What is UTM parameters?

UTM parameters are tags added to a URL (source, medium, campaign, term, content) that tell analytics tools where a visit came from.

Use consistent lowercase naming. For social video, utm_source is the platform, utm_medium is social or video, and utm_campaign names the effort.

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