You are going to click ADMIN again
Once you hit ADMIN, you are now going to the filter area to get these bots right out of your Analytics.
Let's get the Magic Started!
Go ahead and click on Filters.
Next, you will be adding a new filter.
Go ahead and click on Add New Filter.
These are the steps you will be taking to filter out those ghost and referral spams
Starting from the top to bottom...
- Create New Filter
- Filter Name - place "Valid Hostnames" in the blank area without quotes
- Filter Type - select custom
- Select Include
- Filter field - select Hostname
- Copy and paste all the relevant websites from notepad
- Click save
Once you click save, congrats you are done.
You did it!
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carlosea
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The "ecrect.Google .com-Vote for trump" referrals and the compliance-[name] .xyz are both ghost spam, as you state.
You must apply a couple of filters in order to prevent this fake traffic. This step by step guide should help you.
https://www.ohow.co/ultimate-guide-to-removing-irrelevant-traffic-in-google-analytics/
Hope it helps,
You must apply a couple of filters in order to prevent this fake traffic. This step by step guide should help you.
https://www.ohow.co/ultimate-guide-to-removing-irrelevant-traffic-in-google-analytics/
Hope it helps,
