Hi all on a daily basis we are getting 3 visits from this city in the US and this has been happening over a couple of months. I have tried to figure out what organisation is out there with no success and wondered whether anyone else has witnessed the same ?

Hi, I have been doing some research and found out the cause, the Shopify Speed Report. You can find the topic here; https://community.shopify.com/post/908894 Shopify runs the speed report using a Google Developer tool (the Google data centre is based in Council Bluffs, USA) which tests 3 pages, Ho…

Yes I believe it is a spyware program. I have 3 visits almost daily for months now. Before it was some other city I don’t remember, I emailed Shopify to be removed from their spyware and it happened for a few months and now it started again. These are companies that spy on your website to determine …

I’ve had a minimum of 3 per day from Council Bluffs, Iowa for months. My store uses the boundless theme.

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hi , I was also getting the same three views from council bluffs on each day. I have installed the screen recording app , from where I see ,a one direct view on a store , I have checked the ip , it’s a same from council bluffs. [Screenshot_20200913-163141.jpg]

[council bluffs.PNG] It seems there is nothing to worry about, it appears to be Google’s data centre. I checked the IP another reply had posted. I have had the same visits for a few months, very frustrating, I even blocked Iowa with an app and the hits kept coming. Shopify chat told me a month ago…

I just noticed that my 2nd highest visits are from this city, and I don’t have any connections there. I’ve never even heard of it! I did a google search and found your post. Wondering if there is some Shopify connection.

I have more visits from someone/ something in Council Bluffs, IA, than any other visitor, including myself. Every day, many visits from Council Bluffs. What is it exactly? Thank you, Roland

I have done some testing and found this is caused by Shopify’s new Site Speed Report feature. I have written more about it in the post here; https://community.shopify.com/post/908894 Make sure you contact Shopify Support and get them to change the feature if it is affecting you.

Agreed! The same thing is happening to our website with this traffic. It impossible to get great support from Shopify like the first five years of working on their platform. I guess I’ll pull this traffic and block from my Google Analytics account.

Why are there daily visits from Council Bluffs on my site?

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Joechsle September 14, 2020, 11:16am 16

Thanks for the info, but what are they checking?

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Why are there daily visits from Council Bluffs on my site?

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