Is there a way to see all of Google traffic as one row, regardless of the country domain

You are right, I like this solution but it is a big workaround for something that should be default from Site Catalyst. 

Thank you very much, @warrenSander

You are right, I like this solution but it is a big workaround for something that should be default from Site Catalyst. 

Thank you very much, @warrenSander

I have this exact same issue on sites that I manage internally. I have a bit of give/take going on, but to me it's worth it.

In DTM, I have created a page load rule where if the referrer is from any google search engine domain, I override the referrer value to https://google.com.

• The plus side is that I have all google values in one line item, which makes things so much easier for all my traffic sources reports, marketing channels, etc. I don't have to use any custom variables or segments either.
• The downside is that I effectively lose the ability to see which google domains people are coming from. Keyword data supposedly would be overwritten too, but since google strips keyword data already, that's not that big of an issue.

Since I personally care a lot more which overall search engines people come from (more than I care about which google domains they're using), I have opted to consolidate them using the referrer override. Google is google to me, no matter which regional search engine visitors opt to use.

I have this exact same issue on sites that I manage internally. I have a bit of give/take going on, but to me it's worth it.

In DTM, I have created a page load rule where if the referrer is from any google search engine domain, I override the referrer value to https://google.com.

• The plus side is that I have all google values in one line item, which makes things so much easier for all my traffic sources reports, marketing channels, etc. I don't have to use any custom variables or segments either.
• The downside is that I effectively lose the ability to see which google domains people are coming from. Keyword data supposedly would be overwritten too, but since google strips keyword data already, that's not that big of an issue.

Since I personally care a lot more which overall search engines people come from (more than I care about which google domains they're using), I have opted to consolidate them using the referrer override. Google is google to me, no matter which regional search engine visitors opt to use.

Then you can always do my processing rule the opposite way.

continue to overwrite the referrer value but save the original value in a prop or evar called 'original referrer value' and then you have that (evar is probably better so you can breakdown the google.com by that evar to find the google country sites) (or any other rollups you use.

Then you can always do my processing rule the opposite way.

continue to overwrite the referrer value but save the original value in a prop or evar called 'original referrer value' and then you have that (evar is probably better so you can breakdown the google.com by that evar to find the google country sites) (or any other rollups you use.

@Gigazelle That's exactly how I feel, Google is just google. If I really care to segment it regionally I can overlay Location. I'm always afraid of overriding data, but in this case, it may be something I won't miss... and at the end, I will have better intel.

@Gigazelle That's exactly how I feel, Google is just google. If I really care to segment it regionally I can overlay Location. I'm always afraid of overriding data, but in this case, it may be something I won't miss... and at the end, I will have better intel.

Hi Gigazelle,

I was wondering how are you setting up through DTM as I which condition or element you are selecting and applying the criteria.

Thanks,

S

Certainly!

Data element: referrer, JS object. Defined as window.document.referrer.

Page load rule condition: If the data element referrer contains google (regex enabled)

Custom page action (in editor):

s.referrer="https://google.com"