How to filter seo-b2b-analytics.com referral traffic in Google Analytics
Seo-b2b-analytics.com
Learn what seo-b2b-analytics.com is, why they’re spamming you, and how to filter seo-b2b-analytics.com referral traffic in Google Analytics.
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What is Seo-b2b-analytics.com?
Seo-b2b-analytics.com is a domain name utilized by Semalt.com to spam your Google Analytics data with fake referral traffic. The unethical tactic of projecting fake visitors to your site in order to have data appear in your Google Analytics account is recognized as referrer spam indexing. It allows Semalt.com to spam your Google Analytics data in an attempt to obtain your attention and persuade you to visit seo-b2b-analytics.com.
When your Google Analytics data is affected by this referrer spam, it will look like someone was referred to your website from seo-b2b-analytics.com. It will show you details that suggest multiple visitors landed on a page on your website that does not actually exist such as example.com/h/10016924.html. However, it’s just a trick, no one was actually referred to your site from seo-b2b-analytics.com.
If you visit seo-b2b-analytics.com you will be forwarded to http://seo2.spread-betting-skills.com/?site=http:// (or another similar site). The page you are forwarded to says “get your free website audit now” and “discover your website potential for free.” There is also a search field to input your website and if you submit your website and click the ‘START NOW’ button you will be forwarded to https://semalt.com/?s=http://[search term]&ref=test2 and then to https://semalt.com/project/[project ID]. Semalt uses these pages to obtain your information such as your email address and access to your social media accounts and bolster their questionable online marketing services.
Semalt has been using the referrer spam method for many years. Previous domain names you might have seen in your Google Analytics data include seo-for-b2b.com, analytics-for-seo.com, autoseo-trial-for-1.com, seo-helper.org, free-seo-consultation.com, get-seo-help.com, seo-services-with-results.com, free-seo-help.org, better-seo-promotion.com, and many more.
Website owners and other people who monitor Google Analytics data will notice real-time and historical referral traffic coming from seo-b2b-analytics.com mixed in with real analytical data. Most of the time the spam will make it appear as if someone was referred to your website multiple times in order to position the referral traffic data at the top of the accumulated list in your reports.
When a website owner or someone monitoring the data sees the large amount of referral traffic from seo-b2b-analytics.com they might be suspicious as to why someone is visiting their website from a page on the seo-b2b-analytics.com website. As partially mentioned before, the website uses this spamming technique to dupe people into searching for the website on a search engine such as Google and visiting the website by typing it into the address bar in order to obtain potential customers.
Although this sort of traffic might sound harmless, referrer spam can actually ruin your website’s analytical data and make it difficult to understand your website’s exact traffic metrics. The traffic acquired from fake referrals can affect most of the data in your GA reports. For example, the fake referrals will appear to land on a single web page on your website and leave from the same website and this will create a 100% bounce rate. If your website is targeted by referrer spammers you may not be able to identify your website’s actual bounce rate unless you filter the traffic out.
Campaign Source Filter
A campaign source filter can be used to block all seo-b2b-analytics.com referral traffic in Google Analytics.
1. Open your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin tab > Click Filters on the right side in the VIEW section.
2. Click the + ADD FILTER button to create a new exclude filter.
3. Add seo-b2b-analytics.com or something you can easily remember 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 seo-b2b-analytics.com and click the blue Save button on the bottom of the web page. 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 | seo-b2b-analytics.com
Campaign Referral Path Filter
A campaign referral path filter can be used to block single web pages.
1. Open your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin tab > Click Filters on the right side in the VIEW section.
2. Click the + ADD FILTER button to create a new exclude filter.
3. Add seo-b2b-analytics.com or something you can easily remember as the Filter Name.
4. Select the Custom Filter Type.
5. In Filter Field, find and select Campaign Referral Path in the list. In the Filter Pattern text box, add a permalink from the referred URL and click the blue Save button on the bottom of the web page
Language Settings Filter
Some spam may appear in your language settings as keywords, phrases, and searched terms. A language settings filter can be used to block language spam in Google Analytics.
1. Log in to your Google Analytics account and go to the Admin tab
2. In the “View” column select Filters and then click + Add Filter
3. Add a Filter Name: Language Spam (or something you can easily remember)
4. Go to: Filter Type > Custom > Exclude
5. Select Filter Field: Language settings
6. Add a Filter Pattern: \s[^s]*\s|.{15,}|\.|,
7. Click on the blue text that says Verify this filter to see a preview table of how this filter will work in your account. You should only see language spam on the left side of the table: filter-verification-language-spam
8. After you verify the filter click the Save button on the bottom of the page
