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does visiting my own site affect my traffic?

by TheNewGuy2010
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I'm just curious if it does. After I upload a page of content, It's easy for me to visit that page and read it multiple times to check for grammar errors that I may have missed. When I do this, I just read it from the website. I don't log in to the WP Dashboard.

does visiting my own site affect my traffic stats?


UPDATE: I just spoke with HostGator and I was told all visits count including my own from the same IP. Each visit is considered a hit. So all of my visits do get counted as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author DenisBalitskiy
    Most of the traffic analytics don't count the same ips several times, so in my opinion it won't affect your stats...
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    • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
      Originally Posted by AlejandroHerrera View Post

      Most of the traffic analytics don't count the same ips several times, so in my opinion it won't affect your stats...

      Thank you Alejandro.
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  • Profile picture of the author sk8tavou
    No mate it doesnt affect your rankings! Imagine all the updates you do to your website! You somehow have to check how they look so its crazy for google to track this as a minus
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    • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
      Originally Posted by sk8tavou View Post

      No mate it doesnt affect your rankings! Imagine all the updates you do to your website! You somehow have to check how they look so its crazy for google to track this as a minus

      Yeah, that makes sense. I check my site dozens of times a day for updates, changes,etc...good to know I'm not messing with my stats.
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      • Profile picture of the author Tayman
        It depends on the program you are using to view your stats with.

        The most important stat you want to look at is uniques not hits.
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        • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
          Originally Posted by Tayman View Post

          It depends on the program you are using to view your stats with.

          The most important stat you want to look at is uniques not hits.

          I use my Host Cpanel and GA.

          Yes, I look at UV's.
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  • Profile picture of the author CollegeCEO
    If you use Google Analytics, you can set a Filter to not track visits from your own IP addresses.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
      Originally Posted by OmegaContent View Post

      If you use Google Analytics, you can set a Filter to not track visits from your own IP addresses.

      Thanks. I'll look into it.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
    Read my update!
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    In my traffic logs, when i visit my own sites for appearance and testing purposes... my dashboard tracks all of my clicks, and counts them as individual hits to my website.
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  • Profile picture of the author smartuser
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    Unique hits impressively affect your traffic but when u visit your own site i doubt you will get any + effect
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  • Profile picture of the author Lena Williams
    I do not think it will effect in your site's ranking. Because if you are visiting the same site through one IP again and again, it will not be counted.
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  • Profile picture of the author dsouravs
    IN GA, they are counted as returning visits and not unique visits if I am correct
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  • Profile picture of the author The Aussie Seo Guy
    You are all good mate, it doesn't count your visits as unique ones.
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