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UTM Naming Conventions: The Complete Cheat Sheet

La guía definitiva de convenciones de nomenclatura UTM: pares estándar de fuente/medio para cada canal, reglas de nomenclatura y una plantilla copiable para su equipo.

Why UTM Naming Conventions Matter

UTM parameters are case-sensitive in Google Analytics. Google, google, and GOOGLE show up as three separate sources. Without a team-wide naming convention, your data fragments and becomes unreliable.

The 4 Golden Rules

  1. Always lowercase. google, not Google.
  2. Use hyphens or underscores, never spaces.
  3. Be consistent, not creative. Pick one convention and enforce it.
  4. Never use UTM on internal links. They reset GA4 sessions.

Standard Source / Medium Pairs

Channelutm_sourceutm_medium
Google Ads (Search)googlecpc
Facebook/Instagram Adsfacebookpaid-social
LinkedIn Adslinkedinpaid-social
Email Newsletternewsletteremail
Organic Socialinstagramsocial
QR Code (Print)qroffline
Affiliatepartner-nameaffiliate

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