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    • mchoi
      mchoi last edited by

      Hi All,

      I need a little bit of help. We need to optimize our blog's articles Meta titles for SEO which all exceed 100 characters. I was told that if we change the titles, google analytics would split the tracking pages and count the data as 2 pages (old title and new title).

      Has any of you have this experience before and if so, is there a way to avoid google analytics counting this as two pages?

      Thanks in advance!

      • Viviana

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      • mchoi
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        Hi Everyone,

        Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

        Viviana

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        • GlobeRunner
          GlobeRunner last edited by

          Giovatto is right, the only way it would have any effect on Google Analytics is if you're tracking those page titles. I usually recommend tracking the URL, and not the title tag in Google Analytics. If the pages are dynamic and the title tags change all the time depending on the user, that would be one way to track the title--but you should be doing it by the URL in most cases.

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          • Giovatto
            Giovatto last edited by

            This would affect your Google Analytics data if you regularly use the Page Title dimension when reporting. I would recommend making the necessary changes and reporting using the Page dimension (URL). This way, when you optimize your page title, the URL will remain the same and not be split in your report.

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