To do this, click “Add Segment”, then set the advanced condition as follows: Whilst you are unable to remove historical data from your analytics view, you can use segments to see what your data would look like without the spam. This makes sense to me, in that if the spam is automated, then it wouldn’t have a browser size, so I have no qualms in creating a filter moving forward to exclude traffic where the browser size is not set: Use Segments To View Historical Data Without Spam VIchh0XczB- Mike Sullivan February 3, 2021 Google Analytics spam – what it was and what to do from the guy that wrote the Definitive Guide. So, if you try and block based on those dimensions, you may in advertently block real traffic.Īfter much digging around I came across this tweet where it would appear the common denominator is “browser size” which is set to “(not set)”: However, organic spam comes from a wide range of dimensions such as city, language, source etc. Well, this isn’t as easy – the referral spam has a common denominator – the campaign source. Well, in essence it’s basically the same as referral spam – in this case the spam was evenly split between organic and referral: How Do I Block Organic Spam? Clearly gammatraffic is a new kid on the block. This will keep things tidy, but as it says it blocks from “known” bots and spiders. There is also a setting in GA that you should always ensure is ticked: Don’t Forget The Bot Filtering Setting In Analytics I haven’t had any spam from there yet, and can add this domain to my filter as follows:īut, years in the business has taught me the fight on spam never ends. Point 2 has already happened, a client of mine also got a load of spam over the weekend from trafficbot.life
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Or had there been a Google Core update maybe following some recent on site optimisation? The anticipation was immense as I delved in for a deeper look. I’d been doing some blogging recently, so maybe it was that. Whilst taking a look at my Google Analytics data yesterday, I got all excited about a huge spike in traffic over the weekend.
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