Tracking API: Search Engines and Referrers
This reference describes the methods that you use for customizing search engines and referral traffic in Google Analytics reporting.
GATC Search Engine/Referrers Methods
Method Details
_addIgnoredOrganic()
_addIgnoredOrganic(newIgnoredOrganicKeyword)
Sets the string as ignored term(s) for Keywords reports.
Use this to configure Google Analytics to treat certain
search terms as direct traffic, such as when users enter
your domain name as a search term. When you set keywords
using this method, the search terms are still included
in your overall page view counts, but not included as
elements in the Keywords reports.
pageTracker._addIgnoredOrganic("www.mydomainname.com");
parameters
String newIgnoredOrganicKeyword Keyword search terms to treat as direct traffic.
_addIgnoredRef()
_addIgnoredRef(newIgnoredReferrer)
Excludes a source as a referring site. Use this
option when you want to set certain referring links
as direct traffic, rather than as referring sites. For example,
your company might own another domain that you want to track
as direct traffic so that it does not show up on the "Referring
Sites" reports. Requests from excluded referrals are still counted
in your overall page view count.
pageTracker._addIgnoredRef("www.sister-site.com");
parameters
String newIgnoredReferrer Referring site to exclude.
_addOrganic()
_addOrganic(newOrganicEngine, newOrganicKeyword, opt_prepend)
Adds a search engine to be included as a potential search engine
traffic source. By default, Google Analytics recognizes a
number of common search engines, but you can add additional
search engine sources to the list.
parameters
String newOrganicEngine Engine for new organic source.
String newOrganicKeyword Keyword name for new organic source.
boolean opt_prepend If true prepends the new engine to the beginning of the organic source list. If false adds the new engine to the end of the list. This parameter's default value is set to false.
_clearIgnoredOrganic()
Clears all strings previously set for exclusion from
the Keyword reports.
_clearIgnoredRef()
Clears all items previously set for exclusion
from the Referring Sites report.
_clearOrganic()
Clears all search engines as organic sources. Use this method when you
want to define a customized search engine ordering precedence.
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