Trafficmonetize.org referrer spam is a very big issue for many webmasters, website owners, and those who provide website services for their clients. Referral traffic from trafficmonetize.org can mess with Google Analytics metrics and other analytical website data. It can ruin a website’s bounce rate because the spam URL only lands on a single webpage and leaves from a the same webpage. Referral spam can also use bandwidth and cause confusion for new website owners.
This guide will help you block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam in Google Analytics and block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam at the source using your website’s .htaccess file in order to stop receiving trafficmonetize.org referral traffic.
What is trafficmonetize.org?
Trafficmonetize.org is a website that engages in referrer spam indexing tactics aimed at your website analytical data. Trafficmonetize.org referrer spam is designed to create repeated site requests to the website it lands on. The benefits that referral spammers have with this tactic is that it will help them advertise the website they want people to visit and it will also improve the spammers search engine ranking. The downside is that referrals from trafficmonetize.org can interfere with Google Analytics data and other metrics, as well as use a website’s bandwidth by creating repeat requests.
If you attempt to visit the trafficmonetize.org URL you will notice that it redirects to other similar websites.
How to block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam in Google Analytics
To block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam in Google Analytics follow the instructions below. Blocking trafficmonetize.org referrer spam in Google Analytics will only mask the spam URL. To block the referrer spam URL at the sources please see the instructions below to block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam using your website’s .htaccess file.
1. Open your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin tab and click All Filters.
2. Click the New Filter button to create a new filter.
3. Add trafficmonetize.org as the Filter Name.
4. Select the Custom Filter Type.
5. In Filter Field, find and select Campaign Source in the list. In the Filter Pattern text box, add trafficmonetize.org and click the Save button on the bottom of the webpage.
How to block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam using your .htaccess file
To block trafficmonetize.org referrer spam at the source using your .htacess file add the code below to your .htaccess file.
## SITE REFERRER BANNING
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} trafficmonetize.org [NC,OR]
RewriteRule .* - [F]
- Also see: How to block referrer spam
Hi!
Thanks for the tutorial, Sean! I tried to add the .htaccess code but that results in a “Forbidden” HTTP error. Do you know what’s wrong? Kind regards
Sorry to hear you are having trouble. Did you add the code to the bottom of the .htaccess file? I would recommend to place the code at the bottom of the file.