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/** | |
* To answer @AnnieCushing's question on Twitter: | |
* https://twitter.com/AnnieCushing/status/806518054368739329 | |
* | |
* Author: Chris Le - @iamchrisle | |
* | |
* There's a few ways to do this. | |
* - Like @SimoAhava suggested, server redirects that strips parameters if you | |
* have the ability to control the server. | |
* | |
* Here's a JavaScript / GTM solution if you only have the ability to change | |
* the code on the pages: Use the DataLayer to hold either the | |
* UTM campaigns if the referrer is or is not "primarydomain.com". | |
* | |
* This code would go on every page near the GTM tag. | |
* | |
* Technically speaking if you have nothing but access to GTM and GA, you could | |
* also sneak this code into a custom HTML tag. | |
* | |
* So.. this would go into the page... | |
*/ | |
(function() { | |
var getParameterByName = function(name, url) { | |
if (!url) { | |
url = window.location.href; | |
} | |
name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&"); | |
var regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)"), | |
results = regex.exec(url); | |
if (!results) return null; | |
if (!results[2]) return ''; | |
return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " ")); | |
} | |
if (document.referrer.indexOf('primarydomain.com') == -1) { | |
window['dataLayer'].push({ | |
utmVariables: { | |
campaignSource: getParameterByName('utm_source'), | |
campaignCampaign: getParameterByName('utm_campaign'), | |
campaignMedium: getParameterByName('utm_medium'), | |
campaignTerm: getParameterByName('utm_term'), | |
campaignContent: getParameterByName('utm_content') | |
} | |
}); | |
} else { | |
window['dataLayer'].push({ | |
utmVariables: { | |
campaignSource: '', | |
campaignCampaign: '', | |
campaignMedium: '', | |
campaignTerm: '', | |
campaignContent: '' | |
} | |
}); | |
} | |
})(); | |
////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
/** | |
* Then in GTM create a few dataLayer variables that pulls that stuff. | |
* | |
* One variable named "UTM Source" | |
* Data Layer variable name: "utmVariables.campaignSource" | |
* Data Layer version: 2 | |
* | |
* One variable named "UTM Campaign" | |
* Data Layer variable name: "utmVariables.campaignName" | |
* Data Layer version: 2 | |
* | |
* ... and so on for all 5 variables. | |
*/ | |
/** | |
* Finally, in your Google Analytics tag, under "more settings", "fields to set" | |
* add them: | |
* | |
* +-----------------+--------------------+ | |
* | Field name | Value | | |
* +-----------------+--------------------+ | |
* | campaignSource | {{ UTM Source }} | | |
* | campaignName | {{ UTM Campaign }} | | |
* | ..... so on. | | | |
* +-----------------+--------------------+ | |
*/ |
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