Best way to track sessions with multiple tabs on the same domain

[martho]

Hi

I’m qurious:

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to track sessions which use multiple tabs for navigation on the same domain?

We are using a straightforward setup. Fx: A user opens the frontpage and opens two links in a new window. Both links are on the same domain as the frontpage. Because there’s no intermediate pageview in between the two link-clicks the user flow will look like this:

Frontpage (page 1) → new window (page 2) → new window (page 3)

That’s makes sense cronologicly, but it does not reflect the true navigation pattern from page 1. The user flow will see the flow as a navigation from page 2 to page 3 regardless if it’s actually possible or not to navigate between these pages.

I’ve tried searching for ressources on this topic, but can’t find any.

Br.
Martin

[kamilb]

Hi Martin,

Can you send me an example of where this can be tested, what is the expected result in the tracker debugger and what do you currently see?

I’m not sure if I understood correctly

[martho]

You can check https://virk.dk

The tracker debugger shows the chronological sequence in the session, which is also what I expect.

My question is more of a theoretical one. Is there a way to track navigation in multiple tabs in a way that shows the user flow, which sometimes is not in chronological order?

[Martin]

Hi Martin,

you can try this Track Browsing Behavior In Google Analytics | Simo Ahava’s blog

Create a Tag and then use variables

The rest is using the variables as custom dimension.

Hope it helps.

Regards Martin