Hi Josh, A quick search on the analytics group site ( http://groups.google.com/group/analytics-help) showed:
"Any user-agent (browser, search *bot*, etc...) that can't or doesn't load JavaScript won't be *counted* by Google Analytics. " On 26/02/07, Josh Nathanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > Does anyone know if Google analytics makes any attempt to factor in bots > (theirs or anyone else's) when they report site visits? > > I've been doing some analysis of CF sessions, and it looks like Google's > reports about 25% more visits than what I'm seeing in my session stats, > once > I remove the obvious bots (Googlebot, Yahoo slurp etc.) plus those that > are > masked (analyzing ips that hit the site many times within a few seconds.) > > Does this accord with what others have observed? Any thoughts > appreciated. > > -- Josh > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270708 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
