Google Analytics Blocking Traffic from

Spam Sites

By: Errett CordEmail: ecord@ecord.usTwitter: @errettcord

1. Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders – (Admin > View Settings)Google Analytics provides a facility to filter the bots “bot filtering” where you can block no-human referral traffic. It has two steps.

– Go to “admin”

– Click on “view settings”

– Check the box of bot filtering (as shown below)

2. Admin Filter (Admin > Filter > New Filter) – You can block any domain name. Use these four steps.

– Go to “admin” part

– Click on “filters” (see it in the image 2)

– Create “new filter”

– Follow steps according to image 3

(Create New Filter > Filter Name > Filter Type > Filter Field > Filter Pattern)

Make sure you are using the correct url an incorrect url will not block or filter any spam bots.

3. Add Referral Exclusion – (Admin > Property (Referral Exclusion List) > Add Referral Exclusion) – Add referral exclusion is also a good solution. Here you can Block specific web page URL and their subdomain. It has 4 steps.

– Go to Admin

– Click on referral exclusion

– Add referral exclusion

– Put exact URL detail

If you are bothered by same URL regularly than “referral exclusion” is very helpful and works perfecty (See image for detail)

Note: Using the “Referral Exclusion List” can change the session to look like a “Direct Visit”.