strange search found in Google Analytics

Discussion in 'Google' started by ahelpinghand, Jun 8, 2007.

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    Almost daily I see a keyword in Google Analytics for my site using the ( site: ) operator (example site:www.mysite.com) and with a lot of page views (sometimes 20, 16, etc).

    Does this happen to you? and why would ordinary users do that?
     
    ahelpinghand, Jun 8, 2007 IP
  2. Cypherus

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    Maybe someone is checking out your site? I get it all the time on several of my sites, and I'm pretty sure it's one of my competitors!
     
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    It's probably the competition exploring your site ;)
     
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    ordinary users wouldn't do that! But Google Analytics is all messed up, don't you use any other stat counter? Real time ones like statcounter.com?
     
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    Yes I get this alot too :D
     
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    It means that many people are using the "[ More results from yousitename.tld ]" option available under your site in the SERP. For example a search for "digital point" has the option "[ More results from forums.digitalpoint.com ]" under the second result. Which performs a google search for site:forums.digitalpoint.com
     
    Aragorn, Jun 8, 2007 IP