UTMZ not provided keywords
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Hi everyone. We have implemented the new google ad tracking code and realized that on paid keywords we get the keyword in our UTMZ tracking cookie. However, if someone just searches a term we are not paying for we get "not provided" in the cookie. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue so we can track our keywords?
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Google has stopped passing the search query in UTM Codes. It's a new development that you can read about here.
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Some browsers have taken to searching using SSL to protect the user as default and this is stopping keywords being tracked back to Google Analytics. All you can do is best guess by looking at where the Not Provided results are landing.
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