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How to change domains in Google Analytics without losing the data
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Hi there,
We recently changed our domain from .COM to .NET so that all our subdomains from external pages matched. Right now in Google Console we have our new .NET website being tracked, but in GA we are still tracking .COM. It is also causing issues with MOZ crawling our site because of the .COM/.NET discrepancy.
My question is what is the best way to change our Google Analytics from .COM to .NET without losing historical data and what considerations do we need to change before implementing this?
Our team was concerned that just downloading the old data would be too vast and it we wouldn't be able to continue manipulating it dynamically in GA.
Thanks!!
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Seconding what Peter has already answered here. I have completed a domain name migration, and kept the same GA account, property, and view throughout. As Peter wrote, all sites with the tracking code will send data to your GA property, unless you have a hostname filter applied (if you do, just edit it to allow both values through). The setting within GA mostly just allows you to click on page paths to open the live pages, by prefixing with the hostname and protocol.
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Hello there!
In GA you tracks site by "code ID". So any site that have code will be tracked.
Few months ago i migrate site from XYZ.machine to XYZmachine.com without changing GA code. And GA still collecting data for sites without changing code at all.
Peter
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Hi cPanel,
You should be able to simply change the property name and URL in GA for this. You'll find basic instructions from Google here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3467852?hl=en
You should be able to use this interface to update the property name and default URL for your property, keep the same tracking code in-place along with all of your historical data.
Best,
Mike
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