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What is direct none traffic?
“Direct/None” traffic is a traffic source listed in Google Analytics that defines most traffic that does not come from a public website and does not have any Google Tracking URL parameters defined. Some examples of this are: Someone clicked a link in a piece of desktop software. Someone clicked a link in a PDF document.
What is source medium direct none?
Direct/none may appear in your GA traffic reports under source/medium. This means Analytics doesn’t have any referral information for these users. You can look into them in more detail in your traffic reports and reduce direct/none traffic with URL tagging.
What channel recieves attribution if no traffic source data is available?
When traffic comes in with no traffic source information, which means that the user did not come from a tagged link or with no information about the previous site they were on, then Google Analytics marks this as Direct.
Is direct traffic good?
Reviewing the landing pages of your Direct traffic is a good indication of what is legitimate. Traffic that lands directly on the homepage is likely real Direct traffic because that is what users are most likely to type into a browser. Direct traffic to other URLs with short page paths may also be legitimate traffic.
Is the source IP address always the same in traffic manager?
No, Traffic Manager cannot guarantee that the geographic region we infer from the source IP address of a DNS query will always correspond to the user’s location due to the following reasons: First, as described in the previous FAQ, the source IP address we see is that of a DNS resolver doing the lookup on behalf of the user.
Can a NAT interface be used for non NAT traffic?
We highly recommend that a NAT interface must be used only for NAT-only traffic. Any non-NAT packets must be separated and these packets must go through an interface that does not have NAT configured on it. You can use Policy-Based Routing (PBR) for separating non-NAT traffic.
Which is the best source of traffic to my website?
Possible sources include: “google” (the name of a search engine), “facebook.com” (the name of a referring site), “spring_newsletter” (the name of one of your newsletters), and “direct” (users that typed your URL directly into their browser, or who had bookmarked your site).
Can a traffic manager be used in a private network?
If you have endpoints that are inside a private network (for example, an internal version of Azure Load Balancer) or have users making DNS requests from such internal networks, then you cannot use Traffic Manager to route this traffic. Does Traffic Manager support “sticky” sessions?