Adwords and Analytics differences

Discussion in 'Google AdWords' started by Mong, May 11, 2006.

  1. #1
    I have always witnessed little difference between adwords clicks to my websites and google analytics referral figure.But from last few days it has increased too much like
    Adwords -> Site targeted campaign is showing 147
    Adwords -> Keywords targeted campaign is showing 182

    But urchin is only showing 137 referrals from pagead2.googlesyndication.com

    Where is problem and which is more reliable data?
     
    Mong, May 11, 2006 IP
  2. ju2ltd

    ju2ltd Peon

    Messages:
    100
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    My understanding is that referrals from pagead2.googlesyndication.com refer to content targeted (site targeted) adword placements only. Search targeted referrals are mixed in with general Google referrals unless you use tracking parameters to differentiate them. Therefore your analytics figure of 137 is reasonably close to the AdWords figure of 147.
     
    ju2ltd, May 12, 2006 IP