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I had a recent enormous spike in traffic. Unfortunately, it looks like it's some sort of robot spamming me. Has anyone else had this happen? I didn't even know that traffic spa
Hi - you may wish to read this post. "news.gret.store" spammy traffic on ga4,should I dissavow it?
Do you have membership clicked in your Settings > General
Do you use a forum or some other contact form without CAPTCHA? I had that happen to me, ending in thousands upon thousands of spam signups.
Oh, I don't know I will check. I don't use a contact form. I'm signed up for Reddit and Quora but I don't ever post anything and I don't think I connected it to my website yet.
Ok, no I don't have that checked off. I have "new user default role" set to "subscriber," but I think that's only if I give someone access to my website.
Will do, thank you :) I think I will just ignore the link after reading Partha's response he sent in, and I'll change Google Analytics so I can't see the traffic data. It's really hard to dig out the real traffic if that's not blocked from GA4.
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How to deal with recieving traffic spam?
I had a recent enormous spike in traffic. Unfortunately, it looks like it's some sort of robot spamming me. Has anyone else had this happen? I didn't even know that traffic spa
Hey Ann,
Yep, there's been a couple of "weird things" happening with Google over the last week.
Firstly, many SEOs assumed there was an algorithm update on 14th & 15th February.
Turns out it was a glitch.
ALL of Google's Featured Snippets DISAPPEARED.
However, they "returned" a few hours later.
So, a lot of people saw weird traffic stats on those days.
Next, the "Polish Website Spam".
Yup, this is being discussed in forums EVERYWHERE.
I've counted 16 forum threads alone on 5 different platforms, with 1000s of people having the same issue.
As I put in my reply to Lizzy in the thread Diane shared below, Google will typically ignore this.
Sites get "bot spam", quite often it's from a traffic exchange website.
The hope is you will follow your Google Analytics and visit the website in question and then purchase "traffic".
Please DO NOT purchase this traffic, it is bot spam, and if purchased regularly Google will take notice.
There's nothing specifically you can do to stop these websites, but you can block the stats showing up in GA4 by blocking the url or IP address or even block traffic from a specific country.
However, this doesn't stop the bot spam from happening it just stops your Google Analytics looking "Wonky" for want of a better word.
My advice, ignore it, Google will deal with website accordingly.
Make sense?
Partha
Yes, that does make sense. Thanks, Partha. I know you mentioned to another WA member with the same problem not to disavow it the link, but to use that sparingly. Why is the disavow tool something that should be used with caution?
Hi - you may wish to read this post. "news.gret.store" spammy traffic on ga4,should I dissavow it?
Do you have membership clicked in your Settings > General
Do you use a forum or some other contact form without CAPTCHA? I had that happen to me, ending in thousands upon thousands of spam signups.
Oh, I don't know I will check. I don't use a contact form. I'm signed up for Reddit and Quora but I don't ever post anything and I don't think I connected it to my website yet.
Ok, no I don't have that checked off. I have "new user default role" set to "subscriber," but I think that's only if I give someone access to my website.
Will do, thank you :) I think I will just ignore the link after reading Partha's response he sent in, and I'll change Google Analytics so I can't see the traffic data. It's really hard to dig out the real traffic if that's not blocked from GA4.
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Hi Everyone,
I have followed Jay Neill's training on "Harnessing Chat GPT to Boost Productivity." The point in the video I'm asking a question about is at the 27-minute
Hooking up google sheets with chatgpt?
Hi Everyone,
I have followed Jay Neill's training on "Harnessing Chat GPT to Boost Productivity." The point in the video I'm asking a question about is at the 27-minute
Just wondering, has anyone else had a big drop in traffic for the last 5 days straight? Is this just the holidays starting? Post Black Friday? Everything- keywords, rankings- s
My traffic has been stable as well, but others have given you some very good advice and guidance here…let us know if you have any further questions.
-Mike
Hi Ann
My traffic has been stable over the past 5 days. I did have a significant organic traffic decrease with Google after the Helpful Content Update, but my traffic on Bing and Yahoo increased dramatically.
Frank 🎸
Hi Frank, ya I think that the update helped me a bit, too- on Bing and Yahoo. I don't think it affected me much on Google. I guess it's too late after the update for the update to just be hitting me now? That seems too far after the update. I've never had 5 days in a row be so low. Usually, it's just a day here and there. Maybe its nothing to worry about!
Hi Ann
I would keep monitoring your metrics in GSC and GA4 to see if and where any traffic shifts develop.
Frank 🎸
Im getting traffic mostly from social media but not from Big G or other search engine results. If you're not using social media, maybe it's a good time to use it to get more eyes on your website. Pinterest is a great place for that. Typically, people spend money over the Holidays, so traffic should be coming through from social media. Im using it, and I see traffic increasing. 👍🏻😀
Oh okay, thanks Brenda. I have just started to look into Pinterest so that's a good reminder to have some faith in it. I'm not a big interest person myself, but I know a lot of people are.
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Anyone else had a drop in traffic for the last 5 days?
Just wondering, has anyone else had a big drop in traffic for the last 5 days straight? Is this just the holidays starting? Post Black Friday? Everything- keywords, rankings- s
My traffic has been stable as well, but others have given you some very good advice and guidance here…let us know if you have any further questions.
-Mike
Hi Ann
My traffic has been stable over the past 5 days. I did have a significant organic traffic decrease with Google after the Helpful Content Update, but my traffic on Bing and Yahoo increased dramatically.
Frank 🎸
Hi Frank, ya I think that the update helped me a bit, too- on Bing and Yahoo. I don't think it affected me much on Google. I guess it's too late after the update for the update to just be hitting me now? That seems too far after the update. I've never had 5 days in a row be so low. Usually, it's just a day here and there. Maybe its nothing to worry about!
Hi Ann
I would keep monitoring your metrics in GSC and GA4 to see if and where any traffic shifts develop.
Frank 🎸
Im getting traffic mostly from social media but not from Big G or other search engine results. If you're not using social media, maybe it's a good time to use it to get more eyes on your website. Pinterest is a great place for that. Typically, people spend money over the Holidays, so traffic should be coming through from social media. Im using it, and I see traffic increasing. 👍🏻😀
Oh okay, thanks Brenda. I have just started to look into Pinterest so that's a good reminder to have some faith in it. I'm not a big interest person myself, but I know a lot of people are.
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Does anyone know an easy way to make sure google analytics isn't tracking your own clicks?
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Does anyone know an easy way to make sure google analytics isn't tracking your own clicks?
Does anyone know an easy way to make sure google analytics isn't tracking your own clicks?
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Hey Ann,
Yep, there's been a couple of "weird things" happening with Google over the last week.
Firstly, many SEOs assumed there was an algorithm update on 14th & 15th February.
Turns out it was a glitch.
ALL of Google's Featured Snippets DISAPPEARED.
However, they "returned" a few hours later.
So, a lot of people saw weird traffic stats on those days.
Next, the "Polish Website Spam".
Yup, this is being discussed in forums EVERYWHERE.
I've counted 16 forum threads alone on 5 different platforms, with 1000s of people having the same issue.
As I put in my reply to Lizzy in the thread Diane shared below, Google will typically ignore this.
Sites get "bot spam", quite often it's from a traffic exchange website.
The hope is you will follow your Google Analytics and visit the website in question and then purchase "traffic".
Please DO NOT purchase this traffic, it is bot spam, and if purchased regularly Google will take notice.
There's nothing specifically you can do to stop these websites, but you can block the stats showing up in GA4 by blocking the url or IP address or even block traffic from a specific country.
However, this doesn't stop the bot spam from happening it just stops your Google Analytics looking "Wonky" for want of a better word.
My advice, ignore it, Google will deal with website accordingly.
Make sense?
Partha
Yes, that does make sense. Thanks, Partha. I know you mentioned to another WA member with the same problem not to disavow it the link, but to use that sparingly. Why is the disavow tool something that should be used with caution?
Thanks for explaining this.