I would like to analyse the landing pages or URLs that users came from using the 'Attributed By' property. We currently use UTMs for channel attribution. For example, for applications attributed to Google Non-Branded Search, I can see which campaign drove the application, but I cannot determine the specific landing page or URL that the user visited before submitting a Funding Application Submitted event. Is there a way to view or report on the originating URL/landing page associated with these applications?
Viewing Landing Page / Originating URL in Attribution Analysis
The knowledge sources don't explicitly cover combining URL/landing page data with the "Attributed by" breakdown in a single native report, but here's what can be inferred from the available documentation:
The Core Challenge
The Attributed by... computed property works by evaluating UTM parameters (e.g., utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign) across touchpoints in a lookback window. It doesn't natively surface the originating URL or landing page as part of that breakdown. [Attribution docs]
What You Can Do
1. Track the landing page URL as an event property If you're using the Mixpanel JavaScript SDK, the referrer and current URL are available client-side. You can explicitly track the landing page URL (e.g., $current_url or a custom landing_page property) on your first event or as a super property. For server-side implementations, you'd need to extract this manually from the request. [Server-side best practices] 2. Use $referrer / $referring_domain properties Mixpanel's JS SDK automatically tracks Initial Referrer and Initial Referring Domain โ the URL a user came from before arriving at your site. These are stored in the Mixpanel cookie on first visit and appended to events. You could use these as a breakdown in an Insights or Funnels report filtered to your "Funding Application Submitted" event. [Web attribution] 3. Break down by URL/landing page separately from Attribution Since Attributed by... can only be used as a breakdown (not combined with a second breakdown in the same dimension), a practical workaround is:
Build a Funnels or Insights report filtered to users attributed to "Google Non-Branded Search" (using a filter on utm_source / utm_medium / utm_campaign event properties).
Then break down by $current_url or your custom landing page property to see which URLs were associated with the "Funding Application Submitted" event.
4. Use Flows to trace the path The Flows report can show you what events (including page views, if tracked) users performed before submitting a Funding Application. If you track page views as events with a URL property, you can filter by your attribution segment and trace back to the originating landing page. [Flows report]
Key Recommendation
The most robust solution is to ensure your landing page URL is tracked as an event property on every touchpoint event (not just the conversion event). This way, you can use it as a breakdown alongside your UTM-based attribution analysis. If you're using the JS SDK, $current_url may already be captured automatically on page view events.
โ ๏ธ Note: The Attributed by... breakdown itself cannot be combined with a URL breakdown in the same report layer โ you'd need to use filters and separate breakdowns as described above.
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