| Period | front-page | tour-top-tab | business-card | N/A | tour-top-tab" | front-page" | front-page'123 | tour-top-tab'123 | front-page/ | tour-top-tab'_ | front-page'_ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2523 | 1413 | 896 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5005 |
A tracking tag lets you add information to a hit about where the visitor came from. For example, the "Take The Tour" button on the home page has a source=front-page tag on it. Here are the hits on the tour link, shown by source tags:
| Period | front-page | tour-top-tab | business-card | N/A | tour-top-tab" | front-page" | front-page'123 | tour-top-tab'123 | front-page/ | tour-top-tab'_ | front-page'_ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2523 | 1413 | 896 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5005 |
Tags help you figure out where to focus your efforts. Do you get more traffic through Twitter or Facebook? From the front of an e-book or the back? If your links are properly tagged, you can tell.