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I would argue that yes, it can. If the only people who are interested in using the website are those who block analytics - and, given the demographic of a niche
by rhn_mk1 4y ago
I would argue that yes, it can. If the only people who are interested in using the website are those who block analytics - and, given the demographic of a niche search engine, it doesn't sound entirely implausible - then there's no telling how the 99.99% splits into bots and nerds.
- oefrha 4y agoNot every "nerd" use a blocker. I know many who don't. Some want to support the sites they visit; some want to see the web as it is for most people; some say their mental filters are so well developed that ads don't bother them; etc.
- Xylakant 4y agoYou could guesstimate by checking the IP address - blocks assigned to residential users are likely humans, blocks assigned to cloud providers etc. likely bots.
- gnabgib 4y agoThis is far from true. Either via trojans, botnets, "crowd sourced vpns", or of course tor relays, residential IPs are a source of many bots. The overwhelming majority of spam sources (after you block a few data centers in NL).
- asddubs 4y agoeven if there's 99 people blocking analytics for every person who doesn't, the figure is still 99%