Google Places / Google Analytics

[Aaronetics]

I apologize first if this comes across as extremely novice, but I realized I really didn't know the answer and so - here I am.

Is anyone familiar with tracking google place traffic in google analytics? Is it possible? I'd love to know how many of our visitors are coming from our google place listings (we have several locations throughout the state.)

Much gratitude in advance

~ Alicia

[Thos003]

Great Question Alicia,

From what I can tell, Google anaylitcs does not make this very clear. There are results from maps.google.com but that is not going to be the same as from a click through on your places when found in the search. Results from maps.google.com come from clicks on your link if they are on your actual place page or on a Google map.

Outside of anaylitcs, I've noticed some unique data in the actual query strings that come across but nothing concrete. For most search queries Google will only give a site a place page if you are on the first page. It's rare to see a place page and an organic listing in the blended results.

You could try putting in a tracking URL for your place page, but this may negatively effect your place rank. Maybe if someone would set up fake sting page we could figure this out.... Let me get back to you on this one.

[Aaronetics]

Thank you so much for your input! I hope this evolves into more conversation - I think it could be helpful! I'm also identifying what traffic is coming from YouTube, which is a bit easier due to the stats and info available at YouTube, but the information just doesn't seem to be as accessible from the location pages.

Cheers,

Alicia