Title: Bot ips
Last modified: December 18, 2023

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# Bot ips

 *  Resolved [ckwang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckwang/)
 * (@ckwang)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-ips/)
 * Hi All. I have a serious question . I’ve been running Google ads on and off for
   testing purposes. I’ve only been getting 100% bounce rate. All users only show
   the first page being viewed. Even the time duration is absent . No matter how
   I improve my site this persists. I’ve found an interesting phenomenon, all ips
   regardless of where in the world they originated from all follow the same pattern,#.#.
   0.0. They always end in two 0s . Are these bots???? Couldn’t find any info online
   to identify bot traffic but this seems very fishy to me. Many of the spam traffic
   I’m getting nor from ads also follow this IP pattern.
 * also I’ve been countless traffic from randomly generated domains all endings 
   with .xyz domain from literally every possible country. What is this stuff? How
   do I stop these? Their IP also ends in 0.0.
 * ive attached matomo report images from screen capture of countries that I am 
   specifically targeting. Note for some reason matomo isn’t able to distinguish
   Google ads from organic search. They all just show as google as the source. Before
   you jump to conclusions say the weird traffic is from Google organic please note
   that I am not on organic and these are all from Google ads as I’ve double checked
   already because before opening the ads these countries do not generate traffic.
   They only showed traffic after the ads are opened.
 * [https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-203535.png](https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-203535.png)
 * [https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-203736.png](https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-203736.png)
 * [https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-203949.png](https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-203949.png)
 * [https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-204420.png](https://jjrsliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot_20231217-204420.png)
 * please advise at your earliest. Thx

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 *  Plugin Support [emermatomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emermatomo/)
 * (@emermatomo)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-ips/#post-17293051)
 * Hi [@ckwang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ckwang/), I would like to recommend
   to install this plugin [Tracking Spam Prevention](https://plugins.matomo.org/TrackingSpamPrevention?wp=1).
   
   This tool provides multiple choices to safeguard your data against spammers and
   bots, ensuring the accuracy of your information and restoring your confidence
   in its reliability.
 *  Plugin Support [emermatomo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emermatomo/)
 * (@emermatomo)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-ips/#post-17304718)
 * Hi @ckwang As we didn’t receive a response after 1 week, we’re marking this issue
   as resolved. If something is not working, feel free to leave a comment and we’d
   be happy to assist.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-ips/#post-17304718)
 * Status: resolved