Received Tons of Traffic From Facebook..But from where?
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I checked my GA account today and noticed that I had a ton of traffic from Facebook to a specific blog article on my site.
I tried to look into it, but I can't seem to find exactly where it's coming from.
Is there anyway I can figure this out? It's been bugging me all day.
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Hi Robert,
thx - I try my best -
Harald,
I am going to climb on a soapbox here: Anyone who read this answer and did not thumb it up...aaarrrggghhhhh!Excellent, enlightening, well sourced, hell - Groovy. Kevin, please give it a good answer.
Thanks for teaching me.
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Hi Kevin, First of all congratulations for the ton of traffic from Facebook to your blog article on your website. I'm referring you a link which solves your problem that where the eactly the traffic coming from:
http://webservices.ahc.ufl.edu/2011/12/22/google-analytics-and-social-interaction-part-ii/
&
http://www.webbedmarketing.com/how-to-use-the-google-analytics-url-builder/
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