Spooky goings on from bots?
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Buon pomeriggio.....
I have a clients whos data shows that they have very high visitor traffic between 1 AM & 5AM. Prevoisly I have been advised on this forum to search out and filter out bot traffic but i can find anything
But i just want to know where can i spot theses obscure things described here:
http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2013/09/05/filter-bots-google-analytics/#sr=g&m=o&cp=or&ct=-tmc&st=%28opu%20qspwjefe%29&ts=1380528080 in google analytics. Ive followed stacks of tutorials and all i find out is i have Browser internet explorer behing the busiest traffic at 2AMPerhaps the time report is jinxed, but illustrated here is whats triggered the concern
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc53/zymurgy_bucket/vampire-data2-_zpsbe023697.jpgSo if anyone could give me simple what to do in analytics and be v gratefull!
Grazie,
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Hi Alan Thanks for the reply yep checked this, the city locals all look normal, but I will check the account set up and make sure its GMT
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I don't think GA counts bingbot or other bots, not sure what that article is talking about.
could it be that there is a timezone problem here, and that the hits are not really in the early hours. or maybe from another country?
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