HELP: Suspicious traffic from Ashburn!?!
I just created a new site less than a month ago, and it's still in the works. I've just been working hard to produce a lot of content. So, I'm not expecting a lot of traffic at this point because my new website hasn't quite even taken shape yet. I hadn't really taken much notice of my traffic analytics because I didn't expect much to be there.
Surprisingly, when I looked into my analytics today, I saw a huge spike in the last couple of days. At first, I was super thrilled. I was like, YES, it's starting to get traffic already. But, then I dug deeper into exactly where this traffic was coming from and what pages are they viewing the most.
I found this...
Traffic from...
Pages viewed...
In fact, when I just pulled up analytics, there were 5 people active right that second!! It was quite shocking at first, but they were all coming from one place. Ashburn.
Now, I'm not quite sure whether to be excited that I have traffic flowing or be concerned that there are randoms folks out there that are just viewing my site.
I researched a bit in Google if there were anyone else facing similar issues. A few people seemed to have been in similar situations and someone mentioned it could be bots or crawlers or something of that sort. I'm not quite familiar with that.
I couldn't really find anyone in WA who had faced similar situation. So, I geniunely want a suggestion. What do you think is happening here? Anything I should be concerned about? I'm not the most tech-savvy guy out there so I really don't know how to go about blocking people if that's the route I need to take.
If there is anyone that knows, please let me know. I'd love the help!
Thanks y'all!
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You will see ways to prevent these bots from coming to your site, however, if you do implement a solution, do so with caution as if there are genuine people in Ashburn visiting your site, you will be blocking them too.
Personally, I wouldn't bother too much about trying to 'fix this' unless you think your site is un-secure and are concerned with the bots doing some damage.
If your site is hosted here, you have nothing to fear.
Yes, it's annoying and will skew your stats especially if they spend a few minutes - your bounce rate will go up which isn't a nice thing to happen.
I think once these bots try and try and "can't get through", they will leave you alone.
All the best!
Yeah, I think it probably won't be a good idea to block Ashburn entirely since there might be ligitimate traffic. And, since my website is new at this point, getting this traffic (even though it might just be illigitimate) is a good start. This might trickle soon into real traffic.
Thanks for the support Jackie. I was never too worried, but just wanted to voice what was happening so I could have the WA support if I need anything else. Really appreciate your comment and support Jackie!
Yes. It was only a couple of days ago that a bot was on my page. When I looked at the source, it was a website which requested your website address to analyse your site.
All the best.
I just checked my GA and the same site is active - my-seo-promotion.com
Lots of information about this bot ....
I used the information in this one to block them:
https://mighil.com/your-seo-promotion-com-spam/
Let's see what will happen.
I just checked again and the site isn't showing, however, I will continue to monitor.
I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks for calming me down - I knew WA had a solid site protection service and there is the entire community to help so I wasn't too worried, but just wanted to share what was happening so that I was aware of what to to if there is anything I need to do.
Appreciate the comment Zarina!
