Have you recently noticed an increase in traffic to your website? This may be “ghost traffic” generated by spammers.
Carlos Bravo18
You've probably noticed that you've had more traffic on your blog in the last couple of months. Well, you've noticed this if you're paying attention to the data in your Google Analytics account. Otherwise, I'm warning you that this post is not for you.
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1 How spam technique works in Google Analytics
2 How spammers make money with this technique
3 How does spam affect me and how can I eliminate it?
How spam works in Google Analytics
As early as late 2015, ghost visits were starting to appear japan phone numbersfrom references like “darodar.com” or “bestwebsiteawards.com”. The latest thing that has emerged now are even “ghost searches” like “google officially -recommends ilovevitaly.com search shell”. In both cases spammers take advantage of our ego and curiosity. In both cases the traffic is generated by software. I have been doing some research and I have seen a Chinese application in action that does just that.
This type of visit or similar will surely have been identified by more than one in your Analytics references.
This type of visit or similar will surely have been identified by more than one in your Google Analytics references.
Those of us who like to look into Google Analytics understand why it works. Typically, you have similar references from sites you have already checked out. When a new website appears on that list that has 10 or more visits, it may already catch your attention. The first thing you do is click on it to get more information to find out what they have said about you . The surprise comes when you realize that you are redirected to an e-commerce site such as Amazon or in this case Aliexpress.