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Does Google Analytics Count Bots as Visitors?December 14, 2011
By Jill Whalen
Hi Jill,  If I am looking at Google Analytics and it says we received, say, 15 unique visitors on a particular day, does that mean real live people or does that also include Google bots? Rebecca ++Jill's Response++ Hi Rebecca, One of the many great things about Google Analytics is that it does NOT include bots. So you can rest assured that the visitors you're seeing are, in fact, real visitors. (This is different from many other stats programs that do show bots as visitors.) Jill Jill Whalen is the CEO of High Rankings,  an SEO Services company in the Boston, MA area since 1995. Follow her on Twitter @JillWhalenIf you learned from this article, be sure to sign up for the High Rankings Advisor SEO Newsletter so you can be the first to receive similar articles in the future! Post Comment  Jill Whalen said: @David, I suppose they could. I've not really seen evidence of it, but would be interested in learning more if you have some resources that have discussed this. Add Your Comments |
 
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Jill, Don't some bots do squeak through and therefore are counted as human visitors? What distinguishes a bot from a human visitor especially if they mask/spoof their legitimate identity? Not a challenge but a clarification. Thanks for your valuable input.