Google Analytics traffic hijacking?
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Ran into something interesting a week ago - the same Google Analytics code was installed on two different sites by accident. The account was reporting traffic from both domains.
Haven't found a definitive answer on how to stop this yet if it were to be used maliciously?
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Actually, site activity generated on other domains than yours will be included in Google Analytics metrics, unless, that is, you filter that activity out.
So you need to create a filter which includes only the traffic from your own domain. This blog post explains how to do this in a perfect amount of detail.
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I am almost sure (burt I could be wrong too) that analytics will not track from unverified domains, so no risk of hijacking there.
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