Now that the Bad Bot Blocker is active within your All in One SEO plugin, you will see a new menu item called Bad Bot Blocker.
Click on Bad Bot Blocker, and it will load up the settings page. From here, you can enable all of the features within Bad Bot Blocker such as:
- Block Bad Bots using HTTP
- Block Referral SPAM using HTTP
- Track Blocked Bots
- Use Custom Blocklists
The User Agent Blocklist will auto-populate with the most common User Agents that are known to cause issues.
The Referer Blocklist will also auto-populate with the most common domain names known for causing referral spam.
Before saving the changes, you can also add the domain names that you have identified within your Google Analytics.
Ensure that you only enter the domain name and not the full URL.
I.e. If you see https://some.domain.com/bad-bot.html
You only enter some.domain.com into the Referer Blocklist.
Also, ensure that you only enter one domain name per line.
You can now click on the blue button at the bottom that says Update Options.
Joe
I think it's safe for me to say I need assistance. Lol, I will get back with you as soon as I can get this resolved.
I'll keep you informed.