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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
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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
*cough*I said fall?*cough* …Me getting waaaay ahead of myself… You don’t need to worry… Okay, so I’ve realized that it’s going to be a while before a publish this book, cause I need to edit it. And make it better, figure out a few times for it (cause I scrapped the first few chapters and am cutting down on the number of POVs). But now I know more what I need to do and how that can play out(rounds of editing…). Something I have learned recently when going to a writer’s conference is I don’t have rush myself to publish it before I graduate(which is next year *panic rises*What is happening?! How am I graduating already?!). I need to publish when I finish and it’s ready. It’s kind of a good thing that I didn’t finish this edit and was slogging through, cause otherwise I think I might have tossed my book out there and rushed everything and it wouldn’t have been pretty… Or the best I could do… So don’t feel so bad. You’re not too late. You’re actually kind of on time… 😀
I had to take a break from that book to work on the sequel for Nano cause it wasn’t going anywhere. So I was busy in Nano too. And other life stuff. 🙂
But now that Nano is over I am deciding whether to edit this book or write more of the sequel. I think I’m going to work on both so that editing doesn’t kill me… 😛
In short, I’m figuring things out and rushed ahead of myself. I am not publishing yet. But I plan to edit Finding Secrets while writing Starting Fires.
Sorry about your computer. That’s very understandable. 🙁
You are forgiven. Do not panic friend! 😉
Okay, that’s good. Oo, a writer’s conference? That sounds like fun.