Match Rule, Agent Include, and Agent Exclude must be empty. Single IP address or wildcard match: To match a single IP address ( 10.10.10.1) or wildcard IP address ( 10.10.*.*), place the same value in both the IP Start and IP End columns. Both the IP Start and IP End columns must be empty. An optional value can be included in the Agent Exclude column that defines one or more pipe-delimited ( | ) strings that the Agent does not contain. Specify the type of match you want performed by placing contains or starts with in the Agent Match Rule field. User agent contains or starts with: Provide a single user agent string to match in the Agent Include column. To bulk import bot rules, you can upload a CSV file that defines the rules.Ĭreate a CSV file with the following columns, in the order presented: Column 1Įach row in the import file can contain only one of the following bot definitions: The change should take effect within 30 minutes. Click Add Rule and define one or more match conditions.Go to Analytics > Admin, select one or more report suites and click General > Bot Rules.Substitute * for any values you want to match using a wildcard. Provide the start and end ranges of the IP addresses to match. The following list contains examples of IP address match string: 10.10.10.1 Provide the numeric values of the IP address you want to match. Matches an IP address or multiple addresses in the same block using wildcards (*). If you specify 4 does not contain strings, 3 separator characters are required.) All string matches are case-insensitive. (This is equal to the number of strings - 1. The does not contain list is limited to 255 characters minus a separator character for each new line.
The contains field is limited to 100 characters. If the user agent meets the criteria specified in the match string, but also contains a string on the does not contain list, it is not considered a match.
Multiple values can be specified by including one value per line. Optional values can be included in the does not contain list to define values that the user agent must not contain for a successful match. If contains is selected, the substring is matched if it occurs anywhere in the user agent. User AgentĪ User Agent condition checks the user agent value to see if it starts with or contains the specified string. For example, if you provide a value for User Agent and IP Address, the traffic is considered bot traffic if either condition is met. Multiple conditions are matched using “or”. Multiple conditions can be defined for a single rule. After this limit is reached, rules must be managed in bulk through the Import File and Export Bot Rules options.Ĭustom bot rules let you filter traffic based conditions you define.Ĭustom bot rules are defined using the following condition types: The user interface allows for 500 rules to be manually defined. To submit a bot to the IAB list, visit IAB. Adobe updates this list from the IAB on a monthly basis.Īdobe is unable to provide the detailed IAB bot list to customers, though you can use the Bots Report to view a list of bots that have accessed your site. This selection will remove bots in IAB’s (International Advertising Bureau’s) International Spiders & Bots List to remove bot traffic. Standard IAB bot rules can be turned on by checking the Enable IAB Bot Filtering Rules checkbox. You can define and add custom bot rules based on user agents, IP addresses or IP ranges. Most customers select this option at a minimum. Selecting Enable IAB Bot Filtering Rules uses the IAB’s (International Advertising Bureau’s) International Spiders & Bots List to remove bot traffic. There are two options for enabling bot filtering: Rule Type If possible, we recommend first removing bot traffic from a small report suite to estimate the potential impact.īot traffic data is stored in a separate repository for display in the Bots and Bot Pages reports. Before removing bot traffic, communicate with stakeholders to make sure they can make the necessary adjustments to key performance indicators as a result of this change. Many customers find that removing bot traffic results in increased conversion rates and increases in other usability metrics. Removing bot traffic typically reduces the volume of traffic and conversion metrics. Select the correct Report Suite, and then go to Edit Settings > General > Bot Rules.
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To update or upload bot rules, navigate to Analytics > Admin > Report Suites. Traffic that matches any of these rules is not collected in the report suite and is not included in traffic metrics. Your browser does not support the iframe element.Īfter bot rules are defined, all incoming traffic is compared against the defined rules.
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