Am I skewing my own Analytics data?

Discussion in 'Google' started by Ahab(FXseas), Nov 13, 2008.

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    I've been trying to figure this out for a while now.

    For example, the "time on page" measurement. If my website is constantly open in my browser, and say I leave it on a particular page for 10 hours while I go to work, does that artificially increase the "time on page" figure?

    If so, is there any way around it? Ideally, I would like to block all my activity on my site from my stats, but I haven't found a way to do that yet.
     
    Ahab(FXseas), Nov 13, 2008 IP
  2. blackrosezy

    blackrosezy Banned

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    I don't think google will record it in analytic for that long.It is to much for people staying on the same page for 10 hours.Maybe you can put a javascript that will redirect to other website at some period of time.Just my 5 cent ;)
     
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    freediver Peon

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    You can omit the display of analytics code for the logged in admin user.
     
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    Where can you do that? I've looked around a lot and couldn't find anything...
     
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    howard Well-Known Member

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    You can exclude traffic from the analytics stats based on IP addresses or domain. Have a look at Filter Manager in the Analytics Settings area.

    Howard
     
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    Ahab(FXseas) Peon

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    Alright, I think I've almost got it. I'm using a cookie to track my computer and exclude myself, since my IP uses dynamic addresses.

    I'm supposed to include this code in a page:
    <body onLoad="javascript:pageTracker._setVar('test_value');">

    I'm a JS newb, so does this have to be in a particular part of the page (head vs. body) and does it need <script> tags?

    Thanks for the help everyone!

    Edit...apparently a ":" followed by a "p" produces the above smiley...not intentional!
     
    Ahab(FXseas), Nov 13, 2008 IP