Comments on: Web stats: do you believe Google, or the web site owner? http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wladimir Palant http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html/comment-page-1#comment-104338 Wladimir Palant Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:20:29 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html#comment-104338 Bot traffic can easily get huge. It depends on several factors like how many pages you have or whether you block the most impatient bots. You can estimate it by checking in your logs how many page views had image/css downloads from the same IP address. For my site this method indicates that 31% of my "page views" are bots - even though some of them get banned after a minute. Bot traffic can easily get huge. It depends on several factors like how many pages you have or whether you block the most impatient bots. You can estimate it by checking in your logs how many page views had image/css downloads from the same IP address. For my site this method indicates that 31% of my “page views” are bots – even though some of them get banned after a minute.

]]> By: Zac Garrett http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html/comment-page-1#comment-104314 Zac Garrett Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:44:08 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html#comment-104314 I am in the same boat as Alan; firefox + noscript. I allow google analytics javascirpt, but most others I do not. If you are checking stats from adwords then I will not register there. Also, those who run adblock will not be counted as well. So, which numbers to trust depends on your site. If you run a site full of paranoid security people who all block javascirpt then your local stats will be more accurate. However, for most sites google analytics will be a better measurement of a sites performance. It is nice with analytics not to have the stupid bots in your stats. I am in the same boat as Alan; firefox + noscript. I allow google analytics javascirpt, but most others I do not. If you are checking stats from adwords then I will not register there.

Also, those who run adblock will not be counted as well.

So, which numbers to trust depends on your site. If you run a site full of paranoid security people who all block javascirpt then your local stats will be more accurate. However, for most sites google analytics will be a better measurement of a sites performance. It is nice with analytics not to have the stupid bots in your stats.

]]> By: Alan Griffiths http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html/comment-page-1#comment-104306 Alan Griffiths Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:32:26 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html#comment-104306 I guess that I'm one of your missing viewers - like many Firefox users I have NoScript installed and haven't enabled scripting on your site. I guess that I’m one of your missing viewers – like many Firefox users I have NoScript installed and haven’t enabled scripting on your site.

]]> By: adblock http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html/comment-page-1#comment-104294 adblock Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:27:32 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/738-web-stats-do-you-believe-google-or-the-web-site-owner.html#comment-104294 adblock? adblock?

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