Ghost traffic- referal spam?

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Anonoptimization

Power Member

Feb 21, 2015

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• Dec 30, 2015

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Anyone know how to get ghost traffic off your site?

The past few days I'm noticing random boosts in traffic my sites serving is picking up on, that isn't coming from search or anything. My guess is referal spam. Is there a fix for it?

Thanks

 

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bimmerime

Regular Member

May 14, 2015

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• Dec 30, 2015

• #2

Follow this guide. it did help me
https://www.optimizesmart.com/geek-guide-removing-referrer-spam-google-analytics/

 

sergey007

Senior Member

Nov 13, 2014

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• Dec 31, 2015

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Usually I block it using .htaccess. This is the most simple method that I know.

 

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Anonoptimization

Power Member

Feb 21, 2015

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• Dec 31, 2015

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Anyone know if this can have an effect on rankings? Apparently my host provider doesn't give access to the http files so I can't block these ghost referrals. I also wonder if this is negative SEO or simply some scummy spam company that does this to tons of sites.

 

Bane Bentley

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Jun 13, 2013

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• Dec 31, 2015

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Get a CloudFlare account, increase security settings, add an automatic captcha and block an IP block or country if they are all coming from a similar place.