Blocking referrer spam in Jetpack stats

  • Resolved SLIS

    (@slis)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    Just wondering if there has been any progress/development on removing spam referrals in jetpack stats akin to what is available in wordpress.com?

    I notice there is a new strain of semalt spam going out, as well as a “social buttons for website” referrer that I’d like to block. It would just be nice to have an option within Jetpack as modifying my .htacesss file always makes me a bit hesitant as I don’t want to muck up my code.

    Thanks!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/jetpack/

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  • Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    Yes, it’s now possible to mark referrers as Spam when looking at your Jetpack Stats WordPress.com, by clicking on the three dots next the the referrers:
    https://i.wpne.ws/Z07M
    https://wordpress.com/stats

    Thread Starter SLIS

    (@slis)

    Excellent! But if I understand correctly, their visits will still show in my page view counts, in which case I would still need to block them in my .htaccess file, or will it not reflect their visits if I mark as spam?

    Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    That’s correct. Removing them from your referrer list won’t block them from visiting your site. Blocking them with .htaccess will!

    Thread Starter SLIS

    (@slis)

    Ok, good to know. Offhand I could use your advice: do you think this is a good code in htaccess to block them?

    I had done this previously which had worked:

    SetEnvIfNoCase Via evil-spam-proxy spammer=yes
    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer evil-spam-domain.com spammer=yes
    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer evil-spam-keyword spammer=yes
    SetEnvIfNoCase Via pinappleproxy spammer=yes
    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer semalt.com spammer=yes
    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer poker spammer=yes

    Just wondering if it would still apply if I were to add the following for new nuisance referrers:

    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer buttons-for-website.com spammer=yes
    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer make-money-online.7makemoneyonline.com spammer=yes

    Thanks so much!

    Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    Yes, that would work!

    Thread Starter SLIS

    (@slis)

    Thanks :)!

    What if I accidentally mark a referrer as spam. Can I undo that? There is some indication that an undo option exists. But it did not show up next to the ellipsis as indicated.

    Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    @kevin.Bowser I replied in the thread you started here.

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