Domains and blog stats

janusgate · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 12:28 am
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Is there any kind of way to blog my OWN visits to my blog after I’ve created a domain? As it stands since I’ve created my domain today, WordPress is counting my own visits to my site along with everyone elses now that I’ve created it. Is there some kind of code or something I just have no idea about to prevent this? Or should I just stop looking at my blog?!!
raincoaster · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 12:58 am
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No, WordPress does not count your own visits, even on your own domain
janusgate · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 1:00 am
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Well I did a little test. I did a search engine search of my blog name and clicked on it. Unless someone else did that at the exact same time, it’s listed.
raincoaster · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 1:50 am
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What do you mean? Being listed in search engines and whether or not WordPress counts your hits are two entirely different things.
timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 1:51 am
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/nod to raincoaster
Exactly

Is this stats reference helpful? http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/02/09/questions-about-stats/
janusgate · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:11 am
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Nah. I mean it’s on my blog stats. I googled the blog name and clicked on it. Sure enough my clicking on it showed up on my blog stats. And I know I was the one who did it. Does that make sense?
janusgate · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:13 am
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Checked out that link. Nothing really answered my question there, but thanks.
masterclasslady · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:20 am
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Yes, but when you clicked on the Google link, you are not “logged in” to your dashboard because you are on the Google site, not the WordPress site.

Thus, the stats counter would not register you as the owner of your wordpress site – you would be treated like any other ordinary visitor on Google.

Hope the explanation wasn’t confusing.
raincoaster · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:22 am
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That’s quite true. I hadn’t thought of that. Good catch.
masterclasslady · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:25 am
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That’s because I’ve done this myself -you know, as a sort of a Google and Stats test. :)
janusgate · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:26 am
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Ah. That makes sense. I guess I also thought this was the case because a recent post got some healthy hits in a short amount of time. And it was around the same time I was tweaking it and looking back at it. But maybe it wasn’t me afterall.
raincoaster · Member · Sep 9, 2007 at 2:48 am
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It should not count your own visits when you’re not clicking in from an external to WP.com site. If you’re within WP.com, it shouldn’t ever count your visits. You might want to ask staff to double-check your blog, though, as I have once heard of this happening.

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