Addicted to Real Time Google Analytics

[crowngate]

I seem to be addicted to real time analytics, i know it's just wasting my time but I can't help it!

Especially over this Cheltenham Festival period, i just find it fascinating. I suppose it is quite useful as I'm editing pages whilst my advertising campaigns are in motion. Looking where people are spending the time is useful, but I just feel like I'm watching a crap reality TV program! Anyone else have this issue?

[Christiaan]

I know the feeling. I have a Belgian website with about 50 visitors a day. So there isn't a lot to see in the real time statistics. But I check the day total more then 5 times a day.

[ynmrav28]

I use statcounter and addfree stats.You can check ip ,visitor activity along with the ads they clicked all etc details with this trackers

[Marit VS]

Yeap - sad but true, but I look at the analytic of my sites far more often than I should.

Really I should do it only once a day to review the day, as google is good enough to show pattenrs... but I cant help but have a quick peak every once in a while!

[sweetbet]

Every time I go there, I see I have one visitor online. I get excited and I look up where the visitor is from... then I realize that the visitor is just me

[Maria F]

I think we are all hooked

[baldidiot]

Every time I go there, I see I have one visitor online. I get excited and I look up where the visitor is from... then I realize that the visitor is just me

Lol.

BTW, real time obeys profile filters now so you can set one up to ignore your IP address.

[AceOdds]

Another one I'm bad with is google webmaster tools. Rarely do I get actionable information from it but it's so temping to check how impressions and ctr have changed day to day. Got to stay strong!

[alin04]

You have to be addicted to something and I am for real time analytics.
I look at the google analytics a few times per day.

[dfiocch]

lol

I look at my analytics only once per week

[F-L-C]

It's so addictive but can also be frustrating, for example if you see someone from the U.S clicking on somewhere they are not allowed to play, I have found myself screaming at the computer screen

[SlotsAff]

I check it once a day (in the mornings) to see what keywords I could optimise in my news posts.

However, the real time stats are brilliant and can be addictive - only look at that once a day because if not, would be there all day

[blackchip]

I run a Super Bowl site and during the SB the site averages over 50,000 views during that day for the past 7 years. When I look at the Real Time Analytics it causes me great anxiety as I watch the numbers climb and fall in rapid succession - very interesting none the less.

[xecutable]

With live streaming posts, I have experienced this when at once around 3k users get in . I was hooked on it at first perhaps in the first 2-3 weeks, but I have long forgotten about Real Time Stats.

It's not that bad. It has helped me find quickly dead links, mistyped links, links that shouldn't be there at all, valuable keywords!

[JackTenSuited]

I only set it up yesterday on one of my sites, unfortunately most of my traffic is football (soccer) betting so have to wait until the weekends to see anything interesting

[anikkhl]

I think every site owner has an addiction to Google analytics in different extents. After all whatever they are doing doing it for traffic and traffic brings them revenue

[Mercenaru]

all we need is (not love) but statistics, long term statistics (at least one month) so in my opinion real time GA is just a child's play..

[alexpk]

Same problem here. Loading up Statcounter about a dozen times per day. Less into Google Analytics these days, especially since they changed it.