Simple Analytics Not Counting Do Not Track Visitors
Quick answer
Visitors with Do Not Track enabled are excluded by default. Add data-collect-dnt="true" to the script to include them.
Most likely fix: Collect DNT visitors
How to fix it
Try these in order — the most common fix is first.
1. Collect DNT visitors
- Add data-collect-dnt="true" to the script tag
- For the pixel append collect-dnt=true
- The older data-skip-dnt still works
Did this fix it?
Symptoms
Totals are lower than expected versus server logs.
Why it happens
- Do Not Track excluded by default
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- simple analytics do not track
- simple analytics dnt
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