Blog statistics error?

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  sueannbowlingauthor · Member · Feb 28, 2013 at 8:53 pm

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  I think my blog had as error in the stats yesterday. I show about 450 views for a single old page with apparently a single visitor.

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  amightywp · Member · Feb 28, 2013 at 11:41 pm

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  Hi there,

  I went and took a look at your statistics and what has actually happened was that someone needed a picture of a zebra!

  While Google Images has taken care so that images which turn up in their search results do not result in views for sites anymore, Yahoo Images has not done the same. So if someone goes to Yahoo Images and, as in this case, searches for zebra, your site’s photo of a zebra comes up. The difference between the two is that it results in a “view” in your stats without an actual visit from someone.

  You can review this yourself in your stats right here:

  https://wordpress.com/#!/my-stats/?blog=12927556

  And if you click on “yesterday” for search engine referrals, you’ll see that Yahoo Image Search send most of the traffic your way for the search term “zebra.”

  Let me know if you have any questions about this!