How accurate is analytics with "direct" visitors? Is it possible that some visitors appear as direct just because Google has trouble tracking the source, or are all visits listed as direct, actually direct? Thank you.
google analytics isn't even working with my blog. It says I m getin no visitors although i am getting some ...
Yeah And May be direct visitors are those who type your blog or site url directly on their browsers or they came from social sites such as facebook..etc
direct is anything that has no referrer (for any reasons including bookmarks, email links, referrer blocked by firewall, etc)
Look at the landing pages for your direct traffic. It will tell you or give you some idea as to the accuracy of the direct traffic number. My opinion is that it's BS since there are so many landing pages that are impossible for anyone to type in by hand.
but they are possible to bookmark, so it is not BS but as I said direct includes all traffic where browser have sent no referrer