Google analytics

[Евгения Землянская]

Hello, colleagues

I have a few questions about using the Developer Dashboard and connected Google Analytics.

I would like to connect Google Search Console to Google analytics. Do I have this option?
2. I noticed a lot of confusing meanings for me source in GA
 
ext-_sidebar
ext_app_menu
App launcher
Chrome-app-launcher
Chrome-ntp-icon
Chrome-app-launcher-search
Chrome-remove-ext-dialog

Is there documentation anywhere that describes how to read source correctly?

3. I tried to work with the GA Real time tab and noticed that GA oddly attributes traffic. For example, my google search was denied as direct traffic. How would I fix it?

Would be very happy to get answers 

[Patrick Kettner]

These are UTM values used for attribution sources for Chrome Web Store URLs.

ext_app_menu means a link was triggered from the sub-menu item in the extension menu inside the 3-dot menu in Chrome.

ext_sidebar means that a link was generated from the link in the sidebar in the chrome://extensions page.

chrome-ntp-icon is a chrome new tab page icon

chrome-remove-ext-dialog would be for the dialog that shows up when a user is asked if they want to remove/uninstall an extension

I am not sure what the other app launcher ones are specifically

patrick

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[Евгения Землянская]

Maybe there is any documentation exist? 

[Patrick Kettner]

Not that I am aware of. I will request some is put together

[Евгения Землянская]

Will be great. Do you know why GA wrong  attributes  traffic?  For example, my google search was denied as direct traffic. 

[Patrick Kettner]

I think I would need a bit more information, but it could be that the analytics do not live update. It can take a day or two for data to come in.

[Rahul Bansal]

What do these mean in terms of page views by source and top 3 sources by page views?

[Patrick Kettner]

Hey Rahul!

That means that the source of the page view is someone who got to the page from that source. so 61% of page views that are recorded got there by clicking the Chrome Web Store link on the left hand side of chrome://extensions

[Rahul Bansal]

So Patrick, it means that people were on the chrome://extensions, and on the left side, there is an option called "Discover more extensions and themes on the Chrome Web Store." They clicked that and landed on the store?
I am attaching the photo, so most of my users are not opening the chrome web store directly instead they are opening it by clicking the link?
And does it mean that they are not searching for the extension? Instead, they are just trying to go to the recommendations shown on the homepage and they discovered my extension?



 Where is the ext_app _menu ?

Thank you.

Rahul Bansal

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[Patrick Kettner]

Hi Rahul,

> means that people were on the chrome://extensions, and on the left side, there is an option called "Discover more extensions and themes on the Chrome Web Store." They clicked that and landed on the store?

Yep!

> so most of my users are not opening the chrome web store directly instead they are opening it by clicking the link?

Not necessarily. It means that the majority of users that get to your listing that also had a UTM value set had that value set.

> And does it mean that they are not searching for the extension? Instead, they are just trying to go to the recommendations shown on the homepage and they discovered my extension?

It does not mean that at all. UTM values are just query string parameters. If you click on the link in the screenshot your posted, you will see it takes you to https://chromewebstore.google.com/category/extensions?utm_source=ext_sidebar.

That query string remains on th URL as you navigate around the site. You will see this if you use the search bar. ext_sidebar will remain in the URL.

patrick

[Michael Lu]

Patrick,

I have similar questions and wasn't clear on your answers.

Let me try to rephrase these questions from a different angle: 

In the above chart(page views by source and top 3 sources by page views), there are two items: ext-_sidebar, ext_app_menu. My understanding is they match the places in the web store explained in the description belowwhich defines "Impressions across the Chrome Web Store".

"The number of times your item was displayed and viewed across the Chrome Web Store. This includes places like the home page, category pages, collections, and search."

In other words, users typically find extensions from one of these four places: home page, category pages, collections, and search.  

My question is: How do we know which places these terms(ext-_sidebar, ext_app_menu) match to?

[Patrick Kettner]

Hi Michael

I am not sure I follow your question - the original answer tells you were the terms ext-_sidebar and ext_app_menu match to.

> ext_app_menu means a link was triggered from the sub-menu item in the extension menu inside the 3-dot menu in Chrome.

> ext_sidebar means that a link was generated from the link in the sidebar in the chrome://extensions page.