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Counts clicks twice
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:31 am
by Zavarzin
I added links to CCount and then shortened with Bit.ly but when I look at statistics CCount shows visits twice.
Is there any solution to this?
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:12 am
by Klemen
Does the same thing happen in you use original CCount generated links?
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:39 pm
by Zavarzin
No, this only happens when I shorten with Bitly.
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:34 am
by Klemen
It appears Bitly sends a bot to the link used for something like determining popular links.
You can try opening click.php and just below
add
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if ( isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'TweetmemeBot') !== false)
{
die('');
}
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:50 pm
by Zavarzin
Thanks. But if I insert this code, will my Twitter statistics still show clicks and country or they won't work?
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:09 pm
by Klemen
It will block a bot used by Bitly, not your Twitter account.
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:25 am
by Zavarzin
I've added the code, but unfortunately it doesn't solve the problem.
CCount shows 10s times more clicks than Twitter.
Re: Counts clicks twice
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:42 am
by Klemen
In that case I can't be of help - CCount works fine (as proved if you use CCount generated links), but Twitter (or Bitly) probably verifies links and CCount counts visits from their bots.