Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Google Analytics fix this?
by mrhhug on Sunday June 28, 2015 @10:05AM
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> Why doesn't Google Analytics fix this?
fix? They are giving you the data you asked for. You can ignore web requests based on referer. Why are you sending these places data back? You are wasting bandwidth.
well......I have maintain the full stack on the sites I care about, so I would ignore based on referer, but i acknowledge not every dev has this luxury. I would be mad if a statistical analysis app fudged my numbers as default.
fix? They are giving you the data you asked for. You can ignore web requests based on referer. Why are you sending these places data back? You are wasting bandwidth.
well......I have maintain the full stack on the sites I care about, so I would ignore based on referer, but i acknowledge not every dev has this luxury. I would be mad if a statistical analysis app fudged my numbers as default.