Google Content Network Tracking

are filiters available?

[Boston_SEM]

I've had some great luck applying filters to Google Analytics to track hidden referrals and search network sources.

Stickey me if you are curious about this - I'd be happy to share if people want to know about these filters.

I've looked around a bit and can't seem to find anything similar for tracking the Content Network.

Anyone here have any tricks they want to share?

Thanks in advance from Boston!

[epistable]

Welcome to WebMasterWorld Boston_SEM!

So, what you're looking to do is definitely possible. Basically it involves creating a duplicate profile that only deals in cpc data, then applying a filter that glues the content of the referrer with the cpc source. If you do a Google search for:
google analytics content network filter
the second result is a blog from a Google Analytics partner that has screenshots and a complete explanation.

[Boston_SEM]

thanks a mil - very helpful.

Anyone crack the googlesyndication.com problem yet?

Oh yeah - for future readers - don't forget that while there may be a 48 hour delay, the Placement Performance Report from Google is another way to have a look.

[epistable]

Glad it was helpful. In terms of the googlesyndication.com problem, you really shouldn't be seeing it show up as a referrer as long as your campaigns are tagged properly (either with auto-tagging or manual tagging, but NOT both).

[Boston_SEM]

Ah - that would be a problem.

It would be real nice if I could do this on a per profile or campaign basis and I see it only is allowable at the account level.

This may be a call for needing a second account.