Comments on: Google Analytics: Does 301/302 Redirect Preserve Referrer Information? http://www.dannytalk.com/2009/03/15/google-analytics-does-301302-redirect-preserve-referrer-information/ Danny Ng blogs about SEO, Web Development, Christianity, and Life in General Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: danny http://www.dannytalk.com/2009/03/15/google-analytics-does-301302-redirect-preserve-referrer-information/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 danny Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:49:41 +0000 http://www.dannytalk.com/?p=456#comment-1025 If you actually followed the tsw0.com link, you'll see the URL redirects to the net-a-porter.com. Google Analytics doesn't capture the 301 referrer as the actual referrer. Instead it captures the original referrer that went to the 301 redirect URL. Original referrer -> 301 referrer -> Landing page. If you actually followed the tsw0.com link, you’ll see the URL redirects to the net-a-porter.com. Google Analytics doesn’t capture the 301 referrer as the actual referrer. Instead it captures the original referrer that went to the 301 redirect URL.

Original referrer -> 301 referrer -> Landing page.

]]> By: Mark, Digital Media Monkey http://www.dannytalk.com/2009/03/15/google-analytics-does-301302-redirect-preserve-referrer-information/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Mark, Digital Media Monkey Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:34:32 +0000 http://www.dannytalk.com/?p=456#comment-1024 So which page had a 301 redirect, this doesn't really answer the question posed? If I have a non-indexed page (used solely as a landing page for advertising) which uses a 301 redirect, will Google Analytics see the referrer information when the redirected page loads? So which page had a 301 redirect, this doesn’t really answer the question posed? If I have a non-indexed page (used solely as a landing page for advertising) which uses a 301 redirect, will Google Analytics see the referrer information when the redirected page loads?

]]> By: Marco http://www.dannytalk.com/2009/03/15/google-analytics-does-301302-redirect-preserve-referrer-information/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Marco Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:03:56 +0000 http://www.dannytalk.com/?p=456#comment-1015 So bottomline, referer information is available when doing a 301? So bottomline, referer information is available when doing a 301?

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