: Google analytics set up with wrong domain I have recently embedded Google Analytics into a site using the default embed code. <script> (function (i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {
I have recently embedded Google Analytics into a site using the default embed code.
<script>
(function (i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {
i['GoogleAnalyticsObject'] = r; i[r] = i[r] || function () {
(i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)
}, i[r].l = 1 * new Date(); a = s.createElement(o),
m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0]; a.async = 1; a.src = g; m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)
})(window, document, 'script', '//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js', 'ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-1', 'MYDOMAIN.COM');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
However I had MYDOMAIN.COM set to an incorrect domain.
The views for the site seem very low, however, I can see myself there as a visitor in the real time scanner.
What effect would setting the domain incorrectly have had? How does Google use this parameter?
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Google analytics tries to set its cookies to the domain provided. If you get it wrong, the cookies won't stick. This will cause several problems:
each page view will be a new session
pages per session will be "1"
There will be no returning visitors
Real time scanner works in a different way from normal tracking, as in you still see real time visitors most of the time even when your tracking is mis-configured.
The setting in question allows you to track different domains (or domain and a subdomain) on one accounts. The effect of this is tracking not registering correctly for the domain you want to track.
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