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_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
_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
__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
__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)
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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
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ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
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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
_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
I credit this man with giving me my first real lessons on economics and government corruption. And, yes, I contributed to Slick Willy’s election by voting for Perot. I wonder how many of us who did vote for him also voted for Trump since it had been over 20 years since we had heard anyone address that ‘giant sucking sound’ that had only grown louder over the years of selling us down the river? I’d bet quite of few – you never forget the sound of freedom and common sense, especially when you’ve not heard it in a long time.
Yes, Jan, it turns out he had somewhat of a prophetic voice. It’s mind-boggling to think of the magnitude of the errors our “leaders” made. Just think back to the high position the US enjoyed at that moment– economically and militarily. Culturally, we had already been deteriorating markedly at that point, but we had other huge areas of strength. Now, we are having to do back flips to recover.
That was 32 years ago. My-o-my doesn’t time change things.
Yes, it does, Fred. Bush was such a mistake (as was Clinton).