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txholdem

Elite Member

Feb 23, 2009

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• Jan 29, 2016

• #1

when people click my IG profile link, how does it show on google analytics?
is it 'direct'? or 'instagram.com/referal?'
for 4 months now, i only get 1 of the latter. but why would it be 'direct?'

 

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Unixx

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Dec 25, 2015

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• Jan 29, 2016

• #2

It will be 'direct', because essentially the app opens the link directly in your browser.
You could use google analytics to create a campaign link which should give you and indication of how many people are coming from instagram, or use a link shortener but most don't recommend because instagram have a habit of banning accounts using these.

 

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Deksia Jones

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Jan 20, 2016

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• Jan 29, 2016

• #3

I was unaware that instagram was blocking accounts that used a tracking url? Otherwise I would totally agree, go to urlbuilder, set your source/medium and ad a campaign name. You'll get a butt ugly URL, so you'll have to us bitly or some other url shortener.

 

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Unixx

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Dec 25, 2015

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• Jan 29, 2016

• #4

Deksia Jones said:

I was unaware that instagram was blocking accounts that used a tracking url? Otherwise I would totally agree, go to urlbuilder, set your source/medium and ad a campaign name. You'll get a butt ugly URL, so you'll have to us bitly or some other url shortener.

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Well I know they've been bulk deleting accounts when they all use the same link, but I'm just extra careful I guess.

 

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blackblackmarcus

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Aug 18, 2014

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• Jan 29, 2016

• #5

Rotate links w/ bitly. I was doing that for a while on Twitter and they never seemed to catch on. They might be able to see through them now though - not sure?