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_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
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
__utmt
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
__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)
__utmz
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
__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
_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
_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
Good to know! Thanks for the heads up! (I’ve been thinking about leaving the internet for a week or two myself :D) Enjoy your time away! 😀 😛
Right-oh. Have a good hiatus! 😀 Looking forward to getting your beta-reading back! ^_^
See ya soon.
Cya @dragon-snapper! Have fun. 🙂
Fare thee well, @dragon-snapper! *waves* Enjoy your break!
Good bye friendly dragon! My brother shall miss thine GIFs. Though you will return… Who will melt chairs in @dragon-snapper ‘s absence?
Wow, you’re putting me to shame. When I want to a take a hiatus, I just… randomly disappear for a week. *salutes* Farewell, @dragon-snapper, until we meet again. *mouth stretches into a maniacal smile as she peers at gifs* I look forward to it.
I’ll keep the chairs safe in your absence. 😉
Haha! I’m back, Kingdom Pen!
Now, where are those chairs?…
@daeus @kate-flournoy @that_writer_Girl_99 @ethryndal @catwing @shannon @daughteroftheking @salome01w4g @winter-rose @leumeister @
Oops, sorry. *Flips switch and holographic chairs render around the room.*
There you go. 🙂 😛
YAY! Welcome back to the Kingdom! *roars of dragonish delight*
*hides my chair* Welcome back!! *hands you the world’s biggest bowl of ice cream*
yipee!!!! Welcome back,* hands you a pair of eclipse glasses* 😀 ;P
*flies in through the window that is always there* Yay! My chair is all scratched up *cough* from me *cough* I can finally get a new one. *points to a chair that is falling apart* Your welcome present!
@dragon-snapper There we go. Now you must burn my old chair for my forgetting to tag you. *grins* I’m a genius.
@leumeister Aha! *melts all the simulated chairs*
@catwing *melts the real chair* Ahahaa!
@salome01w4g *takes glasses and puts them on over other pair of glasses* Thankee kindly.
@daughteroftheking I see you tried to distract me from your chair with ice cream…I’ll take the ice cream.
@shannon *bows* It was refreshing. 🙂
*hops into new chair that has now spawned* Thanks @dragon-snapper . *starts to shred the new chair*
*gives you a whole posse of chairs*