When using Google Website Optimizer A/B split test, is there a way I can read a cookie to see which version A or B did the user get? I need to know this from a page other than the control page.
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I'm not familiar with any way to parse the _utmx/_utmxx cookies like that.
Your best (and simplest) bet is to cookie them yourself on those various pages, and then access those cookies as you need them. On the control page, be sure to put the cookie-placing code below the control script, so that it doesn't cookie them every time before it redirects.
yc
2010-09-02 02:33:44
ok thanks. do you know what the api for utmx js function is? I've seen some calls to it to get variation info.
claya
2010-09-02 17:58:15
you can find some documentation on __utmx here http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html#HowGAUsesCookies but it's not much.
Erik Vold
2010-09-03 06:35:45