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…

Interesting question…We are a small business selling scarves and headwear from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hi, It happens to ALL Shopify stores as part of the Site Speed Test Report, regardless of where you are or what you sell. If you go to Sales Channels > Online Store > Themes - under your live theme is the Online Store Speed. Click the View Report button then click see how your store is calculated …

Did you ever find out who this is? Or why they are doing it? It is also happening on my site as well and I didn’t add anything on my site recently for it to be going on I seem to get at the least 3 visits a day from them up to 9 or more. It’s crazy and makes me feel like someone trying to hack ?

Hi @NautiSailor , If you read further up the discussion it’s all explained, it’s Shopify doing it as part of the Site Speed Test. 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 ru…

Hi, I have 3 regular Daily visits from Council Bluffs! I have tried five different themes and it still stalks my store no fault. I have opened my store late September and it started mid November.

Thank you for posting a legitimate explanation! Everyone should “Like” your response to get it to the top.

I also am receiving 3 visits a day from council bluffs Iowa. I found online that there is a Google data center located in that city and state I believe since 2007. So I’m wondering if it is Google that is visiting all of the Shopify sites maybe web crawling our pages in order to rank us on search re…

Nope! Its definitely the Shopify Speed Test. They use Google’s data centre in Council Bluffs to run the speed test. If you read further up the post you will see it all explained that the 3 pages visited from Council Bluffs are the same 3 pages used by the Speed Test.

I have the same situation, by 3 to 6 visitors every day! Did anyone get any answer already?

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

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Tashina February 12, 2021, 12:18pm 37

Yes same here! Since the first day I use Shopify

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

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