Eric and Mr Blood are correct. This person (from England) did in fact visit my site at about 1 a.m. this morning. He visited a number of pages and then left.
It's not clear if he ever found the answer to his question. Unfortunately for him, I don't have a "This is who Ruben Garcia thinks he is" page. I am planning one though - just in case this ever comes up again.... On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Meteorites USA <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, Analytics tracks actual visits (clicks) to the domain/site. Not mere > search queries. If it shows a visit via that particular keyword or phrase, > that means someone (or a bot) searched for that term, and clicked the link > to your site. It's arguable whether Google Analytics tracks bots though... > > Eric > > > On 1/25/2011 2:21 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote: >> >> Hi Michael, Ruben and List, >> >> I also have Google Analytics and I have seen some *strange* search >> requests. I think in some cases, a person might visit a search engine >> and make a query, but instead of clicking on the results, they might >> have a change of mind and navigate directly to another site from the >> search results page. Their query and search URL is held in the >> browser cache as "last site visited", and Google Analytics will show >> that in the traffic report. I think that explains some cases where I >> get queries for stuff like "michael jordan signed rookie card". >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone& Ironworks Meteorites >> >> Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >> Meteorite Top List - http://meteorite.gotop100.com >> EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> On 1/25/11, Michael Blood<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Mike& all, >>> This was an example of what I was talking to Greg and Ruben >>> About in the last few days: >>> No matter what you do, if you are successful a small percentage >>> Of people will resent your success. It is very kinky stuff. Sad people >>> They must be. >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> On 1/24/11 9:23 PM, "Mike Hankey"<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I was reviewing my google analytics search keyword stats for today and >>>> I came across this strange search phrase... it was too funny not to >>>> post. sorry. >>>> >>>> http://i.imgur.com/T1lbQ.jpg >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> Visit the Archives at >>>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia Website: http://www.mr-meteorite.net Articles: http://www.meteorite.com/blog/ Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=meteorfright#p/u ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
