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Webpage direct visits: bots, crawlers, or real visitors?
“Are webpage visits coming from a direct visit (vs a search) from bots or crawlers vs real visitors, or perhaps AI scrapers?“ Yes – a significant portion of direct webpage visits can come from bots, crawlers, and AI scraping content, … Continue reading
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Google Search Console vs Google Analytics: What’s the Difference?
Google Search Console (GSC) and Google Analytics (GA) are two powerful (and free) tools from Google that help you measure and improve your website’s performance. While they’re often used together, each tool has a different purpose – and understanding that … Continue reading
Posted in Ask David!, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Traffic
Tagged clicks, crawl errors, digital marketing tools, ga, ga4, google analytics, google search, Google Search Console, Google SEO tools, gsc, GSC vs GA, indexing issues, search engine optimization, seo tools, submit sitemap, traffic analysis, web analytics comparison, web performance, website analytics, website tracking, website traffic
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