Uncounted requests

  • Resolved flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)


    3 months, 3 weeks ago

    I have checked my website logs from yesterday and confirmed that at least 5, and up to 9, requests for a specific page were not recorded by Koko. I have the log entries. Five are incoming from X (t.co). Analytics of the tweet on X confirm that the link was clicked about this many times.

    I can’t post my website or log publicly.

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  • Thread Starter flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)

    It looks like there were a few misses for another page. I have logs for this one as well.

    Thread Starter flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)

    I have three types of caching enabled through SiteGround’s Speed Optimizer plugin: dynamic caching (NGINX), file-based caching and memcached.

    Plugin Author Danny van Kooten

    (@dvankooten)

    Hello @flaneuring,

    Sorry for the late reply. I tried replying to the forum email notification, but apparently that does not work… Here is my reply from a couple of days ago:

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    Hello flaneuring,

    These people are probably running an ad-blocker that prevents Koko Analytics from counting (or “tracking”) them. I am afraid there is not much that can be done about this, as these ad-blockers use automatically updated filter lists.

    Best,
    Danny

    Thread Starter flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)

    OK, thanks for the reply.

    Thread Starter flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)

    ChatGPT tells me about half of users in North America and Europe use ad blockers. If this is correct, I would need to double Koko metrics to estimate actual use.

    Plugin Author Danny van Kooten

    (@dvankooten)

    Hi @flaneuring,

    I would say it really depends on your audience. I think over 80% of reasonably tech savvy users will run an ad-blocker, but very few outside of those circles.

    Personally I’d say that it doesn’t really matter as long as the proportion remains constant. If your demographic suddenly all started using ad-blockers, this would change the meaning of your analytics quite a bit. But as long as the percentage of your visitors using an ad-blocker remains constant, it doesn’t really matter what the actual number is all that much.

    Thread Starter flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)

    Media sites throw a dialog box when I visit, detecting that I am using an ad blocker. Could Koko at least detect number of hits from ad blocker users in a day, even if they couldn’t be distinguished as individuals?

    Thread Starter flaneuring

    (@flaneuring)

    Yes, Koko is still useful for relative trends, but as a larger share of users use ad blockers, the metrics get blurry. The point, after all, is to get an accurate count.

    I am a happy user of Koko with a Pro subscription that’s about to renew.

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