{"id":34633,"date":"2018-12-04T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T10:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/?p=34633"},"modified":"2022-04-10T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T10:58:24","slug":"what-is-not-considered-a-source-in-google-analytics-by-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certificationanswers.com\/en\/what-is-not-considered-a-source-in-google-analytics-by-default\/","title":{"rendered":"What is not considered a \u201csource\u201d in Google Analytics by default?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is not considered a \u201csource\u201d in Google Analytics by default?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Email<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Google<\/li>\n<li>(direct)<\/li>\n<li>com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Explanation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cEmail\u201d is not considered as a source in Google Analytics. \u201cEmail\u201d comes under the \u201cMedium\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In Google Analytics, \u201cSource\u201d is the origin of your traffic. For example,\u00a0 search engines, referral websites (domains). Note the difference between sources and mediums. Mediums are categories of the sources, for example, organic search (organic), cost-per-click paid search (cpc), web referral (referral).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So, in this case, email is not a source in Google Analytics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Analyzing your website traffic sources can help marketers understand how well campaigns are working and how\u00a0to\u00a0optimize\u00a0website content, advertising, and other marketing channels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Learn more on the official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google support<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is not considered a \u201csource\u201d in Google Analytics by default? &nbsp; Email Google (direct) com &nbsp; Explanation: &nbsp; \u201cEmail\u201d is not considered as a source in Google Analytics. \u201cEmail\u201d comes under the \u201cMedium\u201d. In Google Analytics, \u201cSource\u201d is the origin of your traffic. For example,\u00a0 search engines, referral websites (domains). 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