Google Analytics

[Edward Moss]

Is there any way to block myself from adding to the data on my own website.
As I'm on the site a few times a day it's giving some false results.

[Mark_anderson]

I think you can't, rather than one thing; stop reviewing your website many times in a day. This the only way to get real results I found.

[Edward Moss]

Thought as much, many thanks.

[kumongeoff]

can you not block your own IP address from Analytics?

Go to your "Filter manager" from the main Analytics setting page

Best of luck

G

[thinkfast]

Analytics will count more than one visits from same IP ?

I think google analytics show one option bouns rate which means perhaps more and more visits from same IP.

If you are using statcounter then you can get false results because statcounter count hits but you can see also details of traffics that from where traffics are comming.

Google analytics give you complete and pure results.

Check them carefully with all option you will get all things you want there.

Thanks :)
Thinkfast

[DuaneJackson]

If your site is dynamic (PHP, ASP, etc), you can make it not include the GA javascript if it's you visiting.

We had a similar problem at KashFlow in that we had a ridiculously high bounce rate on GA becuase of all the people that go to www.kashflow.co.uk (http://www.kashflow.co.uk) to login, which takes them to secure.kashflow.co.uk

A little bit of server-side coding, and we now don't include the GA javascript for existing customers visitign the site.

[Peter1982]

The unique visits on my stat counter is always different from google analytics, which is more accurate? I always thought the stat counter would be more accurate as some people block cookies. Have I got this totally wrong?

[Kneoteric_eSolutions]

Setting up a 'filter' is the only way, that I can think of, to block your IP from showing up in GA.

You will have to "Add a new Filter" and select the option "Exclude all traffic from an IP address" and enter the IP address. Once the filter is setup, your visits or for that matter any visits from the IP contained in the filter would not reflect in GA.

[thinkfast]

The unique visits on my stat counter is always different from google analytics, which is more accurate? I always thought the stat counter would be more accurate as some people block cookies. Have I got this totally wrong?

Google analytics has reliable and quality services than statcounter. I am not saying that statcounter in not good you can also filter there your condition but google will show you all things without any filteration.

I think statcounter work according to cookies if you will restart your computer or will open your site after delete cokies then statcoutner will count you as a unique visitor again.

I saw also some times that statcounter show visitor from any country but time duration = 0 sec. Unable to understand till now this means. Appreciate if any senior members will describe this.

Thanks
Thinkfast :)

[debbidoo]

Would it help if, in your browser settings, you disallowed cookies from your own website?

[georgelane]

This is the easiest way I've found of doing it:

http://www.roirevolution.com/blog/2007/11/excluding_all_internal_traffic_the_easy_way.html

Hope that helps!

Cheers,


George

[Peter1982]

I use AWStats as well as google analytics, it gives you lots of info that google doesn't seem to include

[click2city]

i have no idea about that .....

[directmarketingadvice]

This is the easiest way I've found of doing it:

http://www.roirevolution.com/blog/2007/11/excluding_all_internal_traffic_the_easy_way.html



Does that exclude their behaviour on any visit through that URL? Or does it exclude every subsequent visit also?

i.e. does it tag them and ignore them from that point on? Or do they always have to go through that url?

Steve

[georgelane]

Does that exclude their behaviour on any visit through that URL? Or does it exclude every subsequent visit also?

i.e. does it tag them and ignore them from that point on? Or do they always have to go through that url?

Steve

It tags them, then ignores them from that point on. I've been told it has something to do with first party cookies (bit over my head...), but it appears to work pretty well.

Cheers,


George

[SFD]

Does that exclude their behaviour on any visit through that URL? Or does it exclude every subsequent visit also?

i.e. does it tag them and ignore them from that point on? Or do they always have to go through that url?

Steve

Apparently it leaves a cookie for 6 months and refreshes for 6 months every time the site is visited.