Timeline for Why does it seem my GA include-only-hostname filter is filtering out hits from Twitter?
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| Mar 24, 2015 at 22:40 | comment | added | kim holder | Yes, it had to be done through the custom filter, but because the Filter Pattern field is set up for regular expressions, all i had to do is enter 'briligg.com' and it interpreted that as 'any string containing briligg.com' automatically. The 'Filter help > Learn more about Regular Expressions' info was all i needed. | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 22:33 | vote | accept | kim holder | ||
| Mar 24, 2015 at 22:04 | comment | added | Andreas Veithen | I never did that, so I'm not 100% sure, but I think you should use a custom filter on the hostname, so that you can use regular expressions: customreportsharing.com/topic/…. Since the goal is to eliminate referrer spam, you may also consider alternative methods that have less pitfalls: veithen.github.io/2015/01/21/referrer-spam.html. | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 21:58 | comment | added | kim holder | So am i right in thinking that if i just discard the www. from the filter, it will accept both versions of the hostname? Yeah, i tried it, and it worked, as long as it was done in the 'custom' filter section. The verifying tool showed up i think it was 9 more sessions. | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 20:57 | history | answered | Andreas Veithen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |