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Maybe a #DDOS ?- Michiel Kikkert January 31, 2021 one of my sites currently has 1000+ users (analytics realtime) requesting /bot-traffic.icu (non-existing). ?♀️ /TkW3AlUHIy- Marie Haynes February 1, 2021 The spam site causing this promises you'll see more traffic in GA. Many sites in our profile are seeing an attack of bot traffic Jan 31. Heads up! If your analytics look too good to be true today, it's likely not because of a Google update. Initially, I thought that perhaps someone had decided to carry out a negative SEO attack on my site – and to be honest, was that the case I would have felt a sense of pride and been flattered that I’d been targeted, but again, this wasn’t the case as a quick look on Twitter showed that I wasn’t the only one: In my case the spam came from bot-traffic.icu (no link, sorry) and when looking at the site, it redirects to this one: You know the type: What is bot-traffic.icu?
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The real question is “what is the point”? I don’t really know the answer, I convince myself it’s just some nerd somewhere giving their self a false sense of power as they take revenge on a society that has shunned them.
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This is basically bogus traffic sent to your site to inflate and skew your traffic data. In this instance it was a case of referral and organic spam. Or had there been a Google Core update maybe following some recent on site optimisation? The anticipation was immense as I delved in for a deeper look. I’d been doing some blogging recently, so maybe it was that. Whilst taking a look at my Google Analytics data yesterday, I got all excited about a huge spike in traffic over the weekend.
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How To Create Custom Dimensions for the Google Anaytics Platform APIīlock/remove the spam using a segment which filters out traffic where the page title is (not set).Use Segments To View Historical Data Without Spam.Don’t Forget The Bot Filtering Setting In Analytics.