Does what it can.

  • JonRWilson

    (@jonrwilson)


    10 years, 9 months ago

    WP: 4.3
    Plug-In: 1.3

    [Update] This plug-in blocks referral traffic, however it doesn’t block ghost referral traffic, which looks the same in google analytics (100% bounce, 0:00 Session Duration). The only way to truly eliminate this spam is to either set up multiple google analytics filters or add a list of blocked urls in your .htaccess file.

    So this will reduce your referral spam, but some will still be there.

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  • Plugin Author botcrawl

    (@botcrawl)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    This does work exactly as advertised. There is a disclaimer which clearly states that it will not block some types of “ghost traffic” (because NO PLUGIN WILL – we would need access to your GA account in order to create an exclude filter, which is impossible). Traffic2money is one of the URLs that NO PLUGIN CAN BLOCK. There is no need to give a free plugin that blocked you from other spam traffic a 1 start because you do not understand this. It hurts our feelings; hopefully, you’ll change it.

    Please see this guide: http://botcrawl.com/block-referrer-spam/

    Plugin Author botcrawl

    (@botcrawl)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Also, thanks for the kind words and we’re sorry you didn’t like it.

    Thread Starter JonRWilson

    (@jonrwilson)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Sean,

    Thank you for the incredibly quick follow up and sorry for the bad review, I should have read this first.

    I had actually started at your website, but then went to your plug in, thinking it would solve the problem, but as we both now know, it doesn’t stop ghost traffic, which is significant. I didn’t know what ghost traffic was when I installed the plug in, and still don’t know the difference, since it seems to present itself the same, but I did know that the plug-in doesn’t stop it before installing, so the plug-in is accurately advertised, but doesn’t fulfill my needs.

    I also thought that I’d have to create a ga filter for every spam url, but as the article above shows, it’s possible to put them all in a single filter, so it’s not such a hassle after all (although an .htaccess code copy and paste would still be easier, since I could quickly use it for multiple domains).

    Sorry about the 1 star, it appears that wordpress doesn’t allow the modification/revision of reviews, so I can’t add stars even if the problem is resolved. This feels like a problem in itself….

    Plugin Author botcrawl

    (@botcrawl)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    OK

    Plugin Author botcrawl

    (@botcrawl)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    You can read a guide on how to block referrer spam here: http://botcrawl.com/block-referrer-spam/

    Plugin Author botcrawl

    (@botcrawl)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    WP does allow you to modify your review. You simply click the “add your own review” button – the same way you did when you initially made the review.

    Thanks!

    Apologies for the random thread messages before this. Phones are tough to multitask on!

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