Stop copyrightclaims.org referral spam in Google Analytics

Copyrightclaims.org is a referrer spam URL that targets your website’s data measured by Google Analytics. You may have noticed an increase in copyrightclaims.org referral traffic in your Google Analytics account. Referral traffic from copyrightclaims.org is not linked to any real copyright complaint. It is a fake website designed to promote websites that spammers want people to visit and to essentially boost the spam URL’s rank in Google search result pages by creating backlinks off your website’s access logs. At this time, the spam URL forwards to alibestsale.com; another domain name owned by the same entity and hosted on the same server.

copyrightclaims google analytics

Copyrightclaims.org referrer spam and referrer spam in general from other URLs like best-seo-software.xyz is a growing problem for many webmasters, website owners, and anyone who values their website’s analytical data. Referrer spam can ruin website data measured by Google Analytics. The website data it can affect includes everything measured in the Audience, Acquisition, and Behavior areas as calculated by Google Analytics. For example, Copyrightclaims.org referrer spam can destroy your bounce rate because the spam URL typically only lands on a single webpage on your website and leaves your website from the same webpage. Referrer spam can also hit your website from sources around the world, from various resources, and more.

Quick Links

Associated URLs

  • claim381811.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim42465581.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim57522260.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim45910938.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim44537612.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim60404118.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim63137925.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim28709263.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim3433678.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim60712466.copyrightclaims.org
  • claim3629166.copyrightclaims.org

What is Copyrightclaims.org?

Copyrightclaims.org is a domain name used to hit your website with referral traffic from different locations around the world using traffic bots, computers infected with malicious software, and other blackhat SEO tactics. The benefits that referral spammers have by engaging in referrer spamming is that it will allow them advertise the website they want people to visit and it will improve the spammers search engine ranking by creating backlinks to their website off your website’s access log.

copyrightclaims.org referral

The downside to unwanted Copyrightclaims.org referral traffic for website owners is that it can mess up the appropriate Google Analytics data and other website metrics provided by third-party services. In some cases it can also use up your website’s bandwidth by creating repeated site requests. However, this is not the case with this URL since it primarily generates ghost hits that do not actually land on your website.

Spammers target the referral traffic of your website for several reasons:

  • Referrer spammers want to promote a webpage and want you to visit the webpage or search for it online through Google search engine results pages.
  • Referrer spammers want to boost their rank on Google search engine results pages by creating backlinks. They do this by logging requests into your website’s access log, which is then crawled by Google bot and seen as a backlink to the spam site.

Copyrightclaims.org referrer spam is not entirely dangerous to your website. It will most likely not cause any trouble with how your website is accessed by your visitors or ranked by Google. However, in some cases referrer spam may use up your website’s bandwidth and CPU by creating multiple site requests to your website. In other cases, the spam URL is served to your analytical data by traffic bots which create ghost hits and never actually land on your website, which happens to be the case with this URL. They often target your GA ID number.

How to block Copyrightclaims.org referral spam in Google Analytics

To block Copyrightclaims.org referral spam in Google Analytics follow the instructions below. Blocking Copyrightclaims.org referrer spam in Google Analytics by creating an exclude filter will only mask the spam URL. To block the referrer spam URL at the sources see the instructions below to block Copyrightclaims.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.

how to block referrer spam

2. Click the ADD FILTER button to create a new exclude filter.

block referrer spam

3. Add Copyrightclaims.org as the Filter Name.

4. Select the Custom Filter Type.

block referrer spam google analytics

5. In Filter Field, find and select Campaign Source in the list. In the Filter Pattern text box, add Copyrightclaims.org and click the Save button on the bottom of the webpage.

How to block Copyrightclaims.org referral spam with your .htaccess file

To block referrer spam at the source using your .htacess file add the code below to your .htaccess file. This method will not work against ghost traffic that never actually lands on your website.

## SITE REFERRER BANNING
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} copyrightclaims.org [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} copyrightclaims.org
RewriteRule .* - [F]

How to block Copyrightclaims.org referral spam with WP Referrer Spam Blocker plugin

Botcrawl.com has published a plugin for WordPress website called WP Referrer Spam Blocker. Our free Referrer Spam Blocker plugin for WordPress can be used to automatically block most referrer spam URLs aside from ghost traffic which no plugin is capable of.

  1. Download Referrer Spam Blocker plugin for WordPress.
  2. Go to Plugins > Add New and click Upload Plugin.
  3. Click Choose File and select the referrer-spam-blocker.zip file and click Install Now.

Sean Doyle

Sean is a distinguished tech author and entrepreneur with over 20 years of extensive experience in cybersecurity, privacy, malware, Google Analytics, online marketing, and various other tech domains. His expertise and contributions to the industry have been recognized in numerous esteemed publications. Sean is widely acclaimed for his sharp intellect and innovative insights, solidifying his reputation as a leading figure in the tech community. His work not only advances the field but also helps businesses and individuals navigate the complexities of the digital world.

14 Responses

  1. Hitch says:

    Thank you! Very helpful. That particular “referrer” was driving me nuts. 🙂 They’re nuked now.

  2. Anonymous says:

    Thanks! Very helpful!

  3. Anonymous says:

    Thank you!!

  4. Anonymous says:

    Thank you for your help 🙂

  5. HWP says:

    Also associated URL : claim57188203.copyrightclaims.org

  6. HWP says:

    Thank you for this precious help

  7. Anna says:

    Thanks for adding in the How To detail.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Thank you

  9. Anonymous says:

    Thanks a lot! 😀

  10. Anonymous says:

    THANK YOU. 🙂

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.