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How to filter a spam site from Google Analytics referral traffic

A few months back, I had set up the Google Analytics filter to remove bot traffic from bottraffic.xyz.Yet, it shows up on my Referral Traffic source. Any idea how to remove it from my Google Analytics?

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Is email obfuscation with JavaScript still valid in 2021?

We built a website with all our team members and their email addresses displayed on our About page. Now the question arose if bots will be able get their email addresses and send spam using those.What...

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My domain emails are marked as SPAM in Gmail? How to solve this issue?

At Pro Webmasters I searched for an issue which relates to spammed domain list for sending emails which end up in the Spam box in Gmail. I found the link something like...

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Backlink extortion scam - what to make of it?

I received an email through a clients web form, and - while I have no intention of complying, I am not sure what to make of it. Does anyone have any insights into this kind of spam? I'm curious because...

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Reporting paid links to google - does it work?

I am noticing that my competitors have a boat load of paid backlinks, which don't seem to be discredited from google (PR is intact, rather then 0)Problem is, those sites aren't any gambling or viagra...

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What list should List-Unsubscribe header unsubscribe you from

I can't find best practice for the following question:Should the List-Unsubscribe header unsubscribe you from all lists or just the specific list?

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One day after putting my site online and registering it with Google I got...

I put my website online yesterday and registered it with Google at the same time. Before that, I didn't even put a single link to the site anywhere online. And I don't have any email address on my...

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Website is under spam backlink attack [duplicate]

Our website's ranking has been dramatacically dropped.We now realized there are too many spam backlinks and obviously someone is attacking to our website.There are more than 10,000 backlinks from 10-20...

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block spoofed referrer traffic claiming to be from your own site

I'm getting over 10x usual site traffic with requests that spoof the referrer as my own site. I'm trying to block these with .htaccessA bot's GET request looks like:"GET /content/logo.svg HTTP/1.1" 200...

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How to setup cPanels Global Email Filters to filter multiple rules for one...

I'm using cPanel 106.0 (build 11) on a Linux server with x86_64 architecture, Apache 2.4.54 and PHP 8.1.13.I'm using the Global Email Filters feature to filter e-mails.I want to create a filter that...

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How to remove spam URL from Google Search Console

When we bought our domain and connect Google search engine we noticed that we had about 1000 spam URLs from 2020, probably someone who used to domain as a source of back links.We have a list of all the...

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Do I need to 'warm up' my email address when I plan on using amazon SES to...

I've read that when you plan on sending bulk email from a private SMTP server you first need to warm up the IP address of this server by sending only small but incremental amounts of emails in the...

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.fr: How can I receive spam because of registering a domain?

I recently registered a .fr domain, and the next day I already received a spam mail by an “independent web designer”, mentioning the fact that I bought that domain.There are several questions that I’m...

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How to avoid e-mail spoofing

My website e-mail is getting 'spoofed' and I would like to put things in place to avoid that happening.As some background, I have a shared hosting account with a dozen domains added to my hosting...

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Site search form getting spammed, but by Google IP

I have the search form on a section of a site that is getting bombarded with requests like:search query = baccarat philippe starck furniture, ➡️g188.ph⬅️, play free slots with bonus gcash logo cash, e...

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helo_dynamic_ipaddr error and spam email

I'm trying to send an email from my domain's email which is hosted on a cpanel (without support) but I always get it in the spam folder (I send it to my gmail account for my test but here I am using a...

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GA4 massive spam spikes from cities in different country

More than a Month now our website has massive spikes in direct traffic. So my thoughts are spam. I discovered a lot of traffic from certain cities, especially Boardman, Montreal, Columbus. What is the...

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Threatening email sent to me from my email address (from email address same...

I received an email earlier today on my work email addressThe email came from the same address - mine but I didn't send itIt was an email claiming that he was a professional hacker and had hacked my...

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How to avoid getting spam through a website?

We seem to be getting A LOT of email spam, we have a combination of the email addresses as mailto links and contact forms that send to the same address.What measures can we put in place that will...

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Can I avoid having my email server running on a VPS blacklisted?

We are running our mail servers on VPS and frequently get listed in a spam black list. Our clients began to complain about mail sending failures. (Mail is rejected by the recipients.)The reason to be...

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My domain link is flagged as dangerous/spam in emails

Recently my website was hacked and there were many redirects to other sites that were setup. I have cleaned up everything and the issues were fixed. Google initially flagged it was insecure and was...

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how to stop getting hits from comment spam

I have been hosting a photoblog using pixelpost, but have realised it was a haven for comments spam. I've since migrated the site to tumblr.The original site was an add-on domain to my hosting plan and...

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410 for chinese spam links in .htaccess? Recrawling on GSC

A clients site has been facing a chinese spam links attack. With ~100k spam links already created, with many indexed, before we were onboarded.The links all have either of these two in the...

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Is there a way to stop Google from indexing spam internal search results?

I've just seen in Google Search Console that Google is doing 3 things with spammy internal search links.The link structure is always www.example.com/search?q=[spammy link here]Around 500 are green and...

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Fake Bounce Spam Emails in Gmail - Are These Really That Fake?

Are spam messages labeled by Gmail as "Fake Bounce Emails" really that fake in all cases? Is there a way they could actually be legit?We run a server with multiple domains which have all the classic...

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How long would it take to have a domain unbanned from Facebook?

A week ago two of my posts which link to my website were mark as spam, and after I appealed they were recovered in a day. After that I posted another link, and then all of my posts were retracted. All...

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Handling of unsubscribe link for individual user-requested email

How are people handling the unsubscribe requirement in emails that aren't really subscriptions?I send out various emails from my domain includingNewsletters. These are opt-in with unsubscribe link...

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Just after 1 month, impression dropped to ~0. After enhancing the content,...

My website is a listing website that lists AI tools over the internet.After submitting my new website to Google Search Console, the initial impression remained around 400 for about a month. However, it...

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How to send mass email and not get treated as spam

I have a very important announcement to send the more than 300k members of my website. I already have email sending software but they result in spam. So I want to improve my chances of reaching my...

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Suspicious php links found on cPanel visitors

I am facing a problem with my WordPress site. Number of visitors try to access a page that doesn't even exist on my site. It keeps generating every minute with different random php links from different...

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