How to stop Google Analytics Bots, referral spams in OS Versions, Top Device Models entry for Android
android,google-analytics,bots,referrer-spam
Bots and referral spam are two different things, the answer you posted will only help with bots. I am going to refer to the article about removing referral spam here Normally we say there are three types of junk visits: Ghost referrals like the darodar / ilovevitaly / cenoval Creepy...
How to Block Spam Referrers like darodar.com from Accessing Website?
.htaccess,google-analytics,referrer-spam
This blog post suggests that the spam referrers manipulate Google Analytics and never actually visit your site, so blocking them is pointless. Google Analytics offers filtering if you want to mitigate fake site hits.
Nginx block from referrer
nginx,spam-prevention,referrer-spam
It should be noted that an expression will be matched against the text starting after the “http://” or “https://” http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_referer_module.html Correct config: location / { valid_referers click2dad.net*; if ($invalid_referer = ''){ return 403; } try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; } ...
How do I block Semalt on IIS in GoDaddy hosted Website
iis,web-config,godaddy,http-referer,referrer-spam
FIXED - The problem fixed itself. dunno! I have no idea why it now works but it does. The only thing I did was add 1 line of Code: <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" /> This stopped the Website from working. I then took that line of code out and the Code started...
blocking spam referer domain with web.config
Most of the spammers in Google Analytics never access your site so any server solution like web.config or the htaccess file won't work This type of spam is known as Ghost because it never reaches your site, the only way to stop it is by using filters in GA. You...