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jaykwon
jaykwon
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November 6, 2017
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How to make a page load rule only firing on a landing page

  • November 6, 2017
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Hi. Like the title, I am wondering if there is a way to make a page load rule that fires only on a landing page. I knwo for a fact that dtm had 'landing page' condition, but is there a specific way to make this to fire on when visitors entered on our website? I tried to make a rule with 'landing page' = \S (with regex) but i don't think this works.

And plus, when I add a conversion tracking source (Google Adwords) on a landing page, is it okay to make the source fire on all pages?

If anyone has an answer, please let me know.

Thank you.

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    Best answer by jdonley

    To create a Page Load Rule that only triggers on first page view of a session, you can use Engagement: Page Views.

    Under Conditions > Rule Conditions > Criteria, choose Engagement: Page Views.

    Set User has had "equal to"  1  page views, and select Current Session.

    .josh

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    marion33678522
    marion33678522
    Level 5
    November 7, 2017

    Hello !

    You could use a page load rule without any conditions, so it fires every time , and in the custom code try doing a if condition on a cookie that would be something like this :

    If ( cookie 'landing page' exists ){ do nothing }
    else {
         create cookie 'landing page' with 0 expiration  ; // 0 expiration is a session.
         do someting;
    }


    This should work ! well , not like this, on proper java script. DTM has already cookie methods ( creat, write, read, erase) but i don't remmeber these.

    Cheers !

    M.

      marion33678522
      marion33678522
      Level 5
      November 7, 2017

      Maybe the name of my cookie is not the most explicit. The cookie is just a token to see if it's or it's not the landing page. Think 'NOT landing page'. Sorry !

      J
      jdonley
      Level 8
      November 14, 2017

      Custom cookie based logic one way to go, yes.  But instead of letting the rule fire every time with no condition, would be better to place this logic as a Data:Custom condition.

        J
        jdonleyAccepted solution
        Level 8
        November 14, 2017

        To create a Page Load Rule that only triggers on first page view of a session, you can use Engagement: Page Views.

        Under Conditions > Rule Conditions > Criteria, choose Engagement: Page Views.

        Set User has had "equal to"  1  page views, and select Current Session.

        .josh

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