Social-traffic-4.xyz is a sharebutton.to referrer spam URL we recently discovered that is used to spam Google Analytics accounts with deceptive and fraudulent data in order to persuade victims to visit the website in their browsers. If you notice social-traffic-4.xyz referral traffic and other data from the domain name mixed into your Google Analytics reports it means that your Google Analytics account is being targeted by spammers. The referrer spammers wants it to appear as if someone was referred to your website from social-traffic-4.xyz; However, no one was actually referred to your website from this third-party site.
Why are social-traffic-4.xyz referrals spamming my website?
The reason why social-traffic-4.xyz is spamming your website’s Google Analytics data is to get your attention and persuade you to visit the URL in your web browser. The URL forwards to sharebutton.to, which is a website well-known for employing aggressive spam tactics. The sharebutton.to website contains various scripts that when embedded can be used to display buttons on your website. But in doing so, your website will establish links to the known spam website and this can be harmful.
We do not recommend websites that engage in referrer spam. Referrer spam is a blackhat SEO tactic that completely disregards your website’s data in order to desperately and recklessly promote online content.
Is social-traffic-4.xyz referrer spam harmful?
Social-traffic-4.xyz referral spam is not essentially harmful to your website and it will not affect your rank in Google Search Results Pages; However, social-traffic-4.xyz referrer spam can ruin the data collected in your Google Analytics reports if you do not block it from targeting your account. For example, if social-traffic-4.xyz referrals appear to land on a single webpage on your website and leave from the same website it 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.
How to block social-traffic-4.xyz referrer spam
These instructions show you how to block social-traffic-4.xyz referrals and other referrer spam URLs in Google Analytics by creating an exclude filter. This is the method recommended by Google to block this type of referrer traffic.
1. Open your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin tab. Click All Filters on the left side.
2. Click the + ADD FILTER button to create a new filter.
3. Add social-traffic-4.xyz 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 social-traffic-4.xyz 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 | social-traffic-4.xyz
social-traffic-4.xyz WHOIS information
Domain Name: SOCIAL-TRAFFIC-4.XYZ Domain ID: D19947738-CNIC WHOIS Server: whois.1und1.de Referral URL: http://1und1.de Updated Date: 2016-04-24T15:19:52.0Z Creation Date: 2016-04-24T15:19:48.0Z Registry Expiry Date: 2017-04-24T23:59:59.0Z Sponsoring Registrar: 1&1 Internet SE (TLDs) Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 83 Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: addPeriod https://icann.org/epp#addPeriod Registrant ID: C37214707-CNIC Registrant Name: Oneandone Private Registration Registrant Organization: 1&1 Internet Inc Registrant Street: 701 Lee Road Suite 300 Registrant Street: ATTN Registrant City: Chesterbrook Registrant State/Province: PA Registrant Postal Code: 19087 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +1.8772064254 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: privacy@1and1.com Admin ID: C37214707-CNIC Admin Name: Oneandone Private Registration Admin Organization: 1&1 Internet Inc Admin Street: 701 Lee Road Suite 300 Admin Street: ATTN Admin City: Chesterbrook Admin State/Province: PA Admin Postal Code: 19087 Admin Country: US Admin Phone: +1.8772064254 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: privacy@1and1.com Tech ID: C37214707-CNIC Tech Name: Oneandone Private Registration Tech Organization: 1&1 Internet Inc Tech Street: 701 Lee Road Suite 300 Tech Street: ATTN Tech City: Chesterbrook Tech State/Province: PA Tech Postal Code: 19087 Tech Country: US Tech Phone: +1.8772064254 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: privacy@1and1.com Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.COM Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.US Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.DE Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.ORG DNSSEC: unsigned Billing ID: C37214707-CNIC Billing Name: Oneandone Private Registration Billing Organization: 1&1 Internet Inc Billing Street: 701 Lee Road Suite 300 Billing Street: ATTN Billing City: Chesterbrook Billing State/Province: PA Billing Postal Code: 19087 Billing Country: US Billing Phone: +1.8772064254 Billing Phone Ext: Billing Fax: Billing Fax Ext: Billing Email: privacy@1and1.com
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