Question about Google anlaytics

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by shulink, Jan 4, 2009.

  1. #1
    I use google analytics on a website for quiet a while now and recently started a new blog last week. I was working on the template and a couple of posts on my blog and only promoted on 2 forums. But it shows that I have 43 uniques. and the traffic is
    1. blogger.com (referral) 40 visits
    2. direct 40 visits
    3. my blog 20 visits
    4. the forum I advertise 1 visit

    Why are there traffic from blogger.com and my own blog? I believe that's myself since the average time on site is 20 minutes. I spent a lot time designing the template so the average time is long. But if that's me, why google analytics showed there are 43 uniques which I have only a few visits from the forum I advertise?
     
    shulink, Jan 4, 2009 IP
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    wrekoniz3 Well-Known Member

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    What forums did you promote your site on?
     
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    shulink Well-Known Member

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    just a low traffic forum, that's why google analytics showed only 1 visit from them. What i'm wondering is why it shows there are traffic from blogger.com and my own blog? P.S, my blog is a free blog from blogger.com and is hosted on blogger.com
     
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    wrekoniz3 Well-Known Member

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    Do you think it may be your own visits?
     
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    shulink Well-Known Member

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    yah, I think its my own visit since why would anyone stay in a website over 20 minutes when there is only 1 post. But my question is if it is my own visit, why it shows there are 43 uniques?
     
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    wrekoniz3 Well-Known Member

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    That's a good question... Might wanna search for some FAQs, on the chance someone else encountered this and discovered the reason.
     
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