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__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_gat
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
_gac_
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
Happy Tuesday. Thanks for hosting.
Thanks for the party, Marty, have a great day.
My entries this week #38+39
Hope to see you also share with https://esmesalon.com/tag/seniorsalonpitstop/
Happy Easter!
My Link Ups for today’s party are #40 and 41!!
Thanks so much for hosting!! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it along with visiting all the links!! I hope you are enjoying your week and you are doing well…
Hugs,
Deb
Debbie-Dabble Blog
thanks Marty! Have a great week ahead!
Hi everyone – I decided to see if my blogs are still active and GivingNSharing is. I posted for the first time in years today – are the linkies still a thing? Most of the ones I have listed in my linky list are gone it seems. I’ll have to do some more searching. Nothing inspiring on the blog today – but would love some visitors and to see who is still around @ https://givingnsharing.blogspot.com
Thanks so much for hosting todays linky!
Thanks for posting today – I just posted with the wrong link +(.
It’s been a while since I posted (like years) and thought I’d see if my blog was still active lol. I’d love to have some visitors even though it’s not a “inspired” posts so much. I’d really love to know if linky’s are still a thing and if any of my bloggy friends are still around. If you’d like to chat and let me know whats happening in the bloggy world please visit me @ https://givingnsharing2.blogspot.com – Thanks so much!
I’m definitely bookmarking this for later!
awesome