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Not understanding Google Analytics.

by strangebrew1961
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I bought a traffic gig on Fiverr, just so I could see the click thru's in real time with Google Analytics. I can see the number of clicks I'm getting at Bitly where it's being tracked, but I'm seeing NOTHING in Analytics. I know most of you will say that "Fiverr traffic gigs" are garbage, and I totally agree. I know I'm not getting actual "human traffic". I'm sure there is just a bot sitting on my domain clicking away, I do believe the clicks on my domain are actually occurring though, as the person selling the gig has many thousands of reviews and a 100% positive feedback rating. I've checked all my settings and I'm not blocking anything or filtering anything in Analytics. What could I be missing here?
#analytics #google #understanding
  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Analytics is pretty good at blocking out useless bot traffic from your statistics, which is what you bought.

    Fiverr reviews are about the worst thing you can use to judge something.
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    • Profile picture of the author strangebrew1961
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      Analytics is pretty good at blocking out useless bot traffic from your statistics, which is what you bought.
      I realize it's useless traffic, and as I said, I was just wanting to see how Analytics performed. I just assumed nothing was filtered unless I filtered it myself. So now I know. Thank you. I thought my Analytics was broken.
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  • Profile picture of the author fpforum
    Are you certain that you've got Analytics on all of the pages? It sounds very well like it is probably Bot traffic which might not be getting picked up by Analytics. You could also consider adding a separate tracking provider like Statcounter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Slade556
    Your analytics is not "broken", it's the gig you bought that does nothing for you... I hope you didn't pay for gig extras and waste even more of you money! Next time, you'll know not to buy traffic from Fiverr.
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    • Profile picture of the author strangebrew1961
      Originally Posted by Slade556 View Post

      Next time, you'll know not to buy traffic from Fiverr.
      I knew not to buy it this time, but I knew of no other way to see Analytics working, since the site is too new to get traffic from google.
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        Ask your friends to visit your site.

        Originally Posted by strangebrew1961 View Post

        I knew not to buy it this time, but I knew of no other way to see Analytics working, since the site is too new to get traffic from google.
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  • Profile picture of the author AadhyaMehra
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    Analytic shows you the growth of your traffic and ranking day by day.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tabish khan
    It describes well the traffic stats of your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author shreevenkatesh7
    Google Analytics is a free service offered by the Google which keeps an EagleEye on Online Website Traffic ,Tracks it and reports further. It provides basic tools and Statistics for SEO purpose
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelMcKinney
    Google Analytics is a free analytics service that provides figures and elementary analytical tools for SEO and other marketing purposes.
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  • Profile picture of the author shellerik
    Google Analytics uses a javascript function that must be inserted into your webpage source per Google's instructions. When a visitor loads your webpage their browser runs the javascript function which tells Google about the pageview. Most bots do not run javascript so Google would not even know they loaded the page.
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