Archive for the ‘Bugs’ Category

Chrome Inflates Website Visits

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Google have announced an issue with the Chrome 6 browser which may have inflated site visit numbers from Chrome users during the period September 7th to 22nd.

The issue was caused by Chrome version 6.0.472.55 incorrectly executing Google Analytics JavaScript leading to artificially high visit numbers for each visit. (more…)

Google Analytics Reporting Homepage as “/” and “/index.html”

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

As of 16 March 2010, Google Analytics has being displaying homepage views as “/” rather than “/index.html”, “/index.php” etc. I have reviewed a number of client accounts on different hosting platforms and the problem exists for them all.

This situation typically occurs in Google Analytics accounts where a default homepage (e.g. index.html) has not been  specified for a profile. However in this instance the problem is occurring in long-established accounts. The problem is most likely on Google’s side. Hopefully it will be rectified shortly.

An example of a Google Analytics report showing two lines of data for the homepage - "/" and "index.php"

An example of a Google Analytics report showing two lines of data for the homepage - "/" and "index.php"