How to Keep My Own Visits From Counting in Google Analytics

Google Analytics is aN online tool that tracks website visitor data, helping webmasters and publishers identify popular content and successful advertising campaigns. To collect Google Analytics data, publishers add a short snippet of code to each Web page they want to track. This logs a range of information about visitors, including visitor numbers and location. Visiting your own website regularly can skew the Google Analytics data by including your own visits in the statistics. If you want to keep your own visits from counting in Google Analytics, you can exclude them by editing the "Filter Manager" settings.

Instructions

1. Launch your Web browser and log in to your Google Analytics account.

2. Click the "Settings" link in the top menu, then click "Filter Manager."

3. Type a name for the filter in the "Filter Name" box. For example, "My Visits."

4. Click the "Filter Type" button and select "Exclude All Traffic From an IP Address" from the drop-down list.

5. Type your own Internet Protocol address in the "IP Address" field. If you don't know your IP address, open a new Web browser tab or window and navigate to WhatIsMyIP.com. Your IP address is displayed at the top of the page.

6. Select the Google Analytics profiles to which this filter should be applied in the "Available Website Profiles" options box. If you run Google Analytics on several websites, you can apply the filter to them all.

7. Click "Add" to include the profiles you've selected in the "Selected Website Profiles" list.

8. Click "Finish" to save the changes. Google Analytics will now exclude your visits in statistical data.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't forget to include the IP address for both your home and office computers.

References

• Google Analytics Help: How do I Exclude my Internal Traffic From Reports?

Resources

• Google: Analytics Help