After finishing wptouch review post I had some break in blogging, and I couldn’t post regularly because of some health issues, and American president election has ended, and Donald Trump has won the election, and he is now the president of United States.
But politics is not relevant to me but why I am and what causes me to speak about Trump?
The reason is here..
After taking some break in my blogging journey and to do some work I logged in my Google Analytics account and I saw some abnormal activity in visitors.
Suddenly my daily visits increased from 200 to 6500+ by looking at this I was shocked and concerned to know how this is happening?
So I proceeded further and most of the traffic is from Russia and blog is not in Russian, nor my blog post doesn’t target Russians but how my blog is flooded with Russian visitors?
Now I am more concerned about it and took the issue as a serious one and looking at the referral link I can notice something called “Secret.Google.Com You are invited! Enter only with this ticket URL. Copy it. Vote for Trump!”
What Is Secret.Google.com You Are Invited! Enter Only With This Ticket URL. Copy it. Vote For Trump!?
“Secret.ɢoogle.Com You are invited! Enter only with this ticket URL. Copy it. Vote for Trump!” is a spam referral link which is created by a Russian Donald Trump supporter and he is sending spam message through spambots and not only me but many of them having this issue, and they are struggling to remove this spam referral link.
How To Remove Secret.Google.com Trump Spam From Google Analytics?
After going through some research I can find a solution to eliminate this link, and after testing it I am happy that now my problem is solved entirely, and now I can see the real visitors in Google Analytics dashboard.
This step by step guide will teach you to remove the secret.google.com trump spam.
Step #1.
- Go to Google Analytics Account Dashboard – ADMIN Button
- Choose the Affected account and click Filters option
Step #2.
Click ADD FILTER Button.
Step #3.
After going to Add filters area give a name for filter.
Filter Type = Custom
Filter Field = Language Settings
Under Filter Pattern Box Enter .{15,}|\s[^s]*\s|\.|,|\!|\/ and Save them.
That’s All Now you can view your actual traffic report in Google analytics account and after applying this filter it will remove the “secret.google.com trump spam” referral traffic from your account.
How To know Whether This Filter Method Works Or Not?
To ensure that this method for removing the fake traffic from Google Analytics is working or not?
For this, you need to wait at least one day after go and check your GA account, and you can witness a sudden drop in traffic because the filter blocked the referral spam from secret.google.com and now you can get the original traffic report.
This is my traffic report, and you can view the decrease in traffic on Dec 4 because of applied filter, and now I am getting the actual report without spam referrals.
