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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
I agree. Who really uses Linkedin anyhow? I have been on Konnects for quite some time and really like their direction!
Thanks for your feedback on Konnects. At Konnects we try to provide a space where you can conduct business but actively participate in interest groups and communities where you are able to escape the professional side of things. We want to give our users the best of both worlds on our site.
Actually, I didn’t send the e-mail (or at least intend to).
It was one of the unexpected consequences of accepting an invitation from someone, just to see what Konnects is all about.
When I joined Konnects informed me that about 4,800 of my connections were waiting to connect with me on Konnects & asked if I wanted to connect with them.
As this number was way smaller than my broader network, I was surprised to think that Konnects was more popular that I’d thought & so agreed.
Little did I know that this was just an automated ‘trick’ to spam everyone.
Somehow, they must’ve managed to scrape some e-mail addresses from my Gmail account.
As far as I can see, Konnects adds no value at all – unless you count annoying people in your contact book!
Regards
Stan Relihan
Konnects continues to spam me with these invitations. I even opted out. I did sign up about 2 months ago and they must have no one of value because I searched for some well connected colleagues here in California and could find NO ONE through the search.