Today I noticed that my own page visits were being tracked and I realized I needed to fix my filter in Google Analytics.

I thought I would walk you through what I did in case you come across this issue yourself.

I'm going to walk you through these steps:

  1. How to Find Your IP Address
  2. How to Set Your Filter in Google Analytics

That's it! It's a very easy issue to solve.

I'm also going to give you an important reminder at the end.

Let's dive into it!



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    jvranjes Premium
    You might want to use Google Analytics opt out browser add-on and this will permanently solve the issue of the dynamic address. Easy steps.
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    cld111 Premium
    Opt out browser add-on? Please tell me more. I don't know what that is! I'm sure that will help others reading this too.

    - Christina
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    jvranjes Premium
    Yes it will, this is the only way to deal with dynamic addresses, and they are mostly dynamic. So you might add this in the training. Just go to Google and type what I mentioned you will have it instantly, this is one of their standard tools. But ok here is the link
    https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
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    cld111 Premium
    So it sounds like you could use this extension instead of manually filtering through analytics?

    I will add this in the training as an option.

    Thank you!

    - Christina
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    jvranjes Premium
    It is more a must than an option. IP addresses change all the time depending on the location, in the US it is usually weakly.
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    cld111 Premium
    I'm in the US, and it's not that often for me. I know what you're saying though. They do change quite a bit.

    - Christina
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    cld111 Premium
    Oh interesting. So my IP address probably changed when our power went out the other night.

    - Christina
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    LynneClay Premium
    I can not use this with my browser, I have EDGE. What should I do to opt-out with that? Any suggestions?
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    Alysanna Premium
    Very helpful, thanks Christina.
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    cld111 Premium
    My pleasure!

    - Christina
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    kevin928 Premium
    Excellent, now done.

    Nice and easy to

    Thanks

    Kevin
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    cld111 Premium
    You got it!

    - Christina
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    Mick18 Premium
    Thanks, I was wondering how to do that.
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    cld111 Premium
    Great! It's so easy.

    - Christina
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    lana99808 Premium
    Thank you for sharing this. I wasn't sure how to do this prior but now I know. Thank you!
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    cld111 Premium
    My pleasure!

    - Christina
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