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annc · 06-10-2007, 11:46 PM

It seems that around 60% of my visitors these days are robots, which has to skew the statistics.

I sell advertising on some of my pages, and am wondering what other people do about the effect of robots on their statistics when selling advertising space. I should say that the advertisers I attract are happy to advertise because they know that their potential customers visit the site, but there is this little ethical bug that tells me I should qualify any traffic statistics if asked about actual figures.

What are your robot statistics, and what do you tell your customers?

06-10-2007, 11:46 PM	#1
annc Sysop Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Subtropical Queensland, Australia, between the mountains and the Coral Sea Posts: 4,592	What percentage of your visitors are robots? It seems that around 60% of my visitors these days are robots, which has to skew the statistics. I sell advertising on some of my pages, and am wondering what other people do about the effect of robots on their statistics when selling advertising space. I should say that the advertisers I attract are happy to advertise because they know that their potential customers visit the site, but there is this little ethical bug that tells me I should qualify any traffic statistics if asked about actual figures. What are your robot statistics, and what do you tell your customers? __________________

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