, where I will let you know of the link to the issue I've created for you). Cheers! On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 2:39:02 PM UTC-4, Patrice (Cloud Platform Support) wrote: > > Well by no means will we let you alone here :). It's just that if you had > that avenue of discussion as a possibility it would have helped. > > I'll try to dig in on my end to understand what exactly causes that and > what can be done about it. I should be able to let you know what I find > within the next couple of days. > > Cheers! > > On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 4:52:03 AM UTC-4, James Foster wrote: >> >> I don't have a Google Analytics Premium account. Is there any other way >> forward? >> >> >> On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 4:23:22 AM UTC+10, Patrice (Cloud Platform >> Support) wrote: >>> >>> Hi James, >>> >>> Thank you for your clarification, it does highlight what your issue is. >>> >>> Do you have a Google Analytics premium account? Because if you do, I >>> would suggest you go through them. I see this being a feature Request (ie >>> "make page referral a repeating attribute" or "make Adwords have precedence >>> over appengine.google.com/referra| >>> <http://appengine.google.com/referra%7C>"). They might already be aware >>> of the situation and have a workaround for it! >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 12:35:24 AM UTC-4, James Foster wrote: >>>> >>>> Google Analytics tracks a single referring page for each session. I'm >>>> not 100% sure why a visitor logging in causes a new session in Google >>>> Analytics, but I suspect seeing a new referring page is what causes it. >>>> (eg. it looks like the user came from an external site) >>>> >>>> I can't add an "OR" clause in checks for Adwords because visitors who >>>> don't come from Adwords go through the same login flow. >>>> >>>> I'm using Google Analytics to measure the results from Adwords. The >>>> problem is that since Google Analytics tracks a single referrer for each >>>> session and the appengine.google.com referral comes after the Adwords >>>> referral, any conversions (from Adwords or other source/medium >>>> combinations) are being attributed as appengine.google.com/referral in >>>> Google Analytics. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 1:45:08 AM UTC+10, Patrice (Cloud Platform >>>> Support) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi James, >>>>> >>>>> Not being familiar with the AdWords part of it, I'm not entirely clear >>>>> on why this stops you. Can't you simply add an "OR" clause in your checks >>>>> for Adwords, adding "appengine.google.com" as a referral? >>>>> >>>>> Basically, what do you use to measure results from AdWords and why >>>>> having the referral breaks this? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 11:18:48 PM UTC-4, James Foster wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm wondering whether anyone else is running into this and whether >>>>>> there is a workaround. >>>>>> >>>>>> My site sends users through Google login using users.create_login_url >>>>>> <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/users/functions#create_login_url> >>>>>> when >>>>>> they opt to sign in. At that point, Google Analytics seems to tag the >>>>>> session as a referral from appengine.google.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> It's particularly disruptive, as it hinders my ability to measure >>>>>> results from AdWords. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is anyone else encountering this, or is it something unusual about my >>>>>> setup? Has anyone managed to work around or resolve this? >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/a91caae9-b7da-4b18-bb15-cc603ba48333%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
