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Server-side analytics catches AI crawlers and attackers JS misses
Finally sees the GPTBot and sqlmap traffic that Plausible and GA completely miss.
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aporce
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1,011 AI crawler requests. Google Analytics saw zero
by adwait12345·Mar 15, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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●MidNiche Gem
Blog post explaining a real problem, but no actual tool to use.
Strengths
- •Identifies genuine blind spot: GA misses non-JS crawler traffic entirely
- •Clear breakdown of three detection methods with concrete request examples
Weaknesses
- •No downloadable tool or library, just educational content
- •Server-side bot detection already solved by Cloudflare, Fathom, Plausible
Category
Target Audience
Website owners, analytics engineers
Similar To
Fathom Analytics · Plausible · Cloudflare Bot Management
Post Description
Google Analytics can't see GPTBot or ClaudeBot. Here's how I built a server-side tracker that can — and what I found in 72 hours.
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