Stat Counter & Google Analytics related

Terence Dodge

Hello

I saw some where a reference to how not to count yourself using GA, I have lost that search reference so could someone point me at that discussion/How-too.

Is it possible to get stat counter to not count my own visits, I do not want to "Juke the stats" ( HBO "The wire" ).

Pointers Please.

Terence Dodge

Richard

Terence Dodge wrote:

Hello

I saw some where a reference to how not to count yourself using GA, I have lost that search reference so could someone point me at that discussion/How-too.

Is it possible to get stat counter to not count my own visits, I do not want to "Juke the stats" ( HBO "The wire" ).

Pointers Please.

Terence Dodge

For Google Analytics, the link is here.

For Statcounter, go to the tools and config page and select the Set Blocking Cookie option.

Terence Dodge

counting me out

Richard wrote:

For Google Analytics, the link is here.

For Statcounter, go to the tools and config page and select the Set Blocking Cookie option.

thank you for the response. a follow on question then is am I to use my computers network ID or is there a different ID I was under the impression that my machine created a IP address each time it logs on to the internet, so would I be using smugmugs IP address.

Terence Dodge

rainforest1155

Terence Dodge wrote:

thank you for the response. a follow on question then is am I to use my computers network ID or is there a different ID I was under the impression that my machine created a IP address each time it logs on to the internet, so would I be using smugmugs IP address.

No, when you browse any site with your browser, your IP address is the one that gets reported to the site. That also applies to tracking tools like GA and Statcounter. To determine your IP, you could visit this site.

Sebastian

EDIT: corrected bad link.

David_S85

rainforest1155 wrote:

No, when you browse any site with your browser, your IP address is the one that gets reported to the site. That also applies to tracking tools like GA and Statcounter. To determine your IP, you could visit this site.

Sebastian

bad link.

Richard

David_S85 wrote:

bad link.

Here's one that works: http://whatsmyip.org/

Richard

Terence Dodge wrote:

thank you for the response. a follow on question then is am I to use my computers network ID or is there a different ID I was under the impression that my machine created a IP address each time it logs on to the internet, so would I be using smugmugs IP address.

Terence Dodge

It sounds like you have a dynamic IP address. The solution for you is to use the blocking cookie option. You should do this for each browser and each machine that you want excluded.

LCKatMPN

Richard wrote:

It sounds like you have a dynamic IP address. The solution for you is to use the blocking cookie option. You should do this for each browser and each machine that you want excluded.

I found this thread very useful. I used whatsmyip.org to find my IP address. I proceeded to go to Googles Analytics to explore removing my IP address from the count. In so doing, I was asked to determine if I were using an old code or a new code. The two codes they offered to compare against, mine was not an exact fit. Here's the code I'm using:

******** src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</********
******** type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-3091072-1";
urchinTracker();
</********

here's the codes they offered for me to compare my code against:
http://analytics.blogspot.com/

My question is this:
Should I be updating my code?
If so, to which code?
And if I make the switch, will I be comparing apples today to oranges yesterday, or will there be a consistency in the count? In other words, will I lose my past history of counts? Will that past history be different than it would be if I did not make the change?

Thanks,
Linda
www.MyPaperNow.com

Richard

LCKatMPN wrote:

I found this thread very useful. I used whatsmyip.org to find my IP address. I proceeded to go to Googles Analytics to explore removing my IP address from the count. In so doing, I was asked to determine if I were using an old code or a new code. The two codes they offered to compare against, mine was not an exact fit. Here's the code I'm using:

******** src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</********
******** type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-3091072-1";
urchinTracker();
</********

here's the codes they offered for me to compare my code against:
http://analytics.blogspot.com/

My question is this:
Should I be updating my code?
If so, to which code?
And if I make the switch, will I be comparing apples today to oranges yesterday, or will there be a consistency in the count? In other words, will I lose my past history of counts? Will that past history be different than it would be if I did not make the change?

Thanks,
Linda
www.MyPaperNow.com

You are using the old code--so am I. The blog entry you linked has some information on the differences. I don't know the answers to your questions, but I bet someone on the Google Analytics Forum does.