Analytics code removed and still collecting data
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Google analytics code was removed from a website and then it started tracking a couple of days later to only stop again?
How can that happen?
Has the developer not removed the old code properly?
Can the code be injected remotely?
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Likely this was caused by spam referral traffic. Check out the source during those days, I bet it's 100% referral traffic. This type of referral spam, also called ghost referrers show in inactive accounts.
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If it was only a few days and just a few visits it was most likely a cache error where people who visited the site still had the with GA cached, look at the numbers and see if they are very low and all returning visits. If it was a small burst of new and return visitors then something may have happened with your hosting company where they had to use a mirror back up and it took them a few days to update to the most recently saved version. While Tag Assist is great, if you are not seeing any traffic in GA currently then you don't need to check anything now.
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thanks everyone ....its not my website
i will use the tag assistant
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Hi,
Tracking cannot happen without analytics code. You can check it either by Tag assistant(suggested by Brenden) or you can open your website in any browser and after that click on 'Real time' link in Google Analytics.
Thanks
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It's likely that the same UA ID is installed on another site or was not removed correctly.
Are you talking about one of the sites in your profile? If so, it's def. still there. If not, post or PM me the link and we can figure it out.
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Hi Felicity,
That's the magic of Google - they just know what's happening
A good way to test which tags are on your pages is to use Google's Tag Assistant. You can easily install it as a Chrome Add-On, reload the page you're interested in and it will show you which tags are present on your page. I checked your website homepage and your blog and both have Google Analytics tags present.
Try for yourself and let us know if you find the same.
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