GA snippets for subdomains and best tracking in MOZ

[LisaBOS]

Hey there,

I have a blog running at blog.URL.com.  I need to add Google Analytics and I want to track the value of this subdomain as separate from the main URL.

Can I do that? If I do a unique snippet in the header of the blog is that the right way to go?  The main site is on an antiquated CMS system and will be converted over the next few months to a full on WP site, does that change anything long-term?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers,

Lisa

[DanaJohnston]

Hi Lisa, 
you can add Google Analytics to track the value of the subdomain as seperate from the main. You would need to create a new property in Google Analytics and then place the snippet into each page of your blog site, making sure to not include the one from URL.com.

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/gaTrackingSite?hl=en

Hope that helps!
Good Luck!

Dana

[LisaBOS]

Thanks so much Dana, that's exactly what I needed. L--

[danwebman]

Another option is add a custom variable in Google Analytics and add the snippet to your pages:

ga('send', 'pageview', { 'dimension1': dimension2 });

'dimension1' is the variable which has been setup

dimension2 is the passing variable i.e. 'Blog'

Hope this also helps, the normal GA code will also need to be included, however this will segregate the blog traffic, but include the traffic in your overall view.

It all depends on how you want to view the traffic on the sites.

I also use this method to segregate product groups.