ASNs IPs – Bots or Users?

Posted by helpadvisors on Saturday November 02, 2019 @02:43PM
from the self-post dept.

I'm seeing an increased amount of traffic coming onto my website via ASN Networks using different IPs.

AS7029 - Windstream Communications AS5650 - Frontier Communications AS7922 - Comcast Cable Communications

Are IPs from ASN networks always bots crawling through content? Or possible they could be true users?

Curious to know if I should be excluding from my "conversion pixel" on GA?

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Re:ASNs IPs – Bots or Users? by detaro on Saturday November 02, 2019 @02:47PM (#21429273)

The question doesn't make sense. All networks on the internet are (part of) ASNs.

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Re:ASNs IPs – Bots or Users? by helpadvisors on Saturday November 02, 2019 @02:51PM (#21429299)

Fair enough. Is there a scenario in which a ASN IP is a real person?

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Re:ASNs IPs – Bots or Users? by detaro on Saturday November 02, 2019 @02:54PM (#21429314)

Yes, because all networks and thus all IP addresses are part of an ASN. IP addresses that do not belong to an ASN are not a thing that exists on the internet.

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