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No Social Sources in Google Analytics - what am I doing wrong?
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Hello Everyone,
I'm having a strange issue: I DO NOT have in my Google Analytics the "Social" tab under the Traffic Sources category.
Look at the first image of this post: http://marketingland.com/google-analytics-social-reports-8138
How do you "get" that to show?
Hope somebody has this issue and can help,
Thanks a lot,
Alex
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Thanks for your replies - all of you - it looks like i didnt read well enough:
"No setup is required to track Google +1 interactions that occur on your site. However, to track interactions with non-Google interactions, you will need to modify your tracking code."
To me, this means that G+1 will be tracked automatically HOWEVER if you want to track NON Google products (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc) you'll need to modify the tracking code, meaning that you probably need to add a tracking code to every non google button:
_gaq.push(['_trackSocial', network, socialAction, opt_target, opt_pagePath]); Thanks again, Alex
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Hi Jeff - yeah Google+ is automatically integrated - another obvious question is do you both have +1s from users being reported in Google - because if you don't then you may need to update to the latest tracking code if you haven't already, as this is a potential issue..
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Good point, Matt. I'm not using the social tracking plugin as of yet. From what I understand, Google+ is automatically integrated without further code needed?
If that's the case, I would assume you'd be able to see the Social tab with G+ data integrated?
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Hi - reading the article the impression I get is that you still need to have modified your existing tracking code to be able to use this feature when the tab does appear on your report. Are either of you already using the social tracking plugin?
http://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1316556
Sorry if its obvious and you are but thought I would check..
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In the 4th paragraph of the article you link to, it says "Some may see them today, and they should roll out to all users in the coming weeks."
The tab does not yet show up in my Analytics page either, so I'd hang tight for a few more weeks.
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