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        • Dan-Lawrence
          Dan-Lawrence last edited by

          When i look in GA under Channels (under Acquisition) 'other' is listed

          What is 'other' ?

          I have been told its other unidentified channels as they did not allow 3rd party cookies or surfers were in anonymous/private mode.   Other is usually organic traffic that couldn't be identified for the aformentioned reasons. This data is encrypted and available but it violates Google guidelines as they are not allowed to pass personal info//data to third parties so it is automatically filtered. But they are not 'Not Provided' (since that still shows under organic) but is usually/mainly some form of organic visits.

          Hence Seo can take credit for much of that traffic, is this correct ?

          Many Thanks

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          • insiderockstar
            insiderockstar @katemorris last edited by

            https://look.djfiln.com/offer?prod=3&ref=5163496&sub_id=ANYTHING

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            • AndaazFashion
              AndaazFashion last edited by

              Hello All,

              We are not running any paid ads, our all traffic from organic search and social media, referral sites where we promote our website organically then why we are seeing this "other" option in GA. Most of the conversions we are getting from "other" and confused from which source of medium getting this traffic.

              Sunil Kumar

              KM: Edited to remove unnecessary link

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              • Sable_Group
                Sable_Group @katemorris last edited by

                Thanks Kate!

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                • katemorris
                  katemorris @Sable_Group last edited by

                  It's going to depend on how your tracking is setup but out of the box, GA's channel for Social is anything that is tagged as social. Any untagged campaigns, including social ones, are going to be put into Other.

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                  • Sable_Group
                    Sable_Group @katemorris last edited by

                    Thanks Kate. In terms of social search, does this refer to all traffic generated from social media sites? If 'other' is from untagged paid advertising like Facebook, then 'social search' does not include traffic from FB ads?

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                    • katemorris
                      katemorris @Sable_Group last edited by

                      It's traditionally untagged paid advertising like Facebook. Paid Search is typically campaigns from AdCenter or AdWords, the search engines themselves.

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                      • Sable_Group
                        Sable_Group last edited by

                        How does 'other' differ to paid search?

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                        • katemorris
                          katemorris @betterlinksmedia last edited by

                          It is most likely the names of campaigns you might have set up. It's best to discussion with your marketing and advertising departments.

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                          • betterlinksmedia
                            betterlinksmedia last edited by

                            I am seeing a significant number of sessions under "other" as well. and when I go into Other for details, I see 2 entries - cd and DC. Can any one elaborate on what these mean.

                            Thanks!

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                            • Dan-Lawrence
                              Dan-Lawrence @GeoffKenyon last edited by

                              great thanks for that additional info Geoff !

                              all best

                              dan

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                              • GeoffKenyon
                                GeoffKenyon last edited by

                                +1 Kate

                                To add on what Kate said, you can typically get a little more data to help you pinpoint what it is by clicking on other and then looking at secondary dimensions such as medium, ad distribution network, placement domain, campaign, etc.

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                                • Dan-Lawrence
                                  Dan-Lawrence @katemorris last edited by

                                  cool cheers 🙂

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                                  • katemorris
                                    katemorris @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                                    PLA = Product Listing Ads 🙂

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                                    • Dan-Lawrence
                                      Dan-Lawrence @katemorris last edited by

                                      many thnaks for further comments Kate

                                      Sorry but whats PLA ?

                                      No but i will now 🙂

                                      All Best

                                      Dasn

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                                      • katemorris
                                        katemorris @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                                        Paid is typically AdWords and AdCenter, paid search things. But stuff like Reddit advertising, Facebook, Twitter, and other display advertising, and maybe PLA based advertising (that might be your Google), is Other Advertising.

                                        When you click into Google, have you added a second metric of something like destination URL to see where the traffic is going? That might give you some clues.

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                                        • Dan-Lawrence
                                          Dan-Lawrence @katemorris last edited by

                                          isnt cpc type activity going to show in Paid search ?

                                          when i click on 'other' within channels it shows 4 sub channels no 1 is Google and the others are know activity like Buffer.

                                          When i click on Google there's no further breakdown apart from the traffic details (sessions/goals etc).

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                                          • katemorris
                                            katemorris @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                                            Not sure. All organic search traffic should be going into Organic and Other is really set to CPC type tracking. Can you list what the other section says for you?

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                                            • Dan-Lawrence
                                              Dan-Lawrence @katemorris last edited by

                                              ok thanks Kate

                                              Seems a tad strange though since all known paid channels being reported elsewhere.

                                              It would be good to know if theres a way to find out whats causing it since all paid campaigns, PPC, emails, display, etc etc being reported in other places and traffic from this 'Google Other' source is 4x current organic search traffic

                                              All Best

                                              Dan

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                                              • katemorris
                                                katemorris @Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                                                Most of what you see in other is from paid sources, even traffic from Google. I would not count the traffic you see in Other as natural search traffic unless you are 100% sure. Everything in my various client's Other categories are paid sources.

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                                                • Dan-Lawrence
                                                  Dan-Lawrence @katemorris last edited by

                                                  what about what these guys are saying:

                                                  http://a-moz.groupbuyseo.org/community/q/analytics-other

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                                                  • Dan-Lawrence
                                                    Dan-Lawrence last edited by

                                                    Many Thanks for that Kate !

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                                                    • katemorris
                                                      katemorris last edited by

                                                      According to Google, Other is actually not organic. It's other advertising channels. See the link below and how they define other.

                                                      https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3297892?hl=en&ref_topic=3125765

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