Analytics not showing my Facebook hits

Discussion in 'Google Analytics' started by Brett1231, Oct 27, 2010.

  1. #1
    I've recently started using Facebook ads to promote my website. Facebook reported thirteen clicks yesterday but I'm not seeing Facebook in my Analytics traffic sources. I picked up 10 likes on Facebook yesterday so I have no reason to doubt they are sending me traffic. Why can't I find it in Analytics?
     
    Brett1231, Oct 27, 2010 IP
  2. magda

    magda Notable Member

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    #2
    Are the 'likes' are going to the Facebook page, not your site? If so, there's no reason to assume that they automatically go from there to your site, and they're clearly not if your tracking package doesn't report them
     
    magda, Oct 27, 2010 IP
  3. madhav

    madhav Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Few things are taken into account that from where the traffic is moving on. Is the traffic going on to your fan page from your fb profile or your fb profile to your website. Analyze the behaviour of visitor on facebook.

    GA tracks the facebook as a reffering site if there is any visit came from that.

    @magda is rightly said that fan page on the facebook so it doesn't show in your analytics of site.

    This same thing is also happend with me also when bit.ly short url service is showing that 18 people clicked on your link but it is not showing in my Google analytics.

    But visitor coming from my profile site link is showing that twitter is a reffering site but not bit.ly short url.

    So sometimes we can not fully confident on only google anaytics .
     
    madhav, Oct 27, 2010 IP
  4. steverickson

    steverickson Greenhorn

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    some time google anaytics update himself late . can u please check know may b it is showing
     
    steverickson, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  5. magda

    magda Notable Member

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    If you ever use a shortening service that gives you more data than bit.ly you will see one thing very clearly - MOST hits from twitter are bots. That's what Google isn't recording. Google records human visitors who call up the page.
    I've said it before and I'll say it again and again, resist the temptation to think that GA is wrong because it gives you a lower number than other ways of measuring visitors, because that lower number is much more likely to be the correct one.
     
    magda, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  6. shelinauto

    shelinauto Peon

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    ya some time it cause problems,
    i have also faced this problem so many times......
    pls suggest if anyone know the useful solution.
     
    shelinauto, Oct 28, 2010 IP
  7. phoenixs_boys

    phoenixs_boys Active Member

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    yes I also never experienced anything like it. how to fix this?
     
    phoenixs_boys, Oct 28, 2010 IP
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    fee_kyu Peon

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    i have something trouble with this too because i have big friend on fb
     
    fee_kyu, Oct 30, 2010 IP
  9. yoctoinc

    yoctoinc Peon

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    is that fb likes or ads
     
    yoctoinc, Oct 31, 2010 IP
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    sydneysuperyacht Peon

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    I think that, It may be causes to implement ( not proper put analytics code ) on that..
     
    sydneysuperyacht, Nov 1, 2010 IP
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    rohnsmith Active Member

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    In analytic you need to check in traffic source and hits from reference sites .
     
    rohnsmith, Nov 2, 2010 IP
  12. jlondonlaw

    jlondonlaw Guest

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    Facebook fan page is showing their traffic in different page, it will not show you on google analytics but in fb analytics you will see it..i have checked, hope u get you clear cut solution.


    regards,
    jlondonlaw team
     
    jlondonlaw, Nov 2, 2010 IP
  13. seoamit04

    seoamit04 Peon

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    Yes, This time Google facing some problem in indexing and tracking, But generally it always show traffic from all source.
     
    seoamit04, Nov 12, 2010 IP