Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Google requests

Daily averages, based on sample period: 1 Aug 2010 - 31 Aug 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 41.0% of daily external page* requests

Google referred to our sites, through its services including search, maps, and Google Earth, 128,007,000 page views per day, representing 36.4% of our external page requests.

Including all of its different search crawlers and services hosted on its servers, Google itself requested another 16,162,000 page pages per day, representing 4.6% of our external page requests.

* = mime type text/html only

In order of request volume

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
GoogleBot12,68811,103588997
Wireless3,9953,946473
Translate78378311
Other45522628202
FeedFetcher3309217222
Web search131211
Image search11  
Toolbar11  
Desktop1  1
KeywordTool11  
Total18,26416,1626801,425
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Web search130,407124,7682,5513,088
GoogleBot?3,1532,87620257
Desktop1,05255 997
Toolbar29711648133
Other2225938125
Earth188351531
Image search10150502
Maps7936422
Translate254155
Mail15591
Wireless6321
FeedFetcher1111
Total135,545128,0072,9284,611
 
Top level domains
.com37,71835,990859869
.de10,2359,97216895
.jp7,6866,91585686
.uk7,1346,95810473
.br5,7145,5616589
.fr5,2205,0756382
.mx4,4474,3224580
.it4,3584,2376259
.ca3,9803,8665856
.pl3,2743,1945228
.in3,1632,92968166
.es3,0852,9734964
.au3,0222,9485123
.co2,3792,3142243
.ar1,7491,6822541
.nl1,6021,5523218
.ph1,3541,2904320
.ru1,2481,1458715
.cl1,2051,1642021
.pe1,0901,0111465
.th1,08989015050
.tr1,0539922438
.se1,017995157
.be9769451715
.ch9699411711
.id93378713511
.at8247991510
.fi82080775
.my7326536910
.vn6125036346
.hu566539179
.ve566547712
.hk5544852841
.pt50949685
.ro5084791415
.il506484814
.nz505482815
.sg503476225
.ua48847667
.dk468454104
.ie40739845
.gr38136974
.no37336472
.za34332987
.bg34032579
.cz306292113
.ec28027037
.tw268251512
.pk262244712
.hr26025262
.gt25124237
.do24323426
.eg196179513
.sk19017884
.cr17617133
.uy17516924
.bo16815639
.sa16615448
.lt16115641
.sv15815413
.si15414932
.pr14614321
.kr1451022321
.ma14313229
.ae14013721
.py979312
.ee939111
.lv908721
.ba848121
.lk726822
.hn686611
.ng625913
.ni535111
.ke525111
.by504911
.jo434011
.rs434011
.kz414011
.kw403811
.tt353411
.qa353311
.lu343311
.md313011
.is282811
.jm282811
.mt282711
.lb272611
.mu262511
.bh252411
.np252311
.pa232211
.gh232211
.ge222011
.az181711
.ps171511
.om171611
.cm141311
.org142121
.ug131211
.ly131211
.ci121211
.am121111
.mz121111
.et121111
.mv111011
.cu111111
.bn111111
.sn101011
.tz10911
.bs101011
.fj8811
.mn8811
.cat8711
.net8161
.zw7611
.na6511
.bw6611
.kh66 1
.rw5511
.mg5511
.zm5411
.bd4411
.dz4411
.bz44 1
.dm331 
.af3211
.kg33 1
.cd33 1
.cn3311
.uz3311
.ht3311
.gy331 
.vc331 
.gp33 1
.bf22  
.gi22  
.li221 
.ag22 1
.vi22  
.ml2211
.dj2111
.ne11  
.biz1111
.gl11  
.ls11 1
.la11 1
.ga11 1
.sb1111
.ai11 1
.me1111
.vg11  
.as11 1
.sc11  
.vu11  
.bj1111
.gm11 1
.to111 
.eu1111
.tl11  
.mk11  
.fm111 
.ws111 
.ad11  
.tg11 1
.sm11  
.gg111 
.ki11  
.nu111 
.st111 
.ck11  
.ao11  
.tm11 1
.ms11  
.pn11  
.ir1 1 
.td11  
.cg111 
.sl11  
.us111 
.tv111 
.bi11 1
.tk11 1
.nr11  
.edu1 1 
.mw11 1
.ac11  
.je11  
.cc111 
.cf11  
.im11  
undefined22,46418,7308142,920
Total153,804144,1663,6026,027

In alphabetical order

Requests originating from a Google ip address
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Wireless3,9953,946473
Web search131211
Translate78378311
Toolbar11  
Other45522628202
KeywordTool11  
Image search11  
GoogleBot12,68811,103588997
FeedFetcher3309217222
Desktop1  1
Total18,26416,1626801,425
 
Requests originating from elsewhere
ServiceTotalPagesImagesOther
Wireless6321
Web search130,407124,7682,5513,088
Translate254155
Toolbar29711648133
Other2225938125
Maps7936422
Mail15591
Image search10150502
GoogleBot?3,1532,87620257
FeedFetcher1111
Earth188351531
Desktop1,05255 997
Total135,545128,0072,9284,611
 
Top level domains
.ac11  
.ad11  
.ae14013721
.af3211
.ag22 1
.ai11 1
.am121111
.ao11  
.ar1,7491,6822541
.as11 1
.at8247991510
.au3,0222,9485123
.az181711
.ba848121
.bd4411
.be9769451715
.bf22  
.bg34032579
.bh252411
.bi11 1
.biz1111
.bj1111
.bn111111
.bo16815639
.br5,7145,5616589
.bs101011
.bw6611
.by504911
.bz44 1
.ca3,9803,8665856
.cat8711
.cc111 
.cd33 1
.cf11  
.cg111 
.ch9699411711
.ci121211
.ck11  
.cl1,2051,1642021
.cm141311
.cn3311
.co2,3792,3142243
.com37,71835,990859869
.cr17617133
.cu111111
.cz306292113
.de10,2359,97216895
.dj2111
.dk468454104
.dm331 
.do24323426
.dz4411
.ec28027037
.edu1 1 
.ee939111
.eg196179513
.es3,0852,9734964
.et121111
.eu1111
.fi82080775
.fj8811
.fm111 
.fr5,2205,0756382
.ga11 1
.ge222011
.gg111 
.gh232211
.gi22  
.gl11  
.gm11 1
.gp33 1
.gr38136974
.gt25124237
.gy331 
.hk5544852841
.hn686611
.hr26025262
.ht3311
.hu566539179
.id93378713511
.ie40739845
.il506484814
.im11  
.in3,1632,92968166
.ir1 1 
.is282811
.it4,3584,2376259
.je11  
.jm282811
.jo434011
.jp7,6866,91585686
.ke525111
.kg33 1
.kh66 1
.ki11  
.kr1451022321
.kw403811
.kz414011
.la11 1
.lb272611
.li221 
.lk726822
.ls11 1
.lt16115641
.lu343311
.lv908721
.ly131211
.ma14313229
.md313011
.me1111
.mg5511
.mk11  
.ml2211
.mn8811
.ms11  
.mt282711
.mu262511
.mv111011
.mw11 1
.mx4,4474,3224580
.my7326536910
.mz121111
.na6511
.ne11  
.net8161
.ng625913
.ni535111
.nl1,6021,5523218
.no37336472
.np252311
.nr11  
.nu111 
.nz505482815
.om171611
.org142121
.pa232211
.pe1,0901,0111465
.ph1,3541,2904320
.pk262244712
.pl3,2743,1945228
.pn11  
.pr14614321
.ps171511
.pt50949685
.py979312
.qa353311
.ro5084791415
.rs434011
.ru1,2481,1458715
.rw5511
.sa16615448
.sb1111
.sc11  
.se1,017995157
.sg503476225
.si15414932
.sk19017884
.sl11  
.sm11  
.sn101011
.st111 
.sv15815413
.td11  
.tg11 1
.th1,08989015050
.tk11 1
.tl11  
.tm11 1
.to111 
.tr1,0539922438
.tt353411
.tv111 
.tw268251512
.tz10911
.ua48847667
.ug131211
.uk7,1346,95810473
.us111 
.uy17516924
.uz3311
.vc331 
.ve566547712
.vg11  
.vi22  
.vn6125036346
.vu11  
.ws111 
.za34332987
.zm5411
.zw7611
undefined22,46418,7308142,920
Total153,804144,1663,6026,027
 

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
Desktop1,052--Y
Earth188--Y
FeedFetcher330Y-Y
GoogleBot12,688Y-Y
GoogleBot?3,146--Y
GoogleBot?7-YY
Image search101-Y-
Mail15-Y-
Maps79-Y-
Other184--Y
Other7-Y-
Other31-YY
Other258Y--
Other197Y-Y
Toolbar207--Y
Toolbar59-Y-
Toolbar30-YY
Translate24-Y-
Translate590Y-Y
Translate194YYY
Web search130,407-Y-
Web search13YY-
Wireless6--Y
Wireless3,995Y-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 Tue, Oct 19, 2010 3:22
Author:Erik Zachte (Web site)
Mail: ezachte@### (no spam: ### = wikimedia.org)
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