Is there a way to stop Google Analytics counting development work as hits?

Question

I have added the JavaScript that I need to the bottom of my pages so that I can make use of Google Analytics. Only problem is that I am sure that it is counting all my devel

Answer 1

Add this line before your Google Analytics async code runs to disable tracking for that web property ID:

window['ga-disable-UA-XXXXXX-Y'] = true;

UA-XXXXXX-Y corresponds to the web property ID on which you would like to disable tracking.

From: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gajs/