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Last Updated: May 24, 2022
This Google Analytics for Facebook tutorial shows you how to track Facebook ad campaigns in Google Analytics. You will learn about how Facebook traffic moves through the checkout process. You will also learn to determine the top traffic generating web pages shared on Facebook.
Tracking Facebook ad campaigns in Google Analytics
In order to track the performance of various Facebook ad campaigns in Google Analytics, add the following UTM parameters at the end of the destination URL of each Facebook ad:
utm_source
Use this parameter to specify the traffic source.
For example: utm_source= facebook
Note: utm_source is a required parameter.
utm_medium
Use this parameter to specify traffic medium.
For example: utm_medium= social
Note: utm_medium is a required parameter.
utm_content
Use this parameter to differentiate various Facebook ads or links that point to the same destination page.
For example: utm_content=ad1
utm_campaign
Use this parameter to specify the name of the Facebook campaign.
For example: utm_campaign= pdf-book-campaign
Note: utm_campaign is a required parameter.
Following is an example of a Facebook ad URL that contains UTM parameters:
Understanding how Facebook traffic moves through the checkout process
One of the best ways to analyse Facebook traffic data in Google Analytics is through a filtered view.
If you use filtered view, you will never forget to segment the data and segmenting the data is very important in order to get a better understanding of the Facebook traffic.
If you use an advanced segment (to filter out Facebook traffic), then you need to consciously remember to use this segment each time, before you begin your analysis. Moreover, Google Analytics does not let you apply advanced segments on the funnel visualization report and multi-channel reports. So you would never know, how Facebook traffic moves through the checkout process or complete a goal conversion.
Create a new view in Google Analytics and apply the following filter to it:
This filter will include only the Facebook traffic.
Determining top traffic generating web pages shared on Facebook
You can determine the top shared web pages (in terms of driving traffic to your website) on Facebook through the ‘Network referrals’ report in Google Analytics. Navigate to Acquisition > Social > Network Referrals in your GA view and then click on the ‘Facebook’ link:
You can now see the website usage data of top shared web pages on Facebook:
Tracking assisted and last click conversions from Facebook
Facebook, just like any other marketing channel, not only helps in completing conversions but also help in assisting conversions. So while evaluating its overall performance as a marketing channel, we need to look beyond the last click. Through the ‘social conversions‘ report you can track the overall performance of Facebook by analysing the following metrics:
Navigate to Acquisition > Social > Conversions in your GA view and then look at the data row for Facebook:
From the report above we can conclude the following:
Facebook helped in generating 557 conversions of value $28,233.40 in the last month.
Facebook directly completed 556 conversions of value $24,890.30 in the last month.
The assisted / last click or direct conversions is 1. What that means, Facebook is equally good in both assisting conversions and directly completing conversions.
So for Attribution modelling, the ‘social conversions‘ report is extremely important.
Through the ‘Social Users Flow’ report in Google Analytics, you can determine the paths users took through your website, from Facebook. Basically, you can determine how users browsed your website, after finding you on Facebook. This is a good report to understand the behaviour of Facebook users on your website.
Navigate to Acquisition > Social > Users flow in your GA view, click on the Facebook white box and then select ‘View only this segment‘:
You can then see the Facebook users flow on your website:
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