You’re more than likely here because you were in your Google Search Console account and saw a message that said “Increase in “soft-404” pages on (insert your URL here)”. Upon further investigation, you probably saw something that looked a lot like the screenshot below, right? Don’t panic, your site hasn’t been hack...
While I was reviewing my Google Analytics data, I saw something peculiar: a “<00:00:01” Google Analytics average session duration for one of my pages that didn’t receive many visitors that day. Believe it or not, this was the first time I saw this session duration, so out of curiosity I began searching for an answer. What [&he...
Oh boy, here we go again! While I was cleaning up the Google Analytics data for one of my client’s websites, I noticed a new referrer spammer domain called Chinese-Amezon.com. This spam is usually not malicious, although it does make your Google Analytics data inaccurate. For instructions on how to remove this spam, read the […]...
Dailyrank.net hasn’t affected my Google Analytics data, although I went ahead and put up a filter against any of their potential referral spam campaigns in Google Analytics as they have been known to engage in referral spam. How To Block Dailyrank.net Spam: Filter Method I created the instructions below using both images and text to make [&h...
Yet another social share button website called Sharebutton.to has been spamming everyone’s Google Analytics data. This spam only affects your Google Analytics data and not your actual website, although if you’re like me and you use your Google Analytics data to make changes to your website, then blocking out ghost referrer spam is a mus...
Yet another popunder software website is engaging in referral spamming tactics, and this time it’s Webmonetizer. How To Block Webmonetizer.net Spam: Filter Method I created the instructions below using both images and text to make it easier for you to understand and follow the guide. The important parts of the page that you need to […]...
I was checking my Google Analytics data a moment ago when I noticed another surge in referral traffic. However, this time it was not from 1, not from 2, but from 3 sources all related to Floating-Share-Buttons.com! These sources appeared in my Google Analytics data as the following: site1.floating-share-buttons.com site2.floating-share-buttons.com ...
Trafficparadise referral spam is back, but this time they have a new domain name that shows up in Google Analytics called trafficmonetize.org instead of their old 4webmasters.org referral spam domain name. Surprisingly enough, I only had to filter this spam out of my personal website Google Analytics and not this site (update: now I’ve had [&...
Event-Tracking.com referral spam may hit your Google Analytics account a few times and then disappear for a while after that. It’s not too interesting when compared to other referrer spam, so I’m just going to skip straight to the guide. How To Block Event-Tracking.com Spam: Filter Method The easiest way (and the way I always […]...
I haven’t received Get-Free-Traffic-Now.com referral spam in a few weeks now, but it’s still a nuisance that needs to be filtered out of the rest of my data. If you also have an issue with this referral spam ruining your Google Analytics data, then continue reading for a few methods on how to get rid of […]...