What is _addDevId in Google Analytics?
google-analytics
Solution
`_addDevId` is a Google Analytics parameter, although it is not commonly used.
What’s the _addDevId for?
This is our ID for the Google Analytics Developer Program. It allows Google to know that the API call comes from the Google Analyticator plugin as Google tracks our API calls. This does not give us any access or knowledge about your site, or analytics data. It is strictly for Google Analytics Developer Program statistical purposes only.
http://www.videousermanuals.com/google-analyticator/#adddevid
Problem
I was looking at the tracking code Google Analyticator generates and I noticed the line ``` _gaq.push(['_addDevId', 'i9k95']); // Google Analyticator App ID with Google ``` However, I can't find any references to `_addDevId` anywhere in Google's official documentation, and googling it returns nothing but random code snippits (most of which with Google Analyticator's ID.) What is it, and is there an analytics.js equivalent? Here's the full generated code: ``` var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXXX-1']); _gaq.push(['_addDevId', 'i9k95']); // Google Analyticator App ID with Google _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); ```