Why do the stats count my own visits?

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  yleventhal · Member · Jun 21, 2015 at 8:50 pm

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  Every time I look at my site on my phone, the stats increases view count by one. And the ‘referrals sites’ for those are WordPress. That happened in the middle of the night. So I know my own visits are counted. What can I do to exclude my own visits from the stats?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jun 22, 2015 at 2:40 pm

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  <blockbuster>That happened in the middle of the night.
  The time at which a stat is increased is irrelevant since you may receive visitors at any time of day, and there may be a substantial delay between a page view occurring and the stat being credited.

  What can I do to exclude my own visits from the stats?

  Log in to the site before visiting it.

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  yleventhal · Member · Jun 22, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  Well, all the “views” came from the same location as I was, so the time was relevant. With each additional refresh from me, I saw an increase of view counts by one. THAT is significant.

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  yleventhal · Member · Jun 22, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  Well, all the “views” came from the same location as I was, so the time was relevant. With each additional refresh from me, I saw an increase of view counts by one. THAT is significant.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jun 22, 2015 at 4:42 pm

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  Well, all the “views” came from the same location as I was, so the time was relevant.

  Agreed. In any event, your visits won’t be counted if you’re logged in, unless the site is set to private.

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  yleventhal · Member · Jun 22, 2015 at 9:13 pm

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  I was indeed logged in, so in theory, my visits shouldn’t have been counted. But they were. Why?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Jun 22, 2015 at 9:59 pm

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  I don’t know. You may add a “modlook” tag to the sidebar of this topic to call for staff attention.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 25, 2015 at 10:41 am

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  Hi there,

  I see a number of different sites linked to your WordPress.com account. Did this happen on your site https://codebyline.wordpress.com/ or a different one (or more than one)?

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  yleventhal · Member · Jun 25, 2015 at 12:59 pm

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  Tag added.
  The count increases when I view my sites (regardless of which).

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 25, 2015 at 2:04 pm

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  You mentioned that you’re logged in when you view your sites. Do you see the dark grey admin bar across the top of each site when you look at it on your phone?

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  yleventhal · Member · Jun 26, 2015 at 1:36 pm

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  For the instances in question–I used WordPress’s iPhone app and was logged on.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 26, 2015 at 4:32 pm

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  Did you view your site from within the iPhone app, or did you go from the app to Safari to view the site?

  Even if you’re logged in to the app, if you view your full site within the app (for example, tapping the “View Site” link in the My Sites section) you’ll see a logged-out view of your site. That can count your visit in your site’s stats.