
Yes we block all the advertisements online, but there is one spam type that annoys us even more. It’s called referral spam and can be found on all our websites these days. Never heard of it? You probably have but are ignorant and saw the domains semalt.com, humanorightwatch.org, forum20.smailik.org and many other referral websites in your Google Analytics as legit referrals. Well guess what! This is a prank of some Russian called Popov A. Vitaly that is massively spamming the web with fake data in your Google Analytics. But don’t worry as we can help you block all the ads online we’re also able to remove the referral spam hitting on your websites.
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What is referral spam?
Referral spam is exactly what the name says it is. It pops up as a referral website in your Google Analytics Data and looks like another backlink. To bad because it isn’t a backlink that referrers potential new clients/visitors to your website. It’s a ghost visitor that leaves a digital footprint in your Google Analytics Account Data and yes it is SPAM! Therefore, we need to remove the referral spam and block those referrers on our websites. All the spam domains that Popov A. Vitaly use are abusing an open window in de Google Analytics UA-******** codes to mess up your data.
Is referral spam harmful?
No, referral spam isn’t harmful for your website or visitors. It does not install infected software, malware or leaves any crap behind. Nevertheless, it can be financially harmful because it leaves a digital footprint in your Google Analytics Data that is 100% useless. The referral spam visits that your website receives multiple times a day are useless because every visit is exactly 0,00 seconds and has a 100% bounce rate. This means that your beautiful website Analytics data is going to give a disturbed image of your actual traffic data. When you are trying to sell the website to a third party this isn’t going to help you since the stats are way lower than they actually are.
The mastermind behind the spambot referral is Popov A Vitaly and claims to have created the spam websites and malicious spamcode for the fun, just to annoy us hard working people. The loose Internet Laws in Russia don’t forbid him in doing so which makes it even more annoying. But the real reason he created the referral spam is because of money. When you visit a spamdomain he redirects you to a webshop with his affiliate link, this way you receive the webshops cookie and Mr Vitaly is making money on that, lots of it. To some extend this practice is just another advertising channel for us to stop. In the end Google itself has to stop it by closing the window in the Google Analytics code. But this is going to be a difficult task since the spamdomains randomly generate infinite UA-******* codes until it hits your (randomly chosen) domain. Now lets move on to the solution on how to ban referral spam.
The referral spam websites
Underneath you will find a list of referral spam website that we encountered in our Google Analytics Data. The list is updated daily and everybody is welcome to add a spam website if they find one. This will only benefit us all!
Website 1 | Website 2 | Website 3 |
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share-buttons.xyz simple-share-buttons.com sharebutton.org s.click.aliexpress.com social-buttons.com site12.social-buttons.com adcash.com adviceforum.info anticrawler.org cenokos.ru cityadspix.com edakgfvwql.ru gobongo.info kambasoft.com luxup.ru 4webmasters.org get-free-traffic-now.com Best-seo-offer.com Theguardlan.com www1.social-buttons.com netvibes.com webcrawler.com www.get-free-traffic-now.com sanjosestartups.com 100dollars-seo.com view.contextualyield.com Site1.floating-share-buttons.com Site2.floating-share-buttons.com Trafficmonetizer.org erot.co ops.picscout.com Chinese-amezon.com Rednise.com Nexus.search-helper.ru Cgi2.nintendo.co.jp Explorer.cognitiveseo.com Copyrightclaims.org semalt.com Darodar.com Priceg.com 7makemoneyonline.com Buttons-for-website.com Ilovevitaly.com Blackhatworth.com Econom.co Iskalko.ru Lomb.co Lombia.co hulfingtonpost.com cenoval.ru bestwebsitesawards.com net-profits.xyz social-widget.xyz Traffic-cash.xyz Eu-cookie-law-enforcement-7.xyz Monetizationking.net Fix-website-errors.com law-enforcement-dd.xyz law-enforcement-check-three.xyz social-buttons-ff-xyz keywords-monitoring-success.com magicdiet.gq ownshop.cf monetizationking.net site-auditor.online Eu-cookie-law.blogspot.com Social-buttons-ddd.xyz petitions.whitehouse.gov growth-hackingy.info krumblez-ads.info 99-reasons-for-seo.com ssss verhaal.ng casinoduende.com displayed-your-ads-here.info bottraffic.pw howblog.top foxweber.com | 12-reasons-why-your-business-absolutely-needs-seo.com display-your-ads-hereti.info o-o-6-o-o.com humanorightswatch.org forum20.smailik.org myftpupload.com prodvigator.ua best-seo-solution.com Buttons-for-your-website.com Buy-cheap-online.info offers.bycontext.com website-errors-scanner.com webmaster-traffic.com guardlink.org www.event-tracking.com trafficmonetize.org traffic-paradise.org cambridgeshire.libnet.info непереводимая.рф webmonetizer.net Videos-for-your-business.com success-seo.com wpsecuritycheck.co.uk traffic2money.com Qualitymarketzone.com Seo-platform.com ranksonic.com resellerclub.com savetubevideo.com screentoolkit.com seoexperimenty.ru slftsdybbg.ru socialseet.ru superiends.org vodkoved.ru websocial.me ykecwqlixx.ru 76brighton.co.uk paparazzistudios.com.au powitania.pl sharebutton.net tasteidea.com descargar-musica-gratis.net torontoplumbinggroup.com cyprusbuyproperties.com ranksonic.org Googlsucks.com free-share-buttons.com securesuite.co.uk securesuite.net www3.free-social-buttons.com free-social-buttons.com increasewwwtraffic.info website-stealer-warning-alert.hdmoviecams.com auto-seo-service.org auto-seo-service.com autoseo-service.org autoseoservice.org resell-seo-services.com earn-moneyty.info nubuilder.com earn-moneyty.info getism-more-free-visitors.info get-clickian.info we-ping-for-youli.info bestorofferhdd.info getadsincomeian.info seoservices2018.com goq-it.com Seogoodhelper.com krumblean-advertising.info trafficbot4free.host gammatraffic.com krumble-adsist.info marketland.ml | best-deal-hdd.pro«─────══━─━═━visit-ʋs best-offer-hdd.xyz〈═━══━━═─═━─νisit-us popular-church-arrow-voucher.info best-ping-service-usa-1.space⏪──═━─vɪsit-us sitevaluation.org howtostopreferralspam.eu semaltmedia.com start.otgmanagement.com E-buyeasy.com Googleweblight.com Get-free-social-traffic.com sexyali.com site2.free-floating-buttons.com free-floating-buttons.com Video–production.com Hongfanji.com Feedback.sharemyfile.ru Alibestsale.com rankings-analytics.com best-seo-software.xyz ranksonic.net traffic2cash.org justprofit.xyz video–production.com boost-my-site.com claim46201893.copyrightclaims.org get-your-social-buttons.info hosting-tracker.com santasgift.ml quit-smoking.ga black-friday.ga cyber-monday.ga fast-wordpress-start.com floating-share-buttons.com site9.free-floating-buttons.com top1-seo-service.com notify.bluecoat.com rusexy.xyz wordpress-crew.net www8.buyerpricer.com traffic2cash.xyz website-analyzer.info googlemare.com o-o-8-o-o.com scripted.com topseoservices.co trafficgenius.xyz build-audience.for-your.website new-look.for-your.website w3javascript.com Video–production.com Responsive-test.net Uptime.com Dogsrun.net Linkquality.zomdir.com Rank-checker.online Ranksonic.com WordPresscore.com Adtiger.tk Quirktools.com Getrichquick.ml Getrichquickly.info Free-video-tool.com Keywords-monitoring-your-succes.com social-traffic-6.xyz makeprogress.ga increasewwwtraffic.info How.to.travel.and.make.money.with.maps.ilikevitaly.com |
There is also a new kind of referral spam making its way up. Namely the IP spam like this address: 127.0.0.1:8888 which keeps sending useless referral traffic.
How to remove referrer spam
You can block referrer spam in two ways. First, you can block the spam website in your Htaccess file with some simple code we provided below. Will this work? Yes and no, because the ghost visitor never actually visits your website. It only leaves a digital footprint in your Google Analytics data that messes everything up. The best way to remove the referral spam is to filter the spam website in your Google Analytics account. This way the referral data is blocked and filtered and you are left with clean GA web data. Nevertheless, doing both the Htaccess file block and Google Analytics filter won’t do any harm.
The .Htaccess code
Simply copy and past the follow code in your .Htacces file on your website host. If you found a new spam website that isn’t in our list please put it in a reply so we can add it to the spamlist. You can also generate your own .Htacces blockfile at http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/userban/ by simply adding the websites you want to block. Here is the code so far;
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*semalt\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Darodar\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Priceg\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*7makemoneyonline\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Buttons-for-website\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Ilovevitaly\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Blackhatworth\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Econom\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Iskalko\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Lomb\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Lombia\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*hulfingtonpost\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cenoval\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*o\-o\-6\-o\-o\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*humanorightswatch\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*simple\-share\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sharebutton\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*s\.click\.aliexpress\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*anticrawler\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site12\.social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*adcash\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*adviceforum\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*anticrawler\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*blackhatworth\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cenokos\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cityadspix\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*edakgfvwql\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*gobongo\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*iskalko\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*kambasoft\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*luxup\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*myftpupload\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*prodvigator\.ua [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*resellerclub\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*savetubevideo\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*screentoolkit\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*seoexperimenty\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*slftsdybbg\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*socialseet\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*superiends\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*vodkoved\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*websocial\.me [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ykecwqlixx\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*76brighton\.co\.uk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*paparazzistudios\.com\.au [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*powitania\.pl [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sharebutton\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*tasteidea\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*descargar\-musica\-gratis\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*torontoplumbinggroup\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cyprusbuyproperties\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ranksonic\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*best\-seo\-solution\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*get\-free\-traffic\-now\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*googlsucks\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Buttons\-for\-your\-website\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*Best\-seo\-offer\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*offers\.bycontext\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www1\.social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*website\-errors\-scanner\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*free\-share\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*theguardlan\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*buy\-cheap\-online\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*netvibes\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*guardlink\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*securesuite\.co\.uk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*securesuite\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sitevaluation\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*forum20\.smailik\.org [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]
Filter referral spam from your Google Analytics
Filtering the referral spam from your Google Analytics is the most efficient and effective way to create clean webdata. It is also the simplest solution if you don’t have any knowledge of Htaccess files. First go to your “Admin” tab in your Google Analytics account. You will see the main account column on the left with the option to choose “All Filters”. Choose this option and then push “+ New Filter”. Give the filter the referral spamwebsites name, push custom and select in the dropdown “filter field” the option “Referral”. Enter the url without www. or http://, for example buttons-for-websites.com or 4webmasters.org in the “Filter Pattern” box. Apply the filter to all your websites in Google analytics and push “Save”.

Viola you are done and referral spam free. Your Google Analytics data is no longer violated and polluted by spam created by a annoying person. Wan’t to know why Google isn’t blocking referral spam? We explained it here.
Filter a country
Are you also annoyed by the Russian spam ip’s of Vitaly? Then here is also the option to filter a country. You will lose potential visitors from Russia but if your website is aimed at a local business it isn’t such a bad idea at all. To apply a total land filter you can go via Admin → All Filters → Custom → Country → Russia. Easy peasy and never ever receive Russian referral spam anymore.
Help the web by sharing
Have you found any new referral spamwebsites that aren’t in our spamlist please let us know! Sharing is caring and we will add it to our list so everybody can be referral spam free. This way we can take the joy out of it for Vitaly and other people that are infesting our web experience. The Dutch version of this referral spam guide can be found here. Special thanks to Raoul.io.
Hi,
I have same trouble with these spam guys. I’m using already a htaccess file with that code, but still see same spam visits in google analytics. Any idea?
Filter them in Google Analytics! It is the only true option 🙂
Thank …. you!!!!!
Add these too:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*floating-share\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site2\.floating-share-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site1\.floating-share-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site4\.floating-share-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site5\.floating-share-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site3\.floating-share-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
Here’s my current list, alphabetized:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*100dollars-seo\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.tk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.uni [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*76brighton\.co\.uk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*7makemoneyonline\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*a\-hau\.mk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*adcash\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*adviceforum\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*adviceforum\.es [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*amanda\-porn\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*anal\-acrobats\.hol\.es [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*anticrawler\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*backgroundpictures\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*baixar\-musicas\-gratis\-comsavetubevideo\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*best\-seo\-offer\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*best\-seo\-solution\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*bestwebsiteawards\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*bestwebsitesawards\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*blackhatworth\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*buttons\-for\-website\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*buttons\-for\-your\-website\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*buy\-cheap\-online\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cenokos\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cenoval\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cfsrating\.sonicwall\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cityadspix\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*cyprusbuyproperties\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*dailyrank\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*darodar\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*depositfiles\-porn\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*descargar\-musica\-gratis\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*domination\.ml [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*econom\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*edakgfvwql\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*embedle\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*event\-tracking\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*extener\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*extener\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*fbdownloader\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*fbfreegifts\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*feedouble\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*feedouble\.net [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*forum20\.smailik\.org [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*forum69\.info [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*free\-share\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*free\-social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*generalporn\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*get\-free\-traffic\-now\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*gobongo\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*googlsucks\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*guardlink\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*howtostopreferralspam\.eu [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*hulfingtonpost\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*humanorightswatch\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ilovevitaly\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ilovevitaly\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ilovevitaly\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*iskalko\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*japfm\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*joinandplay\.me [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*joingames\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*kabbalah\-red\-bracelets\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*kambasoft\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*lomb\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*lombia\.co [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*luxup\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*makemoneyonline\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*meendo\-free\-traffic\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*musicprojectfoundation\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*myprintscreen\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*myftpupload\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*netvibes\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*o\-o\-6\-o\-o\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*o\-o\-8\-o\-o\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*offers\.bycontext\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*openfrost\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*openfrost\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*openmediasoft\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*paparazzistudios\.com\.au [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*pornhub\-forum\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*pornhubforum\.tk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*powitania\.pl [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*priceg\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*prodvigator\.ua [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ranksonic\.info [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*rapidgator\-porn\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ranksonic\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*redtub\-talk\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*resellerclub\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*s\.click\.aliexpress\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sanjosestartups\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*savetubevideo\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*screentoolkit\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*securesuite\.co\.uk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*securesuite\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*semalt\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*seoexperimenty\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*serw\.clicksor\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sexyteens\.hol\.es [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sharebutton\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sharebutton\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*simple\-share\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*site12\.social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*sitevaluation\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*slftsdybbg\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*smailik\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*socialseet\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*softomix\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*softomix\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*softomix\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*soundfrost\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*srecorder\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*star61\.de [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*superiends\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*tasteidea\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*theguardlan\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*torontoplumbinggroup\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*torture\.ml [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*trafficmonetize\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*vapmedia\.rorgu [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*viandpet\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*videofrost\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*vodkoved\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*webmaster\-traffic\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*websocial\.me [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*website\-errors\-scanner\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www1\.social\-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*ykecwqlixx\.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*yougetsignal\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*youporn\-forum\.ga [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*youtubedownload\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*zazagames\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteRule .* – [F]
Few More..
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*trafficmonetize\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*traffic\-paradise\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*webmonetizer\.net [NC,OR]
Want to OWN referral spam… here’s the best dang blog post around…
https://brianclifton.com/blog/2015/05/29/removing-referral-spam/?utm_source=conversionworks&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=antispam
I duplicated all sessions and added a previous posters analytics formatted conditional segment
blogs\.forum\d+\.info|boostmyppc\.com|bestwebsitesawards\.com|semalt\.com|Darodar\.com|Priceg\.com|7makemoneyonline\.com|Buttons-for-website\.com|Ilovevitaly\.com|Blackhatworth\.com|Econom\.co|Iskalko\.ru|Lomb\.co|Lombia\.co|hulfingtonpost\.com|cenoval\.ru|o\-o\-6\-o\-o\.com|humanorightswatch\.org|simple\-share\-buttons\.com|sharebutton\.org|s\.click\.aliexpress\.com|social\-buttons\.com|anticrawler\.org|site12\.social\-buttons\.com|adcash\.com|adviceforum\.info|anticrawler\.org|blackhatworth\.com|cenokos\.ru|cityadspix\.com|edakgfvwql\.ru|gobongo\.info|iskalko\.ru|kambasoft\.com|luxup\.ru|myftpupload\.com|prodvigator\.ua|resellerclub\.com|savetubevideo\.com|screentoolkit\.com|seoexperimenty\.ru|slftsdybbg\.ru|socialseet\.ru|superiends\.org|vodkoved\.ru|websocial\.me|ykecwqlixx\.ru|76brighton\.co\.uk|paparazzistudios\.com\.au|powitania\.pl|sharebutton\.net|tasteidea\.com|descargar\-music\-gratis\.net|torontoplumbinggroup\.com|cyprusbuyproperties\.com|4webmasters\.org|ranksonic\.org|best\-seo\-solution\.com|get\-free\-traffic\-now\.com|googlsucks\.com|Buttons\-for\-your\-website\.com|Best\-seo\-offer\.com|offers\.bycontext\.com|ww1\.social\-buttons\.com|website\-errors\-scanner\.com|free\-share\-buttons\.com|theguardlan\.com|buy\-cheap\-online\.info|netvibes\.com|guardlink\.org|securesuite\.co\.uk|securesuite\.net|forum20\.smailik\.org|fiverr\.com|aincyunt\.eu|trafficmonetize\.org|100dollars\-seo\.com
There is NO character limit to doing this in the segment view. Make this your default and you’ll never have to worry about seeing referal spam again. Best part, it is availalbe in ALL of your views, so do it once and you can see it in any GA account you manage. I have several hundred, huge time saver.
If you choose to implement the filter (I did on a few top clients) then eventually you won’t need this segment. But for looking at historical data this segment is true referral ownage! Any new creepers come along and you add them once, and voila all your views are protected.
I currently use this method…
## BLOCK SPAM ##
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer semalt.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer 100dollars-seo.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer trafficmonetize.org spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer 4webmasters.org spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer best-seo-offer.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer sanjosestartups.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer buttons-for-your-website.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer howtostopreferralspam.eu spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer sitevaluation.org spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer ilovevitaly.com spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer dailyrank.net spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer непереводимая.рф spammer=yes
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer thecommonseastport.com spammer=yes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=spammer
Nothing works. I tried:
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer floating-share-buttons.com spammer=yes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=spammer
OR
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*floating-share-buttons\.com [NC,OR]
and still get traffic from them! I also try to block them from admin google analytics still nothing!
Thanks for this detailed information
Will putting all of the blocking code in your htaccess slow down load time on the website?
Thank you for this! Very helpful. Here’s one more to add to the list:
www5.free-social-buttons.com
Here are more
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www1\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www2\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www3\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www4\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www5\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www6\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www7\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www8\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www9\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*www10\.free\-social\-buttons.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*inside\.ae [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*guardlink\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*evaliant\.net [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*matchmaking\.delegia\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*a\.xtopoly\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*guardlink\.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)*4webmasters\.org [NC,OR]
Delete your analytics accounts then perhaps Google will actually do something. The stats are useless anyway. Way too much bother to add all the addresses in filters and keep them up to date.
It looks like Google won’t bother to do anything while we put up with it.
And ONE PERSON can ruin Google analytics??????
This sitevaluation.org was on my site yesterday supposedly from US. A total of 15 sessions, 33% new, 66% bounce rate, pages 5.33 and avg. session of 7.30. Will not list state but shows as (not set) when putting in Region. If it is a robot why are they actually on my site and showing time spent on my site and is there a different way to stop them from showing up on google?
A couple more to add:
site3.free-share-buttons.com
adnxs.com
Hey, great list, thanks very much. I have also added trafficmontetize.org to my .htaccess
Yes! trafficmonetize.org is our latest thorn. 15,000+ visits in the last month! So tired of dealing with these scammers. My data is so useless unless I keep adding filters. It really is a huge waste of time.
Thanks for sharing good info! buttons-for-things and 4webmasters were really great distress for me.
Thank You…
Thanks so much for this. Since the bots don’t visit the actual site, I’ll try the GA method first.
Thanks for your excellent article,
Do you have any suggestions for nginx web server?
Thanks, this article were very useful for me. I have many visits from 4webmasters
Thanks for sharing this!
Argh … The GA filters are not working. I deleted the extensions in the filtering rules leaving only the domain name. The variable I used is “Sites Référents” in french. The filter does apply whatever vision used (today, yesterday, last month, last week). Anyone have the same problem ?
Great job. I would be interesting to complete this article with an exemple of GA filters with regular expression like in the comments. Thanks for all.
I’ve tried setting up some filters but when I try to verify them they have no effect. I tried the filter fields “Referral” and “Campaign Referral Path”. If I change it to “Hostname” it does then verify as having an effect. Anyone know where I’m going wrong if indeed I am?
I had the same issue yesterday. When I look at the referral path in GA reporting, I see “/” for the 4webmasters.org pageview. So changing the filter to Hostname instead of Referral worked. There were several other examples, including a darodar.com, where changing to Hostname worked, too.
Are there some where using Referral is required and others where using Hostname is required to filter them out?
This is absolutely fantastic. I’ve been getting a lot of hits from 4webmasters, and had no idea who they were until I started researching it. This article was a HUGE help in getting my Analytics to ignore them. Thank you!