: Use a GET variable to see a referrer in Google Analytics I have a system on my site that sends an email to a customer with a certain url in it (not a private url, just the info they've

@Lee4591628

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I have a system on my site that sends an email to a customer with a certain url in it (not a private url, just the info they've requested). The format of this url is just straight on:
www.mysite.com/the/requested/data

When the user clicks on this url, Google Analytics sees this as 'Direct' traffic. However, I also have a lot of 'real' direct traffic, users that just type the url, or use bookmarks, and I need to distinguish these 'mailed' users from the rest.

I was thinking about this:
www.mysite.com/the/requested/data?ref=mail

and then in the frontend (a Drupal 7 site), capture this GET variable ref, and if it is set to mail, then call the Javascript to trigger a Google Analytics Event.

Is this the only way to go about? Or are there other/better ways?
Thanks for the input!

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