Can anyone explain this Report?

newon

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Hello everybody.
Today while checking G analytics I found the below sites in my Referral traffic.

I can't get from where those visitors came... I don't use any floating share button. And visitors those are actually affecting my site's overall bounce rate.

Can anyone please help me to understand this? And, any way to get rid of this?

 

lancis

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Looks like someone iframed your website.

 

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peetrike

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• Oct 25, 2015

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This is referral spam and i wouldn`t worry about it. But if you really want then there are tutorials how to fix this.

Cheers

 

newon

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peetrike said:

This is referral spam and i wouldn`t worry about it. But if you really want then there are tutorials how to fix this.

Cheers

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Can you please link me to a tutorial. Searched G but didn't get good one.

 

Wilson Grant Fisk

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Yeah referral spam, just do a search for "referral spam" and you will find guides and tutorials on how to deal with it.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=referral+spam

 

newon

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Just edited .htaccess file as guided. Let's see what happens

 

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LandLiker3232

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Definitely referral spam and there are many tutorials online.

 

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cmasex

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.htaccess don't help much - they never open your site at all, thus .htaccess is not read.

What helps is creating a filter inside Analytics (se the moz-article) to only show valid referrers.

 

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jackteam

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LandLiker3232 said:

Definitely referral spam and there are many tutorials online.

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Nice. OP asking link to them.

 

Alpha Hustle

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Referral spam, set up a custom filter in analytics.

 

newon

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I blocked those sites with .htaccess but it caused loading my site totally... had to reset .htaccess again.

Just one question: If I let those sites be as there, will it affect my site seo dut to high bounce rate caused by those sit

 

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archon10

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NO! Google has no idea that they are "bouncing" from your site. So sick of this question. Learn how the internets works people.

And filters in GA is the correct answer. The better answer is just to ignore it. If referral spam is that big of a deal in your analytics, then your site is dead.

 

Kikerinka

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Google knows they are spam referrals and they will in no way impact your ranking or quality of your visitor behavior seo factors in Google's eyes. So no worries.
If you want clearer reports, just block them in Analytics. Otherwise simply ignore it.

newon said:

I blocked those sites with .htaccess but it caused loading my site totally... had to reset .htaccess again.

Just one question: If I let those sites be as there, will it affect my site seo dut to high bounce rate caused by those sit

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