Wikimedia Visitor Log Analysis Report - Google requests

Daily averages, based on sample period: 1 Jul 2009 - 31 Jul 2009

 This analysis is based on a 1:1000 sampled server log (squids) ⇒ all counts x 1000.
 See also: Requests by destination or by origin / Methods / Scripts / Skins / Crawlers / Op.Sys. / Browsers / Google
 
 
This report shows all requests to Wikimedia servers where a Google server of service was involved in any way, be it the GoogleBot crawler or FeedFetcher collector scripts that run on Google servers, or a user that follows a link from a Google Web or Google Desktop search results page, or from Google Maps or Google Earth etcetera.

Technically speaking three fields in the squid log records are checked for this: client ip address, referer header and user agent header. A request can originate from an ip address which has been registered by Google and/or it can carry a referer tag that tells us a user clicked a link on a Google results page and/or it can carry an agent string that mentions a Google application which can reasonably be assumed to be genuinely Google's. See bottom of page for further details.


In total Google was somehow involved in 47.2% of daily external page* requests

Google referred to our sites, through its services including search, maps, and Google Earth, 90,525,000 page views per day, representing 39.1% of our external page requests.

Including all of its different search crawlers and services hosted on its servers, Google itself requested another 18,809,000 page pages per day, representing 8.1% of our external page requests.

* = mime type text/html only

In order of request volume

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
GoogleBot19,65016,7396012,310
Wireless2,5361,4481,06424
FeedFetcher3451231222
Translate34534511
Other2551323191
Web search232211
Desktop1  1
Image search1111
Toolbar11  
Maps1 1 
Earth1 1 
Mail111 
KeywordTool11  
Total23,15518,8091,6982,648
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Web search87,66085,9301,154575
Other10,5582424,5605,757
Image search3,1751,8281,26285
Desktop2,3106212,247
GoogleBot?2,0481,992550
Toolbar95723592631
Earth77514661414
Maps193501376
Mail6414455
Translate281675
Wireless10101 
FeedFetcher11 1
Total107,77890,5257,8769,375
 
Top level domains
.com30,31828,9031,132283
.de7,8477,61619635
.uk5,0214,84514927
.jp4,9264,8584522
.fr3,6723,54010626
.it3,4693,3737817
.br2,9682,8666240
.ca2,8062,7058614
.pl2,5702,5094813
.es2,1942,1324913
.mx1,7681,716429
.in1,6521,5865313
.au1,5971,5404512
.co1,3771,2952062
.ar1,1821,151228
.nl1,0871,047336
.ph9058801312
.tr892856306
.cl742718186
.se702677214
.ve68867495
.pe686668154
.fi636622113
.at613587214
.be599578183
.th582565134
.ru580557204
.ch572553173
.pt463449113
.il40839486
.hu3983682011
.ro395376173
.id394373165
.my380367103
.sg36735862
.ie28727961
.nz28427581
.vn28427662
.cn282230483
.gr26325292
.bg25925072
.dk24723782
.no22721691
.ua21120741
.gt19619141
.hr19618951
.za19518951
.ec19418932
.tw18417761
.cz180169102
.hk16415941
.sv14013621
.pk13512951
.lt12512041
.sk12111362
.do12011721
.cr11311031
.eg11110551
.uy10910531
.si10810431
.sa918551
.kr9072181
.bo838021
.ae787521
.ma777521
.pr646221
.lv626021
.ee626011
.py585611
.hn555311
.ba545121
.lk444221
.ke313111
.ng312911
.bd302911
.ni302911
.tt292811
.jo272611
.rs272511
.lu252411
.kw252411
.jm242311
.mt222111
.is202011
.qa20201 
.bh17171 
.by171611
.pa171611
.md151411
.kz141411
.mu141411
.dz131211
.gh121211
.lb121211
.np111111
.ge10911
.cu101011
.mv9911
.ly8711
.om88 1
.az8711
.bn8811
.ci7711
.sn7711
.fj6511
.mn6511
.bs661 
.tz551 
.cat5511
.na4411
.am441 
.et441 
.org4131
.gp4311
.rw3311
.bw33 1
.mg331 
.ag33 1
.vi331 
.mz3311
.bz33  
.net3121
.zw33 1
.ug2211
.dm221 
.af2211
.gi2211
.li22 1
.cd221 
.kh221 
.uz221 
.ht2211
.gy22 1
.zm2211
.vc221 
.la111 
.ai111 
.kg11  
.me111 
.vg111 
.as111 
.sc111 
.bj11  
.gm11  
.ws111 
.sm11 1
.gg111 
.ki111 
.biz111 
.gl11  
.nu11  
.st11  
.ck111 
.ls11  
.tm111 
.pn11  
.sb11  
.gs11  
.ir1 1 
.cg11  
.sl111 
.tv111 
.us1 1 
.bi11  
.tk11  
.su1 1 
.nr11  
.vu11  
.edu11  
.to11 1
.eu1 1 
.ac11  
.gov1 1 
.je11  
.cc1111
.sh11  
.io11  
.tl11  
.im11  
.mk11  
.fm111 
.ad111 
.dj11  
undefined39,25321,0946,87311,286
Total130,930109,3319,56412,020

In alphabetical order

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Desktop1  1
Earth1 1 
FeedFetcher3451231222
GoogleBot19,65016,7396012,310
Image search1111
KeywordTool11  
Mail111 
Maps1 1 
Other2551323191
Toolbar11  
Translate34534511
Web search232211
Wireless2,5361,4481,06424
Total23,15518,8091,6982,648
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Desktop2,3106212,247
Earth77514661414
FeedFetcher11 1
GoogleBot?2,0481,992550
Image search3,1751,8281,26285
Mail6414455
Maps193501376
Other10,5582424,5605,757
Toolbar95723592631
Translate281675
Web search87,66085,9301,154575
Wireless10101 
Total107,77890,5257,8769,375
 
Top level domains
.ac11  
.ad111 
.ae787521
.af2211
.ag33 1
.ai111 
.am441 
.ar1,1821,151228
.as111 
.at613587214
.au1,5971,5404512
.az8711
.ba545121
.bd302911
.be599578183
.bg25925072
.bh17171 
.bi11  
.biz111 
.bj11  
.bn8811
.bo838021
.br2,9682,8666240
.bs661 
.bw33 1
.by171611
.bz33  
.ca2,8062,7058614
.cat5511
.cc1111
.cd221 
.cg11  
.ch572553173
.ci7711
.ck111 
.cl742718186
.cn282230483
.co1,3771,2952062
.com30,31828,9031,132283
.cr11311031
.cu101011
.cz180169102
.de7,8477,61619635
.dj11  
.dk24723782
.dm221 
.do12011721
.dz131211
.ec19418932
.edu11  
.ee626011
.eg11110551
.es2,1942,1324913
.et441 
.eu1 1 
.fi636622113
.fj6511
.fm111 
.fr3,6723,54010626
.ge10911
.gg111 
.gh121211
.gi2211
.gl11  
.gm11  
.gov1 1 
.gp4311
.gr26325292
.gs11  
.gt19619141
.gy22 1
.hk16415941
.hn555311
.hr19618951
.ht2211
.hu3983682011
.id394373165
.ie28727961
.il40839486
.im11  
.in1,6521,5865313
.io11  
.ir1 1 
.is202011
.it3,4693,3737817
.je11  
.jm242311
.jo272611
.jp4,9264,8584522
.ke313111
.kg11  
.kh221 
.ki111 
.kr9072181
.kw252411
.kz141411
.la111 
.lb121211
.li22 1
.lk444221
.ls11  
.lt12512041
.lu252411
.lv626021
.ly8711
.ma777521
.md151411
.me111 
.mg331 
.mk11  
.mn6511
.mt222111
.mu141411
.mv9911
.mx1,7681,716429
.my380367103
.mz3311
.na4411
.net3121
.ng312911
.ni302911
.nl1,0871,047336
.no22721691
.np111111
.nr11  
.nu11  
.nz28427581
.om88 1
.org4131
.pa171611
.pe686668154
.ph9058801312
.pk13512951
.pl2,5702,5094813
.pn11  
.pr646221
.pt463449113
.py585611
.qa20201 
.ro395376173
.rs272511
.ru580557204
.rw3311
.sa918551
.sb11  
.sc111 
.se702677214
.sg36735862
.sh11  
.si10810431
.sk12111362
.sl111 
.sm11 1
.sn7711
.st11  
.su1 1 
.sv14013621
.th582565134
.tk11  
.tl11  
.tm111 
.to11 1
.tr892856306
.tt292811
.tv111 
.tw18417761
.tz551 
.ua21120741
.ug2211
.uk5,0214,84514927
.us1 1 
.uy10910531
.uz221 
.vc221 
.ve68867495
.vg111 
.vi331 
.vn28427662
.vu11  
.ws111 
.za19518951
.zm2211
.zw33 1
undefined39,25321,0946,87311,286
Total130,930109,3319,56412,020
 

IP ranges: known ip ranges for Google are 64.233.[160.0-191.255], 66.249.[64.0-95.255], 66.102.[0.0-15.255], 72.14.[192.0-255.255],
74.125.[0.0-255.255], 209.085.[128.0-255.255], 216.239.[32.0-63.255] and a few minor other subranges

Agents: as for genuine agent strings: too many crawlers indentify themselves as 'GoogleBot' to take this at face value. They are accepted as genuine Google crawler requests only when the ip address matches a known range (see above). Other records that mention GoogleBot are counted as GoogleBot? (question mark, as this may include partners, like DoCoMo). However when the agent string mentions Google Desktop or Google Earth this is always accepted

Service: the service name is based on the agent string (plus for GoogleBot check for ip address, see above), if this is inconclusive it is based on the referer string.

Here is detailed breakdown per service of indicators that pointed to Google (total ≥ 3)
 
ServiceTotalOriginating from
Google ip address
Referer mentions
Google url
Agent mentions
Google service
Desktop2,310--Y
Earth775--Y
FeedFetcher345Y-Y
GoogleBot19,650Y-Y
GoogleBot?2,046--Y
Image search3,175-Y-
Mail64-Y-
Maps193-Y-
Other50--Y
Other10,502-Y-
Other6-YY
Other118Y--
Other137Y-Y
Toolbar747--Y
Toolbar165-Y-
Toolbar46-YY
Translate27-Y-
Translate108Y-Y
Translate237YYY
Web search87,660-Y-
Web search23YY-
Wireless10--Y
Wireless2,532Y-Y
Wireless4YYY

Top Level Domain 'undefined': requests with top level domain 'undefined' are nearly all requests from anonymous ip addresses (crawler and other services)

Note: averages below 1 are always rounded up to 1

Generated on Friday August 21, 2009
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
Mail: ezachte@### (no spam: ### = wikimedia.org)
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