Curiosity — diff between WF and Google Analytics

  • ditchwalk

    (@wporg-1)


    11 years ago

    Hi,

    For the past few days I’ve been seeing a hit on a web page that WF says originates in Atlanta, Georgia. When I check my Google Analytics logs, however, the same page hit at the same time is reported as coming from Narragansett, Rhode Island.

    Does anyone know why there would be such a discrepancy?

    The IP that WF reports does jibe with Atlanta, and Google Analytics doesn’t report IP’s for privacy reasons (hahahaha), so I can’t see what’s happening there, but it’s consistent. And also very weird.

    Thanks in advance.

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  • WFBrian

    (@wfbrian)

    11 years ago

    Hi,

    I’m speculating here but Google could be using an outdated database to determine the location based on the IP. Is that the only discrepancy you are seeing?

    -Brian

    Thread Starter ditchwalk

    (@wporg-1)

    11 years ago

    Hi Brian,

    For the most part I can match up human users reported by WF and unique visitors reported by GA. It’s not always 1:1, but generally I can see pages being accessed in each report from the same general locations.

    The one where WF shows a hit from Georgia and Google shows a hit from RI has been consistent but is also the wildest mismatch. Not a big deal, obviously, but certainly curious.

    (Thanks for the reply.)

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