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Using Google Analytics To Track Content Thieves
Andy Beal
Contributing Writer
2006-08-30
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Barry's uncovered a forum topic that discusses how some content thieves are inadvertantly stealing Google Analytics tracking codes, along with a page's content.
Links: uncovered, foum topic
For those of you that use Google Analytics, you should be aware that if someone steals your source code and leaves your "UA" code, the unique identifier for Google to know what site the traffic is from, that your traffic may be inflated.
I'm hoping that either Robert Scoble or Michael Arrington get into the scraping business - boy would my traffic jump then! ;-)
Tag: Google Analytics, content theft
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Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian.
You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com.
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