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…

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?

I just had a chat with Shopify, about this situation, and they tell me that they can’t do anything about it, because it’s only a visit, it doesn’t involve any order! Sorry, I try it

From what I read, it’s Google. There is a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

It’s Google, as part of Google’s internet indexing activity. Google has a data center in Council Bluffs. https://www.google.com/search?q=does+google+have+a+data+center+in+Council+Bluffs&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS632US649&oq=does+google+have+a+data+center+in+Council+Bluffs&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i546l5.18054j0j7&h…

I´m in Lima Peru, small busines owner as well, my website is also full of views from this place!! so far away! it´s crazy how agressive they´re with small business

Thank you for this! I couldn’t figure it out and it was making me crazy! :slightly_smiling_face:

Yesterday I got 146 visits from Councill Bluffs in just one day!

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

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