weird bounce in traffic for a day?

daewoo45

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Any idea what would cause such a massive spike in traffic for one day before returning to normal? I'm confused and don't really know how to figure out what happened.

 

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stoat

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• Aug 24, 2021

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Bots probably. Was it direct traffic?

 

daewoo45

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stoat said:

Bots probably. Was it direct traffic?

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Ah I think you're right, it was all direct traffic.

 

jstover77

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Yup, referral spam. You can create filters to block them.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-filter-referral-spam-google-analytics/388480/