I've wondered this for a while but have never really researched it. Does anyone know why there are long strings of gibberish in the Google analytics keyword report? For instance, one of the sites I monitored shows 5 visitors for the following search string:

"f400e79a3fb22a7ba7a7eef1e7b05972c03c484eb9403 d07"

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Eric,

I've always wondered what these strange strings were.

I have 5 visits in my Google Analytics from-

"abcebd34c8335de9b9dc8a3eaa591ea64b75aec86376c0764 2e604f882f52774" sent 5 total visits 25 pages/visit

Another 5 from -

"fb671d9af688e372ee2cd7189c85ae8b" sent 5 total visits 19 pages/visit

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John Allen
Realtor®/Broker
Allen Real Estate Services, Inc.
Sarasota, Florida
Representing buyers and sellers of fine Sarasota real estate.

I think those are "alien" hits

Really though, I have seen those too. Could they be from people clicking on your Google cache?

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Ryan A. Martin - Windermere Real Estate / Whatcom Inc.

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