anyway to track bot behavior with google analytics?

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    is there anyway to track bot behavior with google analytics?
     
    fastmanfunnay, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  2. mvandemar

    mvandemar Notable Member

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    Google Analytics is driven by a snippet of external Javascript that browsers load when the page loads. Since bots don't load external scripts then no, no way to do that.

    -Michael
     
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    r3born Active Member

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    Probably not, you'll have to stick to AwStats :)

     
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    fastmanfunnay Active Member

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    you could have just said no
     
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    Because going through life not knowing why things are the way they are is so much more fun...?

    -Michael
     
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    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    If he just said no, then what exactly did you learn?? nothing....by taking his time to provide a proper eplanation, you now now why google analytics or any other javascript tracking program, can't track googlebot
     
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  7. fastmanfunnay

    fastmanfunnay Active Member

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    i would have learned that google analytics didn't track search engine bots, and my curiosity would have been satisfied
     
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    Trust me, though you choose to live a life of "just enough" knowledge and no more, someone who actually gets something from knowing the whys and wherefores of the question will eventually happen across this thread an appreciate it.

    -Michael
     
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  9. fastmanfunnay

    fastmanfunnay Active Member

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    well in that case:

    you're welcome for whoever finds this thread helpful.

    i couldnt have done it without mvandemar though, how about a round of applause?
     
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    Use Crawl Track from http://www.crawltrack.fr/ and it will tell you exactly what all the bots that visit your site are doing. It even lets you know which company the bots belong too.
     
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