Post by aloo5436459 on Feb 23, 2024 21:46:25 GMT -6
Since the beginning of 2018, many sites have included a referral source of 127.0.0.1:8888 in their traffic data. Generally, when you see such addresses, many large and small addresses that want to attract traffic to their sites come to mind. However, when you want to access the URL address in the example in question, "This site cannot be accessed." you will receive the warning. The reason for this is that the address in question belongs to your computer. If this isn't a redundant link, what is? After doing some research on this traffic source, you will see that it belongs to Google LLC. If you dig a little deeper, you may find that the traffic comes from the googleusercontent domain network. This address is an address used for cached pages.
Additionally, you can find googlebot. In this case, you can understand that the traffic in question comes from the Google index or its cached domains. What is Google LLC? Google LLC is the official name used by Google since Phone Number List 2017. Googlebot uses this service provider. Why are these included in the reports? In general, Google Analytics is good at detecting bot behavior. It can detect bots that can index your site, such as Googlebot. However, this time, such a situation arose because the bot in question did not have a correct label or a partial error occurred. If you continue to examine the traffic sources, you can see that some traffic coming from the Google LLC service provider is 127.0.0.1:8888 and some is a direct source.
How to block traffic from the address 127.0.0.1:8888? Even if this bot has good intentions, the data in question does not provide any benefit to Google Analytics data. Therefore, filtering the relevant source would be a much more accurate step. It is necessary to use the service provider filter to filter the traffic coming from this source. Before continuing, you should keep the following in mind: Performing the filtering process will only apply to the data you obtain in the future. Existing data in the Google Analytics property will not be deleted. When performing this operation, it is necessary to perform the operation in the unfiltered view. Once you consider these, you can start creating filters. Log in to your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin section. Here, enter the “filters” option, not the “all filters” option.
Additionally, you can find googlebot. In this case, you can understand that the traffic in question comes from the Google index or its cached domains. What is Google LLC? Google LLC is the official name used by Google since Phone Number List 2017. Googlebot uses this service provider. Why are these included in the reports? In general, Google Analytics is good at detecting bot behavior. It can detect bots that can index your site, such as Googlebot. However, this time, such a situation arose because the bot in question did not have a correct label or a partial error occurred. If you continue to examine the traffic sources, you can see that some traffic coming from the Google LLC service provider is 127.0.0.1:8888 and some is a direct source.
How to block traffic from the address 127.0.0.1:8888? Even if this bot has good intentions, the data in question does not provide any benefit to Google Analytics data. Therefore, filtering the relevant source would be a much more accurate step. It is necessary to use the service provider filter to filter the traffic coming from this source. Before continuing, you should keep the following in mind: Performing the filtering process will only apply to the data you obtain in the future. Existing data in the Google Analytics property will not be deleted. When performing this operation, it is necessary to perform the operation in the unfiltered view. Once you consider these, you can start creating filters. Log in to your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin section. Here, enter the “filters” option, not the “all filters” option.