Setting Page Names through Snoobi's settings
The purpose of Page Names is that if a site contains hard-to-decipher URL-addresses which hampers the readability of the report, these URL addresses can be replaced with clear Page Names. The Page Names can be set manually by logging into your Snoobi account via http://www.snoobi.com. Once logged in, please choose the settings followed by Page Names.
Choosing the Page Identifier
By principal, each page should be assigned a different Page Name. As the Page identifier, please choose a unique parameter from a page's URL-address, which cannot be found on any other pager on the same website (see Image 1).
If a content management system is in use, the address will typically resemble
www.company.com/index.php?default/english/pageID=45
From this address, a good Page identifier would be
pageID=45
Whereas the following would make for poor Pgae identifiers:
default, because it will be found in every URL address of the site
english, because it will be found on all English language pages
Image 1. Adding the Page identifier into Snoobi's settings
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How to use percentage signs
Percentage signs in front of the identifier: the percentage is nearly always added in front of the Page identifier, in order to allow any URL-address prior to identifier to contain any combination of signs. For example; by choosing %company.com as the Page identifier
Percentage signs after the identifier: the percentage is often placed behind the identifier as well, since this allows the signs behind identifier to be of any combination. This is necessary if the URL-address doesn't end with the identifier or sometimes if site is dynamic, which might mean that the site could add a session ID into the address.
Please note that if the page's URL-address ends with a number, then it might not be a viable solution to add a percentage sign after the identifier! Adding the percent after a number can cause unwanted pages to be included (for example, instead of just pageID=3, it will also include pageId=31, pageID=355 etc. is such pages exist). Please see Image 2.
Percentage signs on both sides of the identifier: placing the identifier both before and after the identifier means that the system accepts any combination of signs around the identifier.
Page's URL-address Identifier Which pages will receive the name? The suitability of identifier %pageID=45% All pages beginning with the number 45: pageID=450, pageID=4512 etc. Risky. Needed only in cases where the pageID is NOT at the very end of the address www.firm.com/index.php?
default/english/pageID=45pageID=45 Not a single page, because no URL address begins with pageID=45 Poor %pageID=45 Only the page pageID=45
Optimal!
Image 2. A perecent sign is oftentimes misleading if the URL address ends with a number
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Utilizing the special character in the URL address
When selecting the Page identifier, any special characters in close proximity to the identifier can be useful! Leaving out special characters from the address (for example . and / signs) might mean that the Page Name might apply to more pages than actually were intended. Please review the chart below for a thorough explanation of the effects of special characters in the Page identifier.
Page's URL-address Identifier Which pages will receive the name? The suitability of identifier plants Nothing Extremely poor %plants% The entire website Poor %/plants% All pages within the /plants/ folder as well as plants.html Poor www.plants.fi/plants/plants.html %/plants/% All pages within the /plants/ folder Poor %www.plants.fi
/plants/plants.html%Only the page plants.html, but all pages without the www will be excluded OK %plants.html% Only the page plants.html Optimal! %plants.fi Front page only Good if your intent is to give the front page a Page Name
If a website is composed of more than one domain (for example: firm.com and firm.org)
with identical sub-folder structures, their pages can be named simultaneously by leaving out the domain name from the identifier. If this, however, is not desired, then the name of the domain has to be included in the Page identifier (see Image 3.).
A nifty way to keep separate the traffic of two different domains is to use sectioning!
Page's URL-address Identifier Which pages will receive the name? The suitability of identifier firm.com/firm/map.php %map.php% The file map.php from both firm.com and firm.org will be lumped together Good, if you want to treat both domains and pages as one firm.org/firm/map.php %firm.org/firm
/map.php%The file map.php will only be included from the domain firm.org Good, if you want to want to separate each domain or page
Image 3. How to use special characters in Page identifiers
Image 4. Using domain names in the Page identifier
Choosing the Page Name
Into the next text box in the settings called Page name, name the page in a way that you wish to see it in your report. We recommend a descriptive and informative name which reveals what the page is about, possibly taking into account the site structure if very the site consists of many pages (i.e. Products: cameras, Products: appliances or Spanish: Recruiting).
If you give several identifiers the same Page Name, they will all be lumped together and considered as one page. This can, however, sometimes be useful. For example, there are often two addresses leading to the front page, www.company.com and www.company.com/index.html, which suit to be lumped together (see Image 4, "Front page").
Image 4. Page Names can separate pages or connect them into one
Includes - view
Page Names will appear in the report as soon as the changes you have made have been updated. Page names can also be created in retrospect.
- The bold header corresponds to the Page Name, i.e. the name that the page will be shown as in the report
- The regular text beneath the Page Name shows all the URL-addresses which appear under the same name and cannot be separated from the report
- In the event that too many addresses appear under the same Page Name, try lengthening the Chosen Page Identifier or include/remove percent marks from around the identifier
Image 5. The Includes –view show which addresses correspond to which Page Name