Comments on: Cleanup your URLs with Search and Replace Filters http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/ Ambient and Transparent Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Allaedin Ezzedin http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-6715 Allaedin Ezzedin Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:42:04 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-6715 Hi Hyderali, Please provide few samples of the current URLs and how you want to see the URL in GA. Hi Hyderali,
Please provide few samples of the current URLs and how you want to see the URL in GA.

]]> By: hyderali http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-6712 hyderali Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:14:21 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-6712 Hello Sir, One of my client ecommerce site have dynamic URLs. Wanted to know how to replace that. Appreciate if you can guide whether I'm doing it right or wrong. Main Category - /Products/ProductList.aspx?103=57 I changed it to - ^/Products/ProductList\.aspx\?103=57.* I done that through the post here http://www.blueglass.com/blog/regex-as-seen-out-in-the-wild/ Please let me know if I'm doing it right or wrong. Also, please guide me on how to do it for sub-category & product detail pages. Product Detail Page URL - /Products/ProductDetail.aspx?productid=61962 Thanks a lot sir for this awesome post. Hello Sir,

One of my client ecommerce site have dynamic URLs. Wanted to know how to replace that. Appreciate if you can guide whether I’m doing it right or wrong.

Main Category – /Products/ProductList.aspx?103=57
I changed it to – ^/Products/ProductList\.aspx\?103=57.*
I done that through the post here http://www.blueglass.com/blog/regex-as-seen-out-in-the-wild/
Please let me know if I’m doing it right or wrong. Also, please guide me on how to do it for sub-category & product detail pages.

Product Detail Page URL – /Products/ProductDetail.aspx?productid=61962

Thanks a lot sir for this awesome post.

]]> By: Susan http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-5125 Susan Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:30:43 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-5125 Thank you for this. Is the Search & Replace filter supposed to actually replace the existing data or just start displaying the updated URL from the day the filter is put in place? Mine is displaying the new URL instead of replacing the old one, so now I have data in two places. Thank you for this. Is the Search & Replace filter supposed to actually replace the existing data or just start displaying the updated URL from the day the filter is put in place? Mine is displaying the new URL instead of replacing the old one, so now I have data in two places.

]]> By: Allaedin Ezzedin http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-3002 Allaedin Ezzedin Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:35:47 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-3002 Hi Antonio, Google UTMs [utm_source, utm_medium,...] should not be added to your sites' pages. UTMs are used for external tagging. If you have a link to your site from an email campaign and that link has all UTMs attached to it, Google Analytics will not report these utms regardless if you have the above search/replace filters applied or not. Hi Antonio,

Google UTMs [utm_source, utm_medium,...] should not be added to your sites’ pages. UTMs are used for external tagging.

If you have a link to your site from an email campaign and that link has all UTMs attached to it, Google Analytics will not report these utms regardless if you have the above search/replace filters applied or not.

]]> By: Antonio http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-3000 Antonio Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:40:51 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-3000 What would happen to the utm codes if you search and replace them? Say I have a default.aspx page and I also have hundreds of entries like default.aspx?utm_campaign=blah etc etc. Will the tracking still display in the reports for those campaigns. In other words is it logged before of after the URI string re-write? What would happen to the utm codes if you search and replace them?

Say I have a default.aspx page and I also have hundreds of entries like default.aspx?utm_campaign=blah etc etc.

Will the tracking still display in the reports for those campaigns.

In other words is it logged before of after the URI string re-write?

]]> By: Allaedin Ezzedin http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-2605 Allaedin Ezzedin Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:49:26 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-2605 Hi Alan, You are absolutely right. The search field is a regular expression and the replace field is any text that you wish to use to replace the original text. The screenshot is updated now. Thank you, Hi Alan,

You are absolutely right. The search field is a regular expression and the replace field is any text that you wish to use to replace the original text.

The screenshot is updated now.

Thank you,

]]> By: Rehan Asif http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Rehan Asif Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:51:53 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-2604 Hi Alan, You are right. I'll get the post's author to update the screenshots. Hi Alan,

You are right. I’ll get the post’s author to update the screenshots.

]]> By: Alan Chandler http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-2603 Alan Chandler Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:38:53 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-2603 I am puzzled by your use of ? in ?DepartmentID=33. Isn't the ? a regular expression character that needs to be escaped? I am puzzled by your use of ? in ?DepartmentID=33. Isn’t the ? a regular expression character that needs to be escaped?

]]> By: Rehan Asif http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-2588 Rehan Asif Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:35:23 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-2588 Hi Angela, GA will only replace that segment of the URI. If you wanted to replace the whole URI, you would have to use an Advanced filter. Hi Angela,

GA will only replace that segment of the URI.
If you wanted to replace the whole URI, you would have to use an Advanced filter.

]]> By: Angela http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-2587 Angela Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:13:22 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-2587 Nice post. So if the filter string represents only a portion of the URI, will GA only replace that segment of the URI or replace the whole URI given there are no other filters? Nice post. So if the filter string represents only a portion of the URI, will GA only replace that segment of the URI or replace the whole URI given there are no other filters?

]]> By: Yomna Omar http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/cleanup-your-urls-with-search-and-replace-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Yomna Omar Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:34:04 +0000 http://www.e-nor.com/blog/?p=326#comment-2575 Good job! Simple, and into the point... i liked it. Good job!

Simple, and into the point… i liked it.

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