Residual clicks

The channels are gone, why do the clicks continue?

[CherryHintonBlue]

One strange effect I've noticed since playing around with channels is that if I put a certain channel code on a few thousand pages, then later remove that channel code site-wide, the views and clicks for that channel continue, albeit reduced by 99.5%. I realise that I can deactivate the channel, and the phenomenon is not actually a problem, but I'm just curious as to why this happens. On one channel I've been seeing a couple of dozen views a day, and the occasional click, even though I'm totally satisfied in my own mind that there's no trace of that channel code left on the site. Any suggestions?

[tomkee]

Cached pages? Google cache?

[Mauricio]

Maybe ISP cached pages?

[loanuniverse]

Sometimes, when I surf from work I will see a page of mine using skyscrapers, and I switched to leaderboards a couple of months ago. A lot of places cache our pages.

[paybacksa]

For one site I have everything on a channel, and have since the first evening we could do so.

I continue to see about 10% of traffic allocated to no channel.

Take a look at stats by channel, add it up, and take a look at stas by aggregate. They don't match, and if you assume the past few days have been counted in aggregate but not assigned to channel stats yet, it still doesn't add up.

Too many variables under secret G control to worry about it, but IMHO not unusual to see stuff not on channels, for whatever reason.

[bhartzer]

the views and clicks for that channel continue

There is a two day delay in reporting when it comes to channels. That's why I don't use them.

[loanuniverse]

There is a two day delay in reporting when it comes to channels.

You know that doesn't mean that the aggregate numbers are going to get delayed also.... I think it is a good thing to have, and a must if you have more than one site.