What does __utma mean?

Question

What does it mean when you see things like:

?__utma=1.32168570.1258672608.1258672608.1259628772.2&__utmb=1.4.10.1259628772&

etc in

Answer 1

Here's a good link to explain them. They are cookies used by Google Analytics to track information on your website:

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage#gajs