Referral Spam in Analytics: What It Is and How to Stop It
Fake referrers pad your traffic and skew every report that uses it. Here is why they exist, how to recognize them, and why filtering beats blocking every time.
Website Analytics
Understand who really visits your WordPress site: real people versus bots, where they come from, and what they actually click.
Powered by DevDome AnalyticsWhy Is My Bounce Rate So High on WordPress?
A high bounce rate is not always a problem, and sometimes it is not even real. Here is what the number measures, what inflates it, and when to leave it alone.
Do I Need a Cookie Banner Just for Analytics?
The banner is not about analytics. It is about what your site stores on a visitor's device. Change that and the analytics reason for a banner can disappear.
Cookieless Analytics Explained: How It Works, What It Costs You
Cookieless analytics counts your traffic without writing anything to a visitor's browser. Here is how that works, what it cannot tell you, and what it buys you.
DevDome vs Jetpack Stats: Which One Fits Your Site?
Jetpack Stats is a solid free view counter for a personal blog. DevDome answers the harder questions: how much of that traffic was human, and which clicks survived.
DevDome vs Matomo: Data Ownership or Zero Maintenance?
Matomo gives you every report and full data ownership, if you maintain it. DevDome gives you fewer numbers, no server to run, and a visible split between humans and bots.
DevDome vs Fathom Analytics: Which Fits Your WordPress Site?
Both are hosted, cookieless and banner-free by design. The split is Fathom's polished simplicity against DevDome's WordPress-native clicks and visible bot reporting.
DevDome vs Plausible: Which Privacy Analytics for WordPress?
Both are cookieless and skip the consent banner. The real differences are open source versus WordPress-native, and how each one handles bots and blocked clicks.
DevDome vs Google Analytics 4: An Honest Comparison
GA4 is free at any scale and plugs into Google Ads. DevDome is simpler, cookieless by default, and separates humans from bots. Here is where each one actually wins.
Why Ad Blockers Break Your Click Tracking, and the Fix
A growing share of visitors block the scripts your analytics rely on, so their clicks never register. Here is why, and how to count them anyway.
Bot Traffic vs Real Visitors: How to Tell Them Apart
Telling a bot from a real reader comes down to a handful of signals. Here is what to look for and how to stop counting machines as your audience.
Why Google Analytics Shows More Visitors Than You Actually Have
If your traffic looks great but conversions do not, the gap is usually bots. Here is what inflates the count and how to measure real people instead.
6 Privacy-Friendly Analytics Alternatives for WordPress
All six avoid the cookie banner. They differ in where tracking runs and how they handle bots. Here is the field compared, with our criteria and our reasoning shown.
What Percentage of Website Traffic Is Bots in 2026?
Roughly half of all web traffic is automated, and a big slice is hostile. Here is what the data says and how much of it is hiding in your analytics.