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...
Every now and then, I like to test out these exams that Google offers to write reviews and then place the certifications on the About page of this website. The latest exam I tested out was the Google Analytics IQ Certification Exam; IQ here stands for “Individual Qualification” and not “intelligence quotient “. Information ...
There you have it, 58 seconds is the average time spent on a website. You have your answer, there’s nothing else to see here. But wait, there’s just one problem with the number I put in the title of this article: it’s not true. Yes, 58 seconds is how long visitors spend on my website, but […]...
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 ...
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 […]...
Social-buttons.com referral usually comes along with Free-Share-Buttons.com referral spam as the 2 are most likely related in some way (considering how similar the URLs and the current state of the sites are, it’s hard not to assume this). Because of this, I’ve created this article to show you how you can get rid of this ghost referr...