| GA RealTime Beta discrepancies w/ AddWords
doesn't add up, what I see on GA and Adwords |
4tmj1
msg:4415527 | 5:38 pm on Feb 8, 2012 (gmt 0) |
New poster here - I think this is the right place for this:
So after several days of getting my new campaign setup and dealing w/ the dreaded 24 results on AdWords, I wanted to get a faster picture of what was actually happening. Hmm...what to do...Ah yes, the new(ish) GA realtime beta w/ traffic sources built right in!
So, I turn it on and watch. Over the course of the day, coming and going at my desk. I watched at least 4 "CPC" sources hit the website.
Those are clicks. Thinking that it was all starting to swim a bit, I checked the GA stats the next morning and was still stuck on the 2 tiny clicks I got the day before. How can this be? I watched the realtime tell me that at least four successful clicks had happened the day before. Anyone have any clues?
Thanks,
Andy
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Fabt
msg:4415585 | 6:56 pm on Feb 8, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Real time may not have screened clicks or (fraud/bot) clicks which get filtered out later. The best way to get a real idea of what is going on is to install a server level analytical software (you can find it for free) that accesses your real log files and even gives you the IP address of your visitors.
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4tmj1
msg:4415589 | 7:11 pm on Feb 8, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Thank you - great answer, makes perfect sense!
A
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