Media Tracking of PDF files in Google Analytics

  • Resolved kokoruz

    (@kokoruz)


    2 years, 1 month ago

    I am using redirection to create custom urls that link to PDF files in the media folder

    ^/locations/erik-mouse/line-card
    redirects to

    /wp-content/uploads/Erik-Mouse.pdf?utm_medium=redirect&utm_source=line-card

    But I can’t figure out why my redirects are not showing up in Google. It should show up as direct traffic since its not a click event but I can’t find anything.

    Can someone explain what I need to do to track these redirects in Google Analytics.

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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    Show up how in Google? Will Google follow the link?

    Thread Starter kokoruz

    (@kokoruz)

    I’m sorry, that post is missing the word Analytics. It should have said “why my redirects are not showing up in Google.?Analytics”

    Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    Adding parameters to a URL doesn’t automatically mean that Google will pick it up. I believe this needs the GA script to run on the page. This is not something you can do on a PDF

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