Wikimedia Visitor Log Analysis Report - Google requests

Daily averages, based on sample period: 1 Mar 2010 - 31 Mar 2010

 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 43.5% of daily external page* requests

Google referred to our sites, through its services including search, maps, and Google Earth, 115,173,000 page views per day, representing 37.9% of our external page requests.

Including all of its different search crawlers and services hosted on its servers, Google itself requested another 17,243,000 page pages per day, representing 5.7% of our external page requests.

* = mime type text/html only

In order of request volume

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
GoogleBot14,84113,134792915
Wireless2,9212,896233
Translate71971911
Other5084024363
FeedFetcher2718410177
Web search9811
Image search1 1 
Toolbar11  
Desktop1  1
KeywordTool11  
Total19,26917,2438681,158
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Web search111,586109,9741,120493
Image search4,2042,2211,94935
Other3,8691632,0291,678
Desktop3,106199 2,906
GoogleBot?2,4782,3277143
Toolbar92815241736
Earth540644741
Maps10055431
Translate275167
Wireless111111
Mail10261
FeedFetcher11 1
Total126,859115,1735,6856,001
 
Top level domains
.com35,21434,059953202
.de8,5028,30216733
.uk6,2876,13413023
.fr5,4045,28010123
.jp5,3685,23611418
.br4,2944,2275612
.ca4,1804,0848710
.it4,0013,9196814
.mx3,8433,779559
.pl3,8113,7375815
.es3,0803,0016712
.au2,4422,386497
.in2,0001,946468
.co1,7951,7362040
.nl1,4921,451365
.ru1,2101,0881184
.ar1,2071,184195
.tr1,1591,118356
.se980954215
.ve886872103
.id8646252346
.pe859845112
.be854837153
.ph849808346
.ch809792142
.at782759204
.fi743730102
.cl717701123
.my574489823
.th5744481215
.pt569555113
.hu556534184
.vn540441972
.ro535517162
.ua43842963
.dk422410111
.nz414400103
.sg410384251
.hk40339562
.il39938972
.no388376102
.gr35034082
.ie33632952
.bg32231282
.cz319307111
.cn290255342
.hr26725882
.tw26325652
.ec24023631
.za23322751
.sk21820693
.eg21020451
.gt20720331
.lt20520041
.do20219831
.pk19118551
.si15114641
.ma14013721
.cr13813521
.bo13613421
.sa13613051
.ae1351323 
.pr13513321
.kr135100341
.sv13313121
.uy11811621
.lv999621
.ee969421
.ba837931
.hn716911
.lk565421
.py535211
.jo525111
.ke484711
.ni444311
.rs424111
.ng403911
.by393811
.tt393911
.jm383811
.kz383811
.md363511
.kw353311
.is333211
.lu313111
.qa313011
.lb272611
.bh26251 
.mt252411
.ge242311
.mu202011
.om191911
.gh191811
.ps17171 
.pa171711
.az141311
.cu141411
.ug13131 
.ly131311
.bd121211
.am121111
.mn121111
.np12121 
.ci11101 
.sn111111
.mz1010 1
.bs1091 
.et10911
.mv981 
.cat991 
.bn9911
.fj8811
.tz7711
.bw7711
.zw7711
.net6151
.org6151
.na541 
.dz5511
.cm5511
.bz541 
.dm441 
.kg441 
.mg441 
.kh441 
.uz431 
.gp4411
.rw33 1
.cd33  
.ag331 
.vi33  
.gy33  
.zm3211
.vc33  
.af221 
.li221 
.ml2211
.biz1111
.gl111 
.bf11  
.ls1111
.la111 
.gi11 1
.ga111 
.ai111 
.me1111
.vg11  
.us1111
.bi11  
.as111 
.sc11  
.bj11 1
.ht1111
.gm11  
.to111 
.mk111 
.ad111 
.tg11 1
.sm11  
.dj111 
.gg11  
.ki111 
.nu111 
.st11  
.ck11  
.ao11  
.tm11  
.ms11  
.sb11  
.ir1 11
.cg11  
.sl111 
.tv1 1 
.tk11  
.nr111 
.vu11  
.edu1 1 
.mw111 
.yu11  
.eu1 1 
.ac11  
.je11  
.cc111 
.sh111 
.tl11  
.tj11  
.im11 1
.fm11  
.ws111 
undefined29,54519,5843,3506,610
Total146,123132,4126,5407,154

In alphabetical order

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Wireless2,9212,896233
Web search9811
Translate71971911
Toolbar11  
Other5084024363
KeywordTool11  
Image search1 1 
GoogleBot14,84113,134792915
FeedFetcher2718410177
Desktop1  1
Total19,26917,2438681,158
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Wireless111111
Web search111,586109,9741,120493
Translate275167
Toolbar92815241736
Other3,8691632,0291,678
Maps10055431
Mail10261
Image search4,2042,2211,94935
GoogleBot?2,4782,3277143
FeedFetcher11 1
Earth540644741
Desktop3,106199 2,906
Total126,859115,1735,6856,001
 
Top level domains
.ac11  
.ad111 
.ae1351323 
.af221 
.ag331 
.ai111 
.am121111
.ao11  
.ar1,2071,184195
.as111 
.at782759204
.au2,4422,386497
.az141311
.ba837931
.bd121211
.be854837153
.bf11  
.bg32231282
.bh26251 
.bi11  
.biz1111
.bj11 1
.bn9911
.bo13613421
.br4,2944,2275612
.bs1091 
.bw7711
.by393811
.bz541 
.ca4,1804,0848710
.cat991 
.cc111 
.cd33  
.cg11  
.ch809792142
.ci11101 
.ck11  
.cl717701123
.cm5511
.cn290255342
.co1,7951,7362040
.com35,21434,059953202
.cr13813521
.cu141411
.cz319307111
.de8,5028,30216733
.dj111 
.dk422410111
.dm441 
.do20219831
.dz5511
.ec24023631
.edu1 1 
.ee969421
.eg21020451
.es3,0803,0016712
.et10911
.eu1 1 
.fi743730102
.fj8811
.fm11  
.fr5,4045,28010123
.ga111 
.ge242311
.gg11  
.gh191811
.gi11 1
.gl111 
.gm11  
.gp4411
.gr35034082
.gt20720331
.gy33  
.hk40339562
.hn716911
.hr26725882
.ht1111
.hu556534184
.id8646252346
.ie33632952
.il39938972
.im11 1
.in2,0001,946468
.ir1 11
.is333211
.it4,0013,9196814
.je11  
.jm383811
.jo525111
.jp5,3685,23611418
.ke484711
.kg441 
.kh441 
.ki111 
.kr135100341
.kw353311
.kz383811
.la111 
.lb272611
.li221 
.lk565421
.ls1111
.lt20520041
.lu313111
.lv999621
.ly131311
.ma14013721
.md363511
.me1111
.mg441 
.mk111 
.ml2211
.mn121111
.ms11  
.mt252411
.mu202011
.mv981 
.mw111 
.mx3,8433,779559
.my574489823
.mz1010 1
.na541 
.net6151
.ng403911
.ni444311
.nl1,4921,451365
.no388376102
.np12121 
.nr111 
.nu111 
.nz414400103
.om191911
.org6151
.pa171711
.pe859845112
.ph849808346
.pk19118551
.pl3,8113,7375815
.pr13513321
.ps17171 
.pt569555113
.py535211
.qa313011
.ro535517162
.rs424111
.ru1,2101,0881184
.rw33 1
.sa13613051
.sb11  
.sc11  
.se980954215
.sg410384251
.sh111 
.si15114641
.sk21820693
.sl111 
.sm11  
.sn111111
.st11  
.sv13313121
.tg11 1
.th5744481215
.tj11  
.tk11  
.tl11  
.tm11  
.to111 
.tr1,1591,118356
.tt393911
.tv1 1 
.tw26325652
.tz7711
.ua43842963
.ug13131 
.uk6,2876,13413023
.us1111
.uy11811621
.uz431 
.vc33  
.ve886872103
.vg11  
.vi33  
.vn540441972
.vu11  
.ws111 
.yu11  
.za23322751
.zm3211
.zw7711
undefined29,54519,5843,3506,610
Total146,123132,4126,5407,154
 

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
Desktop3,106--Y
Earth540--Y
FeedFetcher271Y-Y
GoogleBot14,841Y-Y
GoogleBot?2,475--Y
GoogleBot?3-YY
Image search4,204-Y-
Mail10-Y-
Maps100-Y-
Other107--Y
Other3,761-Y-
Other140Y--
Other368Y-Y
Toolbar808--Y
Toolbar83-Y-
Toolbar38-YY
Translate27-Y-
Translate515Y-Y
Translate204YYY
Web search111,586-Y-
Web search9YY-
Wireless11--Y
Wireless2,921Y-Y

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 Wed, May 19, 2010 11:02
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
Mail: ezachte@### (no spam: ### = wikimedia.org)
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