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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
Thanks for inviting us to the party! Hope you have a great week!
Thank you so much for hosting Marty! I hope you have a wonderful week 🙂 Hugs- Tanya
thanks for having us over, Marty!
Marty,
Thanks so much for hosting this lovely party each and every week!! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it along with visiting all the links and choosing Features!!! Thank You!! I hope you are having a great week!!
Hugs,
Deb
THANK YOU, Marty, for featuring my Summer Games for Kids, this week! Have a wonderful day! Creatively, Beth
Morning Marty, Thank you so much for hosting, and may you have an awesome rest of the week.
My entries this week = 86+87. If you have not joined us at SSPS yet, come and share your posts with us and you can be our next featured post.
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We hope to meet you there virtually
Thanks for hosting, Marty! Those soaps are so pretty!
Thanks for hosting Marty! Have. great week. XO-MaryJo
Thanks for hosting, Marty. Great features!
You’re so sweet to include my simple ways to reset this summer, Marty, thank you so much I really appreciate it. Hope your summer has been a fun one so far. Big hugs and thank yous, CoCo