22Apr2009

Exclude Dynamic IP Addresses in Google Analytics

It's good practice not to include internal traffic in your analytics reporting. The standard way to exclude traffic in Google Analytics is through IP address-based exclude filters.

This works fine for static IP address ranges, but what about if you want to exclude a computer whose IP address range changes (e.g. someone who's working from home)?

The default method that Google provides is based on setting up a special page on your domain.

I've always found this to be kind of a hassle and depending on your setup, it also might be difficult to implement.

Fortunately, on the Analytics Talk blog they've come up with another way to do this which replaces the special web page with a snippet of code that you paste into your address bar.

Very handy!

Posted on: April 22, 2009 | 10 Comments

10 Comments Posted (Add Yours)

Hmmm. That is interesting, but it still seems like a bit of a pain to have to reset that cookie....but fun to play with if you have the time!

Thanks.

1. Posted by Atlanta Web Design on April 22, 2009

If you save the code as a bookmark then all you have to do is click on it to reset it. Seems pretty painlesss to me.

2. Posted by Christian Watson on April 22, 2009

I visited these websites, and they have some nice information, CSS-Discuss Wiki in particular. I’m looking forward for some more posts like these.

Good Work!

3. Posted by SEO Company on April 28, 2009

Sounds all well and good, but as Atlanta Web Design says, bit of a mission really. Is it really worth all the hassle?

4. Posted by Claire on April 29, 2009

This is huge problem for me at the moment, so hopefully I can overcome it thanks to your post... great!

5. Posted by Neil J on May 14, 2009

Thanks for the tips because i people often misguided bye the total traffic. But clarification will give them the actual traffic. Thanks form Jenifer.

6. Posted by Jenifaer on May 15, 2009

This is also a problem for me but i didnt quite have the tech knowledge to get round it. Thank you.

7. Posted by we design salisbury on May 18, 2009

Ya Its good to exclude the IP address which we are working on for our site. When not excluded it becomes mess to track the visitors to our site. This will help us to know how far we have reached our real customers.

8. Posted by web services on May 22, 2009

The current method of using a cookie is working fine for us

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