![]() This is also a good time to note that I’m not super well versed in all things Google Analytics, so there may be other/easier ways to go about blocking this referral spam. But if I remember correctly, you’ll still be able to see the bot traffic that is already present in the data. Now you shouldn’t see any of the referral spam from those domains going forward. Then, copy and paste the following into the “Filter Pattern” box: bot-traffic|trafficbot| bottrafficĪnd then, click on “Save” at the bottom and you’re done. Leave “Exclude” selected and in the dropdown select “Campaign Source” Leave “Create New Filter” selected, name your filter, and click on “Custom” under ” Filter Type” Then, click on the red “Add Filter” button. Then in the third column on your screen, the View column, look for “Filters” and click on that. So, open your Google Analytics and click on that gear icon in the lower left of the screen. ![]() (as far as I know)īut you can set up a filter to block any future data interference from these particular bots. If you’ve already been hit by these bastards, then you can’t really fix that spike in your traffic data. How To Block Referral Spam in Google Analytics The new bot traffic seems to be coming from one, or more, of the following sites: Here’s what it looks like for one of my sites Just go to Acquisition –> All Traffic –> Referrals If something goes wrong, your website will go down.How To Block Referral Spam in Google Analytics Where To Find The Bot URLsįor those of you who have never had to deal with this before, you can find the URL of the bot in Google Analytics. Backup of your htaccess file before you edit it. Bottraffic.live - Security - Cloudflare Community Bottraffic.live amayorga February 3, 2021, 11:37pm 42 Cloudflare does not back domains, any web property owner can add their website to Cloudflare.Test these filters in your “Test” View of your Google Analytics Property.Note: Request URI = ‘Page’ Dimension in Google Analytics Warning (Before You Add the Filter Exclusions) *trafficbot.*|.*traffic-bot.*|.*bot-traffic.*|.*bottraffic.* to your exclusion filter (below include all periods) htaccess file to exclude these Request URI’s. (This spammer can appear with any of the following extensions. This referral / organic doesn't add any value to your GA or site, quite the opposite it only inflates your reports with useless data. Long-Term Solution: Keep fighting Google Analytics Spam by asking your development team to add this filter in your GA Property Filter settings or use your CDN or. trafficbot.lifeis a type of crawler/bot traffic. Under “Conditions”, add an exclusion filter for “Browser Size” by (not set) to hide the bot traffic.Temporary Solution: If you need to review data in January-February 2021, review the screenshot below to create an advanced segment in your e Analytics properties excluding this bot traffic. ![]() Solutions to Bot Traffic Spike in Google Analytics Since filters are not retroactive, your organic traffic will be skewed in January-February 2021 without setting up a Google Analytics Advanced Segment to hide this bot traffic from reporting. ![]() ![]() Temporary Impact on Your Google Analytics Data (GA) *trafficbot.*|.*traffic-bot.*|.*bot-traffic.*|.*bottraffic.* into the search box’s regex to find this bot traffic.Īlthough most of our Google Analytics properties have the “Filter for Known Bots” selected, as well as custom spam filters set up by Overdrive and development teams, spam is a constant challenge for web analytics platforms. In your Google Analytics Property, navigate to Behavior à Site Content à Landing Pages, and you may see an uptick in traffic based on the bottraffic/trafficbot anomaly. Did this Impact My Google Analytics? How Did This Happen? On January 31, Google Analytics accounts were hit with a large spike classified as a “landing page” (coming from Google) from one of these four referrals:Īlthough Google’s anti-spam team fixed the initial spike on January 31, Overdrive is still seeing bot traffic on February 2-3, 2021. I’ve been getting a lot of spam/ddos attacks from these specific sources according to Google analytics: bot-traffic.xyz. ![]()
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