How to block fix-website-errors.com referral spam
Block fix-website-errors.com referral spam in Google Analytics
This webpage contains a guide that shows you how to block fix-website-errors.com referral spam (referrer spam) in Google Analytics by creating an exclude filter.
Fix-website-errors.com is another semalt.com referrer spam website that spams your Google Analytics data with deceptive information in order to get your attention and provoke you to visit the website. If you visit the URL in your browser you will be forwarded to a landing page on semalt.com.
Although fix-website-errors.com referral spam is not harmful to your website and will not affect your rank in Google Search Results Pages, it can ruin the data collected in your Google Analytics reports. For example, fix-website-errors.com referrals will appear to land on a single webpage on your website and leave from the same website, which will create a 100% bounce rate. If your website is targeted by referrer spammers you may not be able to identify your website’s bounce rate. The same can be said about other data measured in most Google Analytics reports.
Why is fix-website-errors.com spamming my website?
The reason why fix-website-errors.com is spamming your website’s Google Analytics account is to get your attention and provoke you to visit the URL in your web browser. If you visit the URL you will be redirected to semalt.com. Semalt.com is a SEO website that has a been using the referrer spam tactic for a very long time. They use various spam URLs to fill your Google account with useless data.
How to block fix-website-errors.com referral spam
1. Open your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin tab. Click Filters on the right side of the webpage.
2. Click the + ADD FILTER button to create a new filter.
3. Add fix-website-errors.com or something else that you can remember as the Filter Name. If you plan to add more spam URLs to the list you can name the list something like “Referrer Spam Filter.”
4. Select the Custom Filter Type from the two options.
5. In Filter Field Field select Campaign Source.
6. In the Filter Pattern box, add fix-website-errors.com and click the blue Save button on the bottom of the webpage. To add multiple URLs to the same filter you can make a Filter Pattern similar to this with a | between each URL: example.com | example.com | fix-website-errors.com
Fix-website-errors.com WHOIS information
Privacy Protection Service is enabled for this domain To contact the owner of the domain please send a request to the registrar Domain Name: FIX-WEBSITE-ERRORS.COM Registry Domain ID: 136072 Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.ukrnames.com Registrar URL: http://www.ukrnames.com Updated Date: 2016-06-04T01:49:09Z Creation Date: 2016-06-04T01:49:09Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-06-04T01:48:33Z Registrar: Center of Ukrainian Internet Names (UKRNAMES) Registrar IANA ID: 1436 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +380.443604310 Domain Status: ok Registry Registrant ID: UANS-00001207904 Registrant Name: Privacy Protection Service Registrant Organization: Ukrnames Registrant Street: p.b. 1823 Registrant City: Kharkiv Registrant State/Province: Kharkivska Registrant Postal Code: 61024 Registrant Country: UA Registrant Phone: +380.577626123 Registrant Phone Ext:В Registrant Fax:В Registrant Fax Ext:В Registrant Email: Registry Admin ID: UANS-00001207905 Admin Name: Privacy Protection Service Admin Organization: Ukrnames Admin Street: p.b. 1823 Admin City: Kharkiv Admin State/Province: Kharkivska Admin Postal Code: 61024 Admin Country: UA Admin Phone: +380.577626123 Admin Phone Ext:В Admin Fax:В Admin Fax Ext:В Admin Email: Registry Tech ID: UANS-00001207906 Tech Name: Privacy Protection Service Tech Organization: Ukrnames Tech Street: p.b. 1823 Tech City: Kharkiv Tech State/Province: Kharkivska Tech Postal Code: 61024 Tech Country: UA Tech Phone: +380.577626123 Tech Phone Ext:В Tech Fax:В Tech Fax Ext:В Tech Email: Name Server: NS1.UKRNAMES.COM Name Server: NS2.UKRNAMES.COM Name Server: NS3.UKRNAMES.COM Name Server: NS4.UKRNAMES.UA DNSSEC: Unsigned URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
Also See: How to exclude all hits from known bots and spiders in Google Analytics (Bot Filtering)
