How to Block Google Image Traffic from your Analytics
Monday, March 30th, 2009Last time I talked about how image alt tags affect your traffic, and mentioned that you can block traffic from image searches through your analytics.
I would suggest blocking the image search domain only if you aren’t recieving qualified traffic, which would apply for almost every industry. However, there may be some searches you wouldn’t want to block. For example, if you run a destination wedding service and many customers find you by image searching for destination weddings, you might want to keep track of who finds you image searching. (You could set up a special goal tracking this data.)
In order to block Image search engines, simply go to your Analytics Settings Dashboard and click “edit”.
Scroll down and choose the “add filter” button in the Filter section.
Then simply enter the Filter information – a name that you’ll recognize, the filter type (from domain), and finally the domain (Google Images, in this case).
