Wikimedia Visitor Log Analysis Report - Google requests

Daily averages, based on sample period: 1 Sep 2009 - 30 Sep 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 50.3% of daily external page* requests

Google referred to our sites, through its services including search, maps, and Google Earth, 112,044,000 page views per day, representing 43.0% of our external page requests.

Including all of its different search crawlers and services hosted on its servers, Google itself requested another 18,913,000 page pages per day, representing 7.3% of our external page requests.

* = mime type text/html only

In order of request volume

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
GoogleBot18,74816,3457071,696
Wireless2,8151,83196519
Translate48148111
FeedFetcher3201231197
Other2201202970
Web search141311
Desktop1  1
Image search111 
Toolbar11  
Maps1 1 
Earth1 1 
KeywordTool11  
Total22,59918,9131,7011,983
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Web search108,737106,9961,156585
Other10,0042364,6065,161
Image search4,0002,3571,59351
Desktop2,48310712,375
GoogleBot?1,8961,860532
Toolbar1,07323966767
Earth8551536984
Maps187501343
Mail6815467
Translate331598
Wireless161611
FeedFetcher11 1
Total129,353112,0448,3138,993
 
Top level domains
.com36,61335,0871,236290
.de8,5428,32718728
.uk5,8775,69316519
.fr4,9624,82211822
.mx4,9534,8627517
.jp4,8944,8106618
.br4,5984,4947529
.it4,2164,1228014
.pl3,8453,7765514
.ca3,3613,24810112
.es2,9512,8796012
.au1,8941,8185719
.in1,7671,7035310
.co1,7321,6452463
.nl1,3951,353375
.ar1,2111,177268
.se1,013982283
.pe961939184
.tr919885304
.cl896870215
.ru853831184
.fi792778112
.be770747212
.ph756736138
.ch732710192
.at712684253
.th663643164
.ve59258193
.pt543529122
.hu505479196
.id448425185
.ro444424172
.il41640682
.no399384141
.dk396382131
.my391378103
.sg37336662
.vn34633872
.gr341330102
.ua32732142
.nz322309103
.ie31130461
.cn304252502
.bg29228481
.do28227741
.ec27026532
.cz249237111
.hr24223471
.za22121271
.tw21220561
.lt20219741
.hk18918341
.gt18317931
.sk16215282
.pk14714241
.pr14714431
.si14514041
.sv13713421
.cr13513221
.uy13313021
.bo12312021
.eg11210651
.kr11185251
.ma10810531
.ae949131
.ee939121
.sa938841
.lv898721
.ba706721
.hn615821
.py565511
.lk454321
.jm434211
.tt373711
.ke343311
.is343311
.rs333111
.ni333211
.jo313011
.md313011
.ng292811
.lu272711
.by262611
.kw262511
.bd252311
.kz252511
.mt242411
.qa242411
.mu191811
.bh181711
.pa171611
.gh171611
.ge151411
.ps14141 
.lb141411
.cu141411
.np111111
.az10911
.bs10101 
.om8811
.mn8711
.ci7711
.ly7711
.fj7711
.bn771 
.mv661 
.sn6611
.bw6611
.mz6611
.cat6611
.gp6611
.tz5511
.am5511
.dz5511
.bz5511
.zw5411
.na4411
.mg4411
.gy441 
.et44 1
.org4131
.rw33  
.dm331 
.kg3211
.ag331 
.vi331 
.uz331 
.ht3311
.net3131
.zm3311
.ug22  
.gi22  
.li2211
.cd221 
.kh221 
.vc22  
.gl11  
.af111 
.ls11  
.la111 
.ai111 
.me1111
.vg111 
.cg11  
.as111 
.sc111 
.bj111 
.ad111 
.sm11 1
.gg111 
.ki111 
.biz1 1 
.nu11  
.st11  
.ck11  
.ms111 
.pn11  
.sb11  
.gs11  
.ir1 1 
.sl111 
.tv111 
.bi11  
.gd11  
.tk11  
.nr11  
.vu111 
.edu11  
.mw11  
.gm11  
.to11  
.eu111 
.ac11  
.je111 
.cc1 1 
.sh11  
.tl111 
.tj11 1
.im111 
.mk11  
.fm111 
.ws111 
.dj11  
undefined38,38721,0967,00710,284
Total151,944130,96010,01410,970

In alphabetical order

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Desktop1  1
Earth1 1 
FeedFetcher3201231197
GoogleBot18,74816,3457071,696
Image search111 
KeywordTool11  
Maps1 1 
Other2201202970
Toolbar11  
Translate48148111
Web search141311
Wireless2,8151,83196519
Total22,59918,9131,7011,983
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Desktop2,48310712,375
Earth8551536984
FeedFetcher11 1
GoogleBot?1,8961,860532
Image search4,0002,3571,59351
Mail6815467
Maps187501343
Other10,0042364,6065,161
Toolbar1,07323966767
Translate331598
Web search108,737106,9961,156585
Wireless161611
Total129,353112,0448,3138,993
 
Top level domains
.ac11  
.ad111 
.ae949131
.af111 
.ag331 
.ai111 
.am5511
.ar1,2111,177268
.as111 
.at712684253
.au1,8941,8185719
.az10911
.ba706721
.bd252311
.be770747212
.bg29228481
.bh181711
.bi11  
.biz1 1 
.bj111 
.bn771 
.bo12312021
.br4,5984,4947529
.bs10101 
.bw6611
.by262611
.bz5511
.ca3,3613,24810112
.cat6611
.cc1 1 
.cd221 
.cg11  
.ch732710192
.ci7711
.ck11  
.cl896870215
.cn304252502
.co1,7321,6452463
.com36,61335,0871,236290
.cr13513221
.cu141411
.cz249237111
.de8,5428,32718728
.dj11  
.dk396382131
.dm331 
.do28227741
.dz5511
.ec27026532
.edu11  
.ee939121
.eg11210651
.es2,9512,8796012
.et44 1
.eu111 
.fi792778112
.fj7711
.fm111 
.fr4,9624,82211822
.gd11  
.ge151411
.gg111 
.gh171611
.gi22  
.gl11  
.gm11  
.gp6611
.gr341330102
.gs11  
.gt18317931
.gy441 
.hk18918341
.hn615821
.hr24223471
.ht3311
.hu505479196
.id448425185
.ie31130461
.il41640682
.im111 
.in1,7671,7035310
.ir1 1 
.is343311
.it4,2164,1228014
.je111 
.jm434211
.jo313011
.jp4,8944,8106618
.ke343311
.kg3211
.kh221 
.ki111 
.kr11185251
.kw262511
.kz252511
.la111 
.lb141411
.li2211
.lk454321
.ls11  
.lt20219741
.lu272711
.lv898721
.ly7711
.ma10810531
.md313011
.me1111
.mg4411
.mk11  
.mn8711
.ms111 
.mt242411
.mu191811
.mv661 
.mw11  
.mx4,9534,8627517
.my391378103
.mz6611
.na4411
.net3131
.ng292811
.ni333211
.nl1,3951,353375
.no399384141
.np111111
.nr11  
.nu11  
.nz322309103
.om8811
.org4131
.pa171611
.pe961939184
.ph756736138
.pk14714241
.pl3,8453,7765514
.pn11  
.pr14714431
.ps14141 
.pt543529122
.py565511
.qa242411
.ro444424172
.rs333111
.ru853831184
.rw33  
.sa938841
.sb11  
.sc111 
.se1,013982283
.sg37336662
.sh11  
.si14514041
.sk16215282
.sl111 
.sm11 1
.sn6611
.st11  
.sv13713421
.th663643164
.tj11 1
.tk11  
.tl111 
.to11  
.tr919885304
.tt373711
.tv111 
.tw21220561
.tz5511
.ua32732142
.ug22  
.uk5,8775,69316519
.uy13313021
.uz331 
.vc22  
.ve59258193
.vg111 
.vi331 
.vn34633872
.vu111 
.ws111 
.za22121271
.zm3311
.zw5411
undefined38,38721,0967,00710,284
Total151,944130,96010,01410,970
 

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
Desktop2,482--Y
Earth855--Y
FeedFetcher320Y-Y
GoogleBot18,748Y-Y
GoogleBot?1,893--Y
GoogleBot?3-YY
Image search4,000-Y-
Mail68-Y-
Maps187-Y-
Other57--Y
Other9,940-Y-
Other7-YY
Other83Y--
Other137Y-Y
Toolbar856--Y
Toolbar160-Y-
Toolbar57-YY
Translate32-Y-
Translate203Y-Y
Translate278YYY
Web search108,737-Y-
Web search14YY-
Wireless16--Y
Wireless2,808Y-Y
Wireless7YYY

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 October 30, 2009
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
Mail: ezachte@### (no spam: ### = wikimedia.org)
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