Error in traffic sources dectection after 1.9.1?

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Hi there,

today I was wondering, why the traffic sources our visitors come from where changing/shifting. I figured that since PIWIK 1.9.1 was updated on our servers, organic and refferal traffic has declined, whereas direct traffic has risen.

[attachment 957 piwik_traffic_sources.png]

So I checheck back with google analytics that we are running simultaneously on our website. And here, the traffic sources haven’t changed in a comparable way.

[attachment 958 google_analytics_traffic_sources.png]

Is it possible, that something changed in detecting the traffic source with PIWIK 1.9.1?

Note that the last node in these graphics is the current week, which hasn’t finished yet.

2

Maybe you made a change to your websites tagging? we’d need more info to troubleshoot, but nothing should have changed concerning Piwik algorithms. Check your landing pages are all tagged with Piwik code maybe?

3

We were running a GA-Split-Test on the startpage Oct 10 through Nov 6. Could this be the reason why PIWIK “forgot” where the visitors came from?

4

possibly but I dont see why, is it working now that you’ve removed the test?

5

Yes, traffic sources were switching back to normal values in the last week. Seems like this website test had an in-fluence on the detection of the traffic sources.

btw:

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