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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
IS THIS A CURSE?? lol jk
Huh, I haven’t noticed anything. 🤔 but then again I’m pretty sure we have add blockers set up, so that might be blocking them on my end 🤷♀️
YESSSS! @grcr I had to exit and then get back on just to be able to type in my username! I’ve never had this happen before! So weird!
Should we tag Kathleen, or wait to see if it will disappear?
Hmm, I don’t know…
Yeah!! It’s soo weird…
I guess I’m just gonna have to stay logged in to avoid them at this point… 😒 *sighs*
I never intentionally log out, but for some reason, on my phone, it usually logs me out frequently. And now I can’t log back in because there are ADS on top of the login box!
Oh no! 😬 that’s really bad!!! These ads are seriously bothersome…
(Eh, sorry I didn’t respond to you sooner 😓)
Oh, no problem! 🙂
Yeah, they’re really annoying. When did you notice them? I didn’t until I tried to reply here and couldn’t because they were blocking me from signing in.
When did I noticed them… ehh, I think I saw them yesterday or early this morning… definitely early today, but I have a faint memory of seeing them (for about a minute) yesterday…
I was signed out and doing some spying when I noticed them… it’s hard to spy when the page it covered lol
Oh, I see… hmm…. 🤔
YES ugh, now I get ads if I’m not logged in!!
On my phone, I literally cannot log in because there is an add ON TOP OF the login box. What IS this?
*ad
YES this is happening to me too! I believe there used to be ads on KP, but I haven’t seen them the whole time I’ve been a member. And now they randomly popped up!!! I posted about it and tagged Kathleen so she’s aware, but she hasn’t responded yet. So I guess we’ll see.
And they aren’t even in convenient places. Like, they get really annoying if you’re not logged in. :/
Oh there used to be? That’s interesting. Hopefully Kathleen sees soon… 😐
Yeah, they are all over the place! Like, if they’re going to be there for any long amount of time, at least be on the sides of the page or something more organized… lol
yeah, I think so. I remember seeing a post someone made a long time ago about ads or something. I bet if you searched it you could find it.
For real… XD
Hm. I might actually go look….
XD XD
I’m not having any problems with ads… but maybe the issue was resolved by now?
Hmm… it’s still there for me (when I’m logged out) so… i don’t know… 😒