Human and bot separation
Automated scanners are tracked separately from confirmed human opens.
LINKTIMER GUIDE
Link analytics that separate people, bots, and QR scans
LinkTimer analytics are designed around confirmed redirect activity and aggregated privacy-conscious reporting.
What this option gives you
Unique visitor estimates
Daily salted visitor hashes support aggregate uniqueness without exposing raw addresses.
Channel attribution
QR scans, direct visits, search, social, and referral traffic are reported separately.
Practical use cases
Campaign reporting
Compare human opens and QR scans across a launch.
Fraud review
Identify sudden bot-heavy activity before it consumes operational attention.
Regional planning
Review country and language distributions when available from request infrastructure.
Client reporting
Share aggregate activity without disclosing individual visitor identities.
How it works
Create a managed link
Analytics are available for eligible account-owned links.
Collect confirmed activity
The Continue action creates the measured redirect event.
Review breakdowns
Open the dashboard for daily, device, source, country, OS, and QR views.
Important limitation
Geographic headers depend on the serving infrastructure and may be unavailable or approximate. Analytics are aggregate indicators, not identity verification.
Frequently asked questions
Does LinkTimer store raw visitor IP addresses?
The analytics design stores aggregated counters and pseudonymous hashes rather than displaying raw visitor IP addresses.
Are bots counted as humans?
No. Known preview, crawler, and automation user agents are separated into bot opens.
Are QR scans separate?
Yes. QR-generated URLs include a channel marker so they can be reported separately.
Can I export reports?
Managed-link exports and API reporting are designed for CSV and JSON workflows.
Authoritative external resources
These links provide additional context from the destination provider or recognized security resources. External sites are responsible for their own content and policies.
- Google Safe Browsing Transparency ReportCheck whether a destination has known unsafe-content warnings before sharing it.
- OWASP phishing guidanceUnderstand common deceptive-link patterns and why LinkTimer keeps the destination hostname visible.
Related LinkTimer guides
Ready to make the destination temporary?
Choose the expiration rule, confirm the destination, and share the generated LinkTimer URL or QR code.
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