.htaccess file block semalt etc

  • Resolved powerj

    (@powerj)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    I am trying to block semalt and buttons-for-website.com from my analytics.

    After some research I have my .htaccess looking like this. Is this correct and I assume it will take Google some time to register the change?

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # block visitors referred from semalt.com, buttons-for-website.com
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} semalt.com [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} buttons-for-website.com [NC]
    RewriteRule .* – [F]

    # END WordPress

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  • You are closing your mod_rewrite a little prematurely.

    Perhaps this may work better?

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /

  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

  RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} semalt.com [NC]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} buttons-for-website.com [NC]
  RewriteRule .* - [F]
</IfModule>

    Thread Starter powerj

    (@powerj)

    Thank you so much. Does it take Google a little while to respond to the change?

    Thread Starter powerj

    (@powerj)

    Actually disregard that last question – Just realised I’m being dumb

    No worries ??

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