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Over and over again - same visitor, same duration, same search phrase..?

Does anyone know what this means:

Same visitor comes over and over again. With almost identical duration of the visit, 8 min 40 s.. With exactly the same search phrase via Google. This has happened at least 28 times. Day after day.. can anyone identify what could it be..?

According to Clicky, visitor only arrives to our site but does nothing during those mystical 8 min 40 s.

Posted Thu Mar 31 2011 2:09a by eliteonl***


It could be some sort of automated visit, such as a browser update/cache if they have it as a bookmark. Safari does that. The 8:40 is the default time if a visitor comes and doesn't leave. Ideally this would be given as "Unterminated Visit" or something.

Posted Thu Mar 31 2011 4:44a by mark***


I have no idea. It's probably some kind of bot that runs javascript though. Rare, but it happens. You can always block their IP in your site preferences.

Posted Thu Mar 31 2011 3:32p by Your Friendly Clicky Admin


Thanks for your replies, especially that 8:40 had been pretty confusing. The browser of the visitor is Firefox and OS is Linux.

Posted Thu Mar 31 2011 10:53p by eliteonl***


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