Hello All,

I am using Google analytics for my web site and want to set up a
filter to exclude hits from my computer. The filter asks for the IP
address to exclude. When I run ipconfig on my computer I get one IP
address (along with "Subnet Mask" and "Default Gateway" IP addresses)
but when I visit a site like What Is My IP Address.com, it tells that
my IP is something else.

So which is the right one to enter into the filter to exclude my own
visits to my web site from showing up in the analytics reports? Any
help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,  Scott

If you do an IPCONFIG command in DOS you will see your internal IP
address, that is the IP address that your router has assigned for you.
Most internal IP addresses are in the format 192.168.* or 10.0.*
the IP address that you should be excluding is your WAN IP address
which you can find by typing 'what is my IP address' in Google.

On Sep 8, 6:15 pm, scottmcll wrote:

Use your external IP address. Or the IP of the router/switch you are
connected to. It shouldn't be anything like 192.168.x.x

The ip address showing on that site What Is My IP Address.com is your
correct external IP.

Now use that in setting up your exclude filter.

On Sep 8, 1:15 pm, scottmcll wrote:

Hi Scott et al,

Alternatively, particularly if you've got a dynamic IP assigned to you
by your ISP that changes here and there, you could create a script
that sets a custom segment cookie on your computer -- and you can set
up an exclude filter on that:
http://www.epikone.com/blog/2006/07/11/count-me-out/

Cheers,
Mike

On Sep 8, 10:15 am, scottmcll wrote:

Thanks to all for the feedback.

I have used the "what is my IP Address" method and checked it every
day to make sure it is the same (which it is, so it's not dynamic?) I
have entered this address into the filter but I can tell that my
visits to my site are still being counted in Analytics.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,  Scott

Hi Scott,

With dynamic IPs provided by your ISP, they don't tend to change
frequently.  This will vary from ISP to ISP I believe.  At home, I
find that I get a new IP assigned if I turn off my modem or router.
Your IP is still technically "dynamic" as it's not specifically
assigned to you the way a static IP is.

To test out whether your visits are being excluded, you could create a
new page with your GA tracking code and upload it to your site.  Go to
the page and see whether that visit shows up in your Top Content
report.

Of course, with the delay in processing, the visit won't show up for a
few hours so you could check it the next day...

Cheers,
Mike

On Sep 14, 5:40 pm, scottmcll wrote: