Lately my Google Analytics is getting bombared with fake searches, referrals from ilovevitalli.com, resellerclub.com, hulfingtonpost.com and apple.com. One of my sites shows search results like these in it's analytics widget:How can I block these fake referrals and searches once and for all? I have set filters in Google Analytics but they keep showing up.
How to block google analytics spam from hulfingtonpost.com?
google analytics
This doesn't depend on your filter. This is categorized as organic traffic, not referral. They are long-tail keywords.You should exclude these using the Search term exclusion https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2795833?hl=enCopy and paste these longtails. You can also exclude every keyword that contains iloveitaly.com, not only exact match.Another solution is to block access through ht.accessRewriteEngine on# Options +FollowSymlinksRewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} otherdomain\.com [NC]RewriteRule .* - [F]http://www.htaccess-guide.com/deny-visitors-by-referrer/