Timeline for Can I add utm tracking parameters to affiliate clicks via a cloaked link?
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| Jan 4, 2021 at 4:39 | vote | accept | marouane91 | ||
| Jan 4, 2021 at 4:39 | comment | added | marouane91 | Thank you very much. You made it clear for me, so utm is a no no inside the side, more useful when it comes to tracking alternative marketing channels. | |
| Jan 3, 2021 at 0:40 | comment | added | Bronwyn V | No, utm tags should not be used within a site. You can use utms on the external pointing links, but that isn't information that is going to help you with attribution etc within your GA reporting. | |
| Dec 24, 2020 at 5:13 | comment | added | marouane91 | Hmm, I see! Thank you for clarifying that. So they serve better for defining external channels of marketing. As for me, i intended to use them to know more about my onsite data. So i guess UTM is not optimal for within the site? | |
| Dec 22, 2020 at 11:18 | comment | added | Bronwyn V | UTMs would be added to your affiliate links say in emails to send ppl to your site, or if you were to share your affiliate links on social media, or some other external site to link back to your site. | |
| Dec 22, 2020 at 1:21 | comment | added | marouane91 | I don't have access to the google analytics tracking of the "companysite", only through their affiliate dashboard. So i guess it's not possible in that case? Only if i add UTM paramaters to my own cloacked links, ex: mysite.com/visit/company?utm_source Have i missed something? | |
| Dec 20, 2020 at 22:04 | history | answered | Bronwyn V | CC BY-SA 4.0 |