How is a visit treated in Google Analytics when you move across synced devices? As a new visit or is the cookie shared, keeping the session alive?
For example, Chrome's tab syncing feature or iCloud Tabs ...
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Sign up to join this communityHow is a visit treated in Google Analytics when you move across synced devices? As a new visit or is the cookie shared, keeping the session alive?
For example, Chrome's tab syncing feature or iCloud Tabs ...
By default, I believe Google Analytics' cookie configuration would track each visit on each device, from the same user, as separate visits but with a few modifications to your tracking code, you can effectively measure cross-device...
Add an if
statement to check if current visitor is authenticated (like below).
{Edit: It appears I cannot add code in the same way you can on SO so please refer to the link below.}
You can learn more on implementing this with the guide used as per above over at True Social Metrics.