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How can I get Google to not track MY visits?

by wisedave
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Hello,

I have a new CMS website with Google Analytics code added. I only have access to editing the pages with a WYSIWYG editor (Tiny MCE).

I need to make it to where Google Analytics does not track my site visits as I make changes and edit the pages. How can I do this if I don't have access to the HTML code to add java script to it.

Do I have to contact my web designer?

Thanks for the help!

-Dave
#google #track #visits
  • Profile picture of the author netmatrix
    Log into your Google Analytics account and exclude/filter out your IP using "Filters applied to Profile".

    This way, none of your vists will be included in the stats.
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    • Profile picture of the author wisedave
      Hey NM,

      What ramifications does it have of using a Dynamic IP? Does that mean that I have to constantly go and change the filter day after day?

      Cheers,

      Dave
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      • Profile picture of the author netmatrix
        There is a specific method for excluding yourself from the stats if you use a dynamic IP.

        Instructions from How do I exclude my internal traffic from reports? - Analytics Help

        To exclude traffic by Cookie Content

        Note: This is an advanced alternative to the previous method.

        To exclude traffic from dynamic IP addresses, you can use a JavaScript function to set a cookie on your internal computers. You'll then be able to filter all visitors with this cookies from appearing on your Analytics reports.
        How to exclude traffic by cookie:

        1. Create a new page on your domain, containing the following code:

        <body onLoad="javascript:pageTracker._setVar('test_value ');">

        (Please note that this code is in addition to the Google Analytics tracking code that you have on every page of your website.)

        2. In order to set the cookie, visit your newly created page from all computers that you would like to exclude from your reports.

        3. Create an Exclude filter to remove data from visitors with this cookie. Follow these instructions http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55494
        to create a filter with the following settings:

        Filter Type: Custom filter > Exclude
        Filter Field: User Defined
        Filter Pattern: test_value
        Case Sensitive: No


        Note: If you clear your cookies, you must revisit the page you created again to reset the cookie.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    • Profile picture of the author wisedave
      Hello,

      I was with the understanding that kind of code was not acceptable in Tiny MCE. I know I can edit the HTML, but putting in script? Not sure....


      Cheers,

      -Dave
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      • Profile picture of the author pr678com
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        chang to the html edit code and put your Js code in. Why don't you have a try?
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        • Profile picture of the author wisedave
          Originally Posted by pr678com View Post

          chang to the html edit code and put your Js code in. Why don't you have a try?
          Hey C,

          I tired it and it does not work. When I paste the snippet into Tiny MCE after pressing the HTML code, it will not save that script. I looked at the source of the webpage and it is not there either. If I go back into the HTML option of Tiny MCE, the snippet is gone.

          Any other ideas??

          Cheers,

          Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author Maheshpandit
    Originally Posted by wisedave View Post

    Hello,

    I have a new CMS website with Google Analytics code added. I only have access to editing the pages with a WYSIWYG editor (Tiny MCE).

    I need to make it to where Google Analytics does not track my site visits as I make changes and edit the pages. How can I do this if I don't have access to the HTML code to add java script to it.

    Do I have to contact my web designer?

    Thanks for the help!

    -Dave
    This Article will be very useful for you..
    Code:
    thepankajgupta.com/2010/09/i-do-not-want-to-send-the-website-informationstats-to-google-analytics/
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    • Profile picture of the author wisedave
      Originally Posted by Maheshpandit View Post

      This Article will be very useful for you..
      Code:
      thepankajgupta.com/2010/09/i-do-not-want-to-send-the-website-informationstats-to-google-analytics/

      Hello,

      This may serve my immediate needs. Thanks for the help and direction! I appreciate it.

      Cheers,

      Dave
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