RolandFuseHub Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 As you we all know Google Analytics allows you to exclude visits based on IP addresses so staff visits and/or visits from the offices of the client, or even mine for testing purposes, will not be part of the analytics. It would be great if Squarespace offers that option as well. Some smaller clients of mine do not need Google Analytics and are very happy with the analytics offered by Squarespace, but because they are smaller companies, their visits to the site, or even my visits to check something, are skewing the data somewhat. If I can exclude those visits, the data will be a better representation of ACTUAL visitors. Shouldn't be that hard I would think? Anyone any thoughts? KristiC, Josephine, SarahSWD and 1 other 4 I run FuseHub Creative Group, a syndicate of creatives from all over the world with one common goal - to develop creative and strategic solutions for ambitious organizations, and develop cool plugins which you can find on the SQS Mods platform - Circle Members always get a 10% discount with this code: SQSMOD10. Link to comment
paul2009 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, RolandFuseHub said: Some smaller clients are very happy with the analytics offered by Squarespace, but because they are smaller companies, their visits to the site, or even my visits to check something, are skewing the data somewhat. If clients are using the built in Squarespace Analytics they can exclude their own visits by logging in to their site before visiting it. The best way to do this is to visit account.squarespace.com and access the site from there. Squarespace Analytics ignores all site owner and contributor activity by default, so if you always log in first your visits will not register whilst you remain logged in. When you’re logged out, your activity appears the same as any other visitor. For more information, see Hiding your activity from Squarespace Analytics. About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
RolandFuseHub Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, paul2009 said: If clients are using the built in Squarespace Analytics they can exclude their own visits by logging in to their site before visiting it. The best way to do this is to visit account.squarespace.com and access the site from there. Squarespace Analytics ignores all site owner and contributor activity by default, so if you always log in first your visits will not register whilst you remain logged in. When you’re logged out, your activity appears the same as any other visitor. For more information, see Hiding your activity from Squarespace Analytics. Nice suggestion @paul2009 but I can not give 10-15 staff access. Chances someone screws up something is just too high. Edited June 18, 2021 by RolandFuseHub Typo paul2009 and KristiC 2 I run FuseHub Creative Group, a syndicate of creatives from all over the world with one common goal - to develop creative and strategic solutions for ambitious organizations, and develop cool plugins which you can find on the SQS Mods platform - Circle Members always get a 10% discount with this code: SQSMOD10. Link to comment
SurfXolo Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Works for limited use case, but doesn't cover when you are doing UAT and you do not want to add every tester to SP as a users, think Mobile devices much less grant access to change things. SP is solution is handy (thanks), but a better and advanced solution seems easy enough to simply exclude IP address/range. Michael, CelsoDiniz and RolandFuseHub 2 1 Link to comment
nicolettely Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 On 6/18/2021 at 4:01 PM, paul2009 said: If clients are using the built in Squarespace Analytics they can exclude their own visits by logging in to their site before visiting it. The best way to do this is to visit account.squarespace.com and access the site from there. Squarespace Analytics ignores all site owner and contributor activity by default, so if you always log in first your visits will not register whilst you remain logged in. When you’re logged out, your activity appears the same as any other visitor. For more information, see Hiding your activity from Squarespace Analytics. I don't think this is accurate or maybe it has changed since then. I am always logged in and I still see my IP address in my SQSP analytics. Is there any more info about this? Link to comment
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