Google Search Console November Click Spikes Attributed to Bot Traffic
· 8h ago · Originally reported by Smarkupp Studios
Recent spikes in click data reported by Google Search Console in November have been identified as bot traffic rather than genuine user activity. The article discusses methods for filtering out this invalid traffic from reports to ensure accurate website analytics.
Why it matters
Understanding and filtering bot traffic is crucial for website owners and marketers to make informed decisions based on real user behavior, not inflated by automated clicks.
Explain it like I’m new here
It's like counting how many real people visit your lemonade stand, but some of the 'customers' are actually robots, so you need to ignore the fake ones to know how well you're really doing.
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Terms in this story
Bot traffic
Bot traffic is visits, ad impressions or clicks generated by automated software rather than people, ranging from honest search crawlers to fraudulent bots built to look human.
Invalid traffic (IVT)
Invalid traffic (IVT) is any impression, click or visit not coming from a real person with a genuine chance to see the ad, whether caused by bots, fraud or error.
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