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Google Analytics

How your site tracks visitors, what's filtered automatically, and how to keep your own activity out of the data

Google Analytics

Every 1 OAK site can report visitor traffic to Google Analytics (GA). You can connect your own GA property on the Settings → SEO page — enter the Measurement ID (looks like G-XXXXXXXXXX) and save. Page views, session data, and basic engagement metrics will start flowing to your GA property within a few minutes.

How tracking is layered

Your site may report to up to three GA properties at once:

LayerConfigured byPurpose
Platform analytics1 OAK (automatic)Aggregate, cross-workspace metrics for product improvement. Your workspace appears as a dimension, never identifiable to visitors.
Brokerage defaultBrokerage adminIf your brokerage maintains a shared GA property for all agent sites.
Your workspaceYouYour personal/business GA property. This is the one you own and control.

All three run in parallel. Disabling tracking in one doesn't affect the others.

What's excluded automatically

You asked a common question: "Why do I see my own activity in my Analytics?" We filter the most common sources of internal traffic automatically:

  • Your dashboard is never tracked. Visits to /dashboard/* — where you manage your site — don't fire GA events. Your admin activity is invisible to your analytics.
  • Signed-in team members are excluded. If you're logged into your 1 OAK account (even while visiting your live public site), GA will not record your visit.
  • Localhost and preview subdomains don't track. Development and staging traffic is filtered.

Together, these cover ~90% of the "why is my own traffic here?" problem out of the box.

Keeping your own traffic out (everything else)

Even with the built-in filters, you or teammates may still appear in GA when:

  • You browse your site in a private/incognito window (no login session).
  • Family members or colleagues visit from a browser that isn't signed in.
  • You're testing from a network or device you don't control.

Three approaches, from simplest to most complete:

1. Install the Google Analytics Opt-Out browser extension

Google publishes an official extension that tells GA to ignore your browser entirely — across every site you visit, not just yours. Install it in each browser and device you use personally:

  • Chrome / Edge / Brave (search for "Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on")
  • Firefox
  • Safari: no official extension — use the per-site cookie method below

Easiest option. Set it once per browser and forget.

2. Use 1 OAK's per-browser opt-out

Visit https://yoursite.com/opt-out-analytics?enable=1 once in each browser you want to exclude. This sets a cookie that disables both Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel for that browser on your 1 OAK sites only.

  • To confirm current state: https://yoursite.com/opt-out-analytics
  • To re-enable: https://yoursite.com/opt-out-analytics?enable=0

The cookie lasts one year. Clearing cookies resets it.

3. Set an IP filter in GA itself (GA4)

If you have a stable home or office IP address, exclude it at the GA property level. This catches every device on that network — phones, tablets, guests.

  1. Find your IP: visit whatismyipaddress.com.
  2. In Google Analytics, open your property → AdminData Streams → select your web stream.
  3. Click Configure tag settingsShow allDefine internal traffic.
  4. Click Create and enter your IP address. Name the rule (e.g. "Home office").
  5. Save. Then go to AdminData SettingsData Filters → create a filter to Exclude internal traffic.

Works well for fixed networks. Less useful for dynamic IPs or mobile data.

Also worth enabling in GA

  • Exclude known bots — on by default in GA4 properties; confirm it's enabled under Data Streams → your stream → Configure tag settings.
  • Bot filtering — reduces spam referrals and automated scraper traffic that would otherwise inflate your numbers.

What you can't filter

Some traffic sources will always show up:

  • Real website visitors who happen to be on your team but aren't logged into 1 OAK.
  • Bots that spoof normal browser user agents (rare but not zero).
  • Preview link shares (if you send a preview URL to a client, their visit is tracked).

This is normal. GA is a sampling tool — absolute numbers are less useful than week-over-week trends.

Troubleshooting

"I still see my visits in GA." Check, in order: Are you logged out of 1 OAK? Is the browser extension installed? Did you set the per-browser opt-out cookie on this browser? Is your IP filter covering your current network?

"My analytics are empty." GA has a ~24h delay for most reports. Use Realtime in GA to confirm tracking is live. If Realtime shows zero visits even when you're browsing signed-out from a mobile device, double-check the Measurement ID on Settings → SEO.

"I want to stop tracking entirely." Clear the Measurement ID field on Settings → SEO and save. Your workspace will no longer send data to your GA property. (Platform analytics is unaffected.)

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