Google Analytics incorrectly reporting visitors.
I’ve been searching for answers on this and it seems an old problem but I haven’t really given much attention to analytics until recently. I have yet to find any evidence other than the fact that Google Analytics seriously under reports traffic and haven’t found any resolution as of yet. Maybe I missed something.
Below are the comparisons from two of my sites. There is a HUGE difference in numbers as you can see. And yes, I accounted for bot traffic here as well. My affiliate stats would also beg to differ. On the site showing no traffic on GA, my affiliate links show 400+ click throughs…
Here is the first sites stats comparison.
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Here is the second site…
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| From My Logs |
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Now these site may not get a lot of traffic but it’s certainly more that the Big Fat Zero that Google is reporting. So whats the problem? Google has some really nice tools but obviously, this isn’t one of them. I may end up just dropping it all together. Although I suppose it doesn’t hurt anything to just leave the code there.
