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The most common reason. A Samsung user long-presses a URL in their browser, accidentally includes extra text, then pastes it into a search bar. The result: a nonsensical string that Google then tries to interpret as a search query.
Based on the metadata embedded in the URL, the following profile can be constructed:
| Attribute | Detail | | :--- | :--- | | Device Type | Smartphone / Tablet | | Operating System | Android | | Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics | | Entry Point | Native Search Widget or Samsung Internet Browser | | Interface | Mobile-optimized Web (Lightweight) |
Let’s separate the components of:
google https wwwgooglecom m client msandroidsamsungrvo1 link google https wwwgooglecom m client msandroidsamsungrvo1 link
| Fragment | Possible Meaning |
|----------|------------------|
| google | The user’s intent to search for Google or use Google search. |
| https | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure – indicates a secure web connection. |
| wwwgooglecom | A typo or truncation of www.google.com. The missing dot is common in manual typing errors. |
| m | The subdomain for Google’s mobile-optimized site (usually m.google.com or m.google.com/search). |
| client | A URL parameter used by Google to identify the source application or client making the search request. |
| msandroidsamsungrvo1 | A specific client ID string. ms likely stands for “mobile search”, android for OS, samsung for device brand, and rvo1 may be an internal Google or Samsung build/release label. |
| link | Possibly a truncated parameter like &link=... for deep linking, or just a user’s search term. |
When combined, the user may have intended to type something like:
https://www.google.com/m?client=ms-android-samsung&q=link
But the spacing, missing punctuation, and order suggest manual entry or OCR errors.
Set up filters in Google Analytics to exclude any request containing msandroidsamsungrvo1 as a bot or a malformed user agent. The most common reason
Missing dot → should be www.google.com.
Google has multiple entry points for searches:
The client parameter tells Google’s servers which software is making the request. Common values include: Set up filters in Google Analytics to exclude
So msandroidsamsungrvo1 is almost certainly a corrupted or concatenated version of:
ms-android-samsung-rvo1
Here, rvo1 may refer to:
Some referrer spam bots craft strange-looking strings with google, https, and client= to trick website owners into clicking unknown links. This exact phrase has been observed in some spam referrer logs in 2022–2024.