Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Google requests

Daily averages, based on sample period: 1 Apr 2011 - 30 Apr 2011

 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 41.1% of daily external page* requests

Google referred to our sites, through its services including search, maps, and Google Earth, 137,756,000 page views per day, representing 36.3% of our external page requests.

Including all of its different search crawlers and services hosted on its servers, Google itself requested another 18,023,000 page pages per day, representing 4.8% of our external page requests.

* = mime type text/html only

In order of request volume

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
GoogleBot13,71912,075788855
Wireless4,1574,071788
Other2,027786475766
Translate98898711
FeedFetcher3229320210
Web search121111
Image search11  
Toolbar11  
Desktop11 1
Maps1 1 
Mail11  
Total21,22518,0231,3611,840
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Web search136,604132,7502,0841,770
GoogleBot?5,2024,648103451
Desktop82826 802
Other472172111188
Toolbar191692498
Maps159301271
Earth7825521
Image search5023271
Translate194132
Mail13761
Wireless2111
FeedFetcher21 1
Total143,620137,7562,5483,314
 
Top level domains
.com49,18447,5401,146499
.de8,1808,0388954
.uk7,5567,4089651
.jp7,0016,35939603
.fr6,0625,9139950
.it5,1455,0168644
.br5,1045,0045743
.ca4,6854,5945636
.es3,8943,7857039
.pl3,5123,4236920
.in2,7362,6195265
.au2,5362,4893116
.ru2,1932,0879313
.mx1,8371,8012214
.nl1,7641,7183411
.tr1,5341,4763622
.ar1,2261,1941913
.se1,1071,084176
.be969944178
.ch910886177
.ua896877118
.co88186696
.at849827166
.cl794773128
.fi746731114
.id723678377
.pe692669915
.hk6846412122
.pt652636105
.ph626612104
.my610582235
.hu603582184
.vn5745183718
.il573555108
.th5665144210
.ro543525135
.ve51750854
.sg48147083
.no47446572
.dk459447103
.gr44843584
.ie44743953
.cz444425173
.nz41240551
.tw40038686
.bg38837774
.org29742902
.za29528654
.hr29528483
.pk29428267
.sk266253112
.eg24022577
.lt22922262
.sa20920063
.ma18717845
.ae17917531
.kr168145149
.ec16416121
.si15815331
.pr12712421
.lv11611231
.ee11511231
.do11511311
.ba11010541
.gt999711
.uy969411
.by959411
.tn848111
.cr838021
.kz828011
.bo787512
.jo676521
.lk615821
.rs615821
.sv595811
.md595811
.ng585611
.ke535211
.ge514821
.tt484711
.jm464511
.qa454311
.py444311
.kw403911
.lb393721
.is363511
.hn353411
.mt353411
.az343211
.ps333211
.lu323211
.bh313011
.om302911
.net283241
.am272611
.mu262611
.gh252411
.pa222211
.iq191811
.ni191911
.ug171711
.np171611
.cm151511
.mn151311
.sn141311
.et141411
.tz131211
.mz121211
.cat121211
.bs10911
.bn101011
.gp10101 
.mv9911
.zw9911
.us8621
.dz8711
.na7611
.kg7711
.bw771 
.cu7711
.kh6611
.uz6611
.ci551 
.cd5511
.mg5511
.zm5511
.rw431 
.dm4411
.bz441 
.ht441 
.gy441 
.vc441 
.bd3311
.af3311
.vi321 
.ml3311
.eu3121
.mk3311
.biz2111
.bf2211
.ao22 1
.la2111
.gi221 
.ga2211
.fj2211
.li2211
.ag221 
.bj22 1
.mw22 1
.ws211 
.dj2111
.ne11 1
.gl11  
.ls11 1
.ly1111
.ai11  
.me1111
.vg1111
.ir111 
.tv111 
.bi11  
.as111 
.sc111 
.cn111 
.gm11 1
.cc1111
.ad11  
.tg11 1
.gg111 
.ki11  
.nu111 
.st11  
.ck11  
.tm1111
.pn11  
.sb11  
.gs1 1 
.cg11  
.sl111 
.gd1 1 
.tk111 
.su1 1 
.nr11  
.vu111 
.edu111 
.to11 1
.ac11  
.je111 
.sh11  
.tl111 
.tj11  
.im111 
.fm111 
.sm11  
undefined26,54022,3079453,288
Total164,839155,7803,9045,142

In alphabetical order

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Wireless4,1574,071788
Web search121111
Translate98898711
Toolbar11  
Other2,027786475766
Maps1 1 
Mail11  
Image search11  
GoogleBot13,71912,075788855
FeedFetcher3229320210
Desktop11 1
Total21,22518,0231,3611,840
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Wireless2111
Web search136,604132,7502,0841,770
Translate194132
Toolbar191692498
Other472172111188
Maps159301271
Mail13761
Image search5023271
GoogleBot?5,2024,648103451
FeedFetcher21 1
Earth7825521
Desktop82826 802
Total143,620137,7562,5483,314
 
Top level domains
.ac11  
.ad11  
.ae17917531
.af3311
.ag221 
.ai11  
.am272611
.ao22 1
.ar1,2261,1941913
.as111 
.at849827166
.au2,5362,4893116
.az343211
.ba11010541
.bd3311
.be969944178
.bf2211
.bg38837774
.bh313011
.bi11  
.biz2111
.bj22 1
.bn101011
.bo787512
.br5,1045,0045743
.bs10911
.bw771 
.by959411
.bz441 
.ca4,6854,5945636
.cat121211
.cc1111
.cd5511
.cg11  
.ch910886177
.ci551 
.ck11  
.cl794773128
.cm151511
.cn111 
.co88186696
.com49,18447,5401,146499
.cr838021
.cu7711
.cz444425173
.de8,1808,0388954
.dj2111
.dk459447103
.dm4411
.do11511311
.dz8711
.ec16416121
.edu111 
.ee11511231
.eg24022577
.es3,8943,7857039
.et141411
.eu3121
.fi746731114
.fj2211
.fm111 
.fr6,0625,9139950
.ga2211
.gd1 1 
.ge514821
.gg111 
.gh252411
.gi221 
.gl11  
.gm11 1
.gp10101 
.gr44843584
.gs1 1 
.gt999711
.gy441 
.hk6846412122
.hn353411
.hr29528483
.ht441 
.hu603582184
.id723678377
.ie44743953
.il573555108
.im111 
.in2,7362,6195265
.iq191811
.ir111 
.is363511
.it5,1455,0168644
.je111 
.jm464511
.jo676521
.jp7,0016,35939603
.ke535211
.kg7711
.kh6611
.ki11  
.kr168145149
.kw403911
.kz828011
.la2111
.lb393721
.li2211
.lk615821
.ls11 1
.lt22922262
.lu323211
.lv11611231
.ly1111
.ma18717845
.md595811
.me1111
.mg5511
.mk3311
.ml3311
.mn151311
.mt353411
.mu262611
.mv9911
.mw22 1
.mx1,8371,8012214
.my610582235
.mz121211
.na7611
.ne11 1
.net283241
.ng585611
.ni191911
.nl1,7641,7183411
.no47446572
.np171611
.nr11  
.nu111 
.nz41240551
.om302911
.org29742902
.pa222211
.pe692669915
.ph626612104
.pk29428267
.pl3,5123,4236920
.pn11  
.pr12712421
.ps333211
.pt652636105
.py444311
.qa454311
.ro543525135
.rs615821
.ru2,1932,0879313
.rw431 
.sa20920063
.sb11  
.sc111 
.se1,1071,084176
.sg48147083
.sh11  
.si15815331
.sk266253112
.sl111 
.sm11  
.sn141311
.st11  
.su1 1 
.sv595811
.tg11 1
.th5665144210
.tj11  
.tk111 
.tl111 
.tm1111
.tn848111
.to11 1
.tr1,5341,4763622
.tt484711
.tv111 
.tw40038686
.tz131211
.ua896877118
.ug171711
.uk7,5567,4089651
.us8621
.uy969411
.uz6611
.vc441 
.ve51750854
.vg1111
.vi321 
.vn5745183718
.vu111 
.ws211 
.za29528654
.zm5511
.zw9911
undefined26,54022,3079453,288
Total164,839155,7803,9045,142
 

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
Desktop828--Y
Earth78--Y
FeedFetcher322Y-Y
GoogleBot13,718Y-Y
GoogleBot?5,138--Y
GoogleBot?64-YY
Image search50-Y-
Mail13-Y-
Maps159-Y-
Other348--Y
Other20-Y-
Other104-YY
Other131Y--
Other1,893Y-Y
Other3YYY
Toolbar125--Y
Toolbar43-Y-
Toolbar23-YY
Translate19-Y-
Translate791Y-Y
Translate197YYY
Web search136,604-Y-
Web search12YY-
Wireless4,157Y-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 Sun, May 8, 2011 0:28
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
Mail: ezachte@### (no spam: ### = wikimedia.org)
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