Obtain the Full Referring URL in Google Analytics

Google AnalyticsOne of my biggest problems with Google Analytics has always been that you can’t get the full referring URL of where someone came from. For example – if you someone came from http://www.domain.com/referring-exact-page.php – it just shows up in Analytics as http://www.domain.com – which only gives you half the story. I want to be able to track down the exact place if neccessary – not have to hunt through a site to find the page.

Luckily Reuben Yau has come up with a hack that integrates the Urchin Tracker Script, which is usually used for tracking javascript or Flash events. It takes all of 1 minute to install and seems to be working great. If you’re a Google Analytics user and want full referring URLs – check out the fix at Reuben’s blog.

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Comments

  1. David Temple says:

    Nice find Chris and good job Reuben. I love hacks that save you once wasted time. Give me time anytime.

  2. Aaron Rubin says:

    This annoyed me as well, but Google has fixed it.
    Go to:
    Traffic Sources
    Click on the source you want the full referring URL for.
    Click on the Referral path.
    Below the chart and above the tabs there’s a link “Visit this referring link”.

  3. RohitK says:

    Hi,
    yes, I am agree with aaron that google has updated it..now google analytics is giving new features also…It is good but surely i will test Reuben's

  4. guru.cat says:

    It's much better the rubenyau solution.

  5. name says:

    I have the same.,