How is this site being tracked in GA?
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Hi,
Bit of an unusual one this, so please bear with me.
This site http://www.hayesandhurst.com/ is being tracked in Google Analytics but we're unsure as to how.
To the best of our knowledge we haven't inserted the tracking ID into the theme options or the tracking code into the source - and yet it appears to be tracking successfully!
I did send some instructions to the client to set up the Analytics account in their name - I fear they have added the code somewhere to the site, but we cannot see where! Perhaps via Google tag Manager??
As I say, an odd one this, but if anyone can shed any light on this mystery i'd be hugely grateful.
The tracking ID is UA-64505394-1 for the record.
Regards,
Nathan -
That's a great shout Dirk, it hadn't even crossed my mind that the traffic might not be genuine. Turns out the majority is referral spam like you suggest. There's some direct traffic in there but I'm guessing this is bogus too. I'll go ahead and add the tracking ID and filter out those spambots!
Many thank, N
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Hi Nathan,
I checked a few pages on the site with the Tag Assistant plugin for Chrome - and there is no tracking code to be found.
Are you sure that the data you see in Analytics is correct (it could as well be referral spam which is being recorded). I have a personal domain with no Analytics code (removed 2 months ago) & still get 20/30 visits/day tracked in the analytics account (mainly referral spam)
rgds,
Dirk
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Hi Alick,
Not sure why that would have been - the site appears to be operational now - must have been a blip.
Regards,
Nathan
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Hi Nathan,
This site http://www.hayesandhurst.com/ is not loading, giving error "Site temporarily unavailable" .
Thanks
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