Exclude Blogger Postal Service Previews, Template Previews Too App Mobile Preview From Google Analytic

Even if are excluding our visits using filters inwards Google Analytics, all the same or then visits from Blogger previews are recorded wrongly. How to filter these preview visits?

We are using preview selection piece writing posts inwards Blogger. But the Google Analytics is recording our visits equally valid visits, fifty-fifty if nosotros are filtering our ain visits.There are at to the lowest degree iii types previews inwards Blogger, post preview, html preview in addition to app mobile preview.
Post preview is generating piece nosotros are previewing our posts or pages in addition to it will tape from a weird domain get upwards which starting alongside our Blog ID in addition to large chunk of characters in addition to volition halt alongside blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=some_chunk_characters. The weirdest matter is it is generating from a blogspot domain fifty-fifty if nosotros accept a custom domain.

Post preview selection inwards Blogger

The 2nd in addition to 3rd types of previews Blogger Template section, html previews is generating from Template Edit preview(from Edit HTML section) in addition to app mobile preview is from the Live on Blog section.

Live on Blog department generates app mobile preview

Domain names recorded for each preview options

Post preview: BlogID_some_chunk_characters.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=some_chunk_characters
HTML preview:  BlogID_some_chunk_characters.blogspot.com/b/html-preview?token=some_chunk_characters
App mobile preview: We are seeing this on Blogger. So nosotros can't discovery the exact domain name. Any agency it is ending alongside /b/app-mobile-preview?token=some_chunk_characters
All domain names accept a mutual sub-directory, /b/. So nosotros tin forcefulness out filter previews using filters.

App mobile preview recorded inwards Google Analytics

How to filter these previews inwards Google Analytics

• Navigate to your Google Analytics account, Select Admin tab
• Under Profiles, direct your profile yesteryear clicking on profile name
• Select Filters tab
• Click on New filter
• Give filter name as you lot like
• Select Filter Type equally Custom filter
• Select Exclude
• Filter Field equally Request URI
• Filter designing equally /b/.*
• Case sensitive equally No
• Save filter.

Filter to exclude Blogger previews

Wait pair of hours to activate this profile. If you lot accept encountered unlike type of preview option, allow me know.. Leave your feedback inwards comments.

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