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Odd Issue With Opera Browser For LPs (4)


09-15-2016 10:32 AM #1 jabong82 (Member)
Odd Issue With Opera Browser For LPs

So I have this odd issue regarding my Landing Pages and the Opera browser.

Right now I am running a campaign on 3 major tube sites (US Geo).

On 2 of the 3 tube sites, when I drill down into my stats by Browser, for the "Opera" browser my LP CTR is almost non-existent (less than 2%). On these sites Opera represents between 10-20% of my total clicks.

For the 3rd site it seems normal at about 30% LP Ctr.

So I figured that maybe my LP isn't loading properly in Opera or there is some technical glitch somewhere, but when I open my campaign in an Opera browser everything seems fine.

Obviously I'm concerned as this is a big hole seeing the roughly 10-20% of my clicks are going straight down the toilet.

Anyone have an idea why this may be occurring?

Maybe these are bots?

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09-16-2016 10:42 AM #2 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

This will be bots that use Opera for the header info. I would block opera on those 2 sites.


09-16-2016 11:34 PM #3 jabong82 (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by matuloo View Post
This will be bots that use Opera for the header info. I would block opera on those 2 sites.
Thanks Matuloo for getting back to me. Could you explain what you mean by "Use Opera for the header info" ?

I'm afraid I can't block Opera as the traffic source doesn't allow me to block by Browser. (Maybe redirect the traffic somewhere?)

Thanks in advance.


09-17-2016 07:38 PM #4 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by jabong82 View Post
Thanks Matuloo for getting back to me. Could you explain what you mean by "Use Opera for the header info" ?

I'm afraid I can't block Opera as the traffic source doesn't allow me to block by Browser. (Maybe redirect the traffic somewhere?)

Thanks in advance.
By "header" I meant that the bot identifies itself as a user with the opera browser, that's why you see them as Opera browsers in the stats.

Redirecting them away will not solve your problem as you are still paying for them. Try to ask your rep at the source about this, maybe there is something they could do.


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