tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post2656622701993754965..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: Bloggy WeirdnessTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-22683036383695175392013-03-27T12:45:22.982-07:002013-03-27T12:45:22.982-07:00Thanks, all.
@eldorel: Well I hope my post didn&#...Thanks, all.<br /><br />@eldorel: Well I hope my post didn't cause 6 people to leave G+, :) seriously though, that would be horrible.<br /><br />@Richard: Thanks for the suggestion. I don't mind pruning out the spam so far and I like leaving posting as simple as possible, even if people want to do it anonymously. I was mostly wondering why the spam started all of a sudden.<br /><br />@Zak: I saw that, thank you. Actually, that post would be a good test case, so Blogger shows I've received 622 hits to it in the last week and now I see if I add up all the incoming Google urls that it works out:<br />www.google.com 344<br />plus.url.google.com 141<br />www.google.co.uk 53<br />www.google.ca 45<br />www.google.fr 40<br />www.google.de 31<br /><br />total = ~654<br /><br />So, previously it probably was someone posting to G+ (and I'm not in their circles and didn't see the post shared) and I just didn't see the spike in all the spread out Google addresses.<br /><br />@mwschmeer: What is the economic incentive to hide traffic? I thought they were all try to build up fake SEO rankings.<br /><br />@WQRobb: I think I have that too, though it wasn't the big spikes I was talking about. I ususually get ~30-40 hits a day from some of those scummy, non-sites. But I can see the site in the stats. I thought I was getting unrecorded traffic, but it looks like it might be from G+.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-78231287841250878822013-03-27T12:13:02.268-07:002013-03-27T12:13:02.268-07:00The ghost traffic comes from sites that are hoping...The ghost traffic comes from sites that are hoping you'll follow the source URL. Many times they are overseas gambling sites, etc. I was dismayed to discover that almost a quarter of the hits to my site were caused by them. There's a good article about them here:<br />http://spamspoiler.blogspot.com/2012/12/adsense-watchdog-zombiestat-vampirestat.htmlWQRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436898737750581192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-37913800477148581442013-03-27T11:59:40.767-07:002013-03-27T11:59:40.767-07:00Not sure about the weird spam, but I am definitely...Not sure about the weird spam, but I am definitely getting the ghost traffic. Using Google Analytics, I tracked it two two spam blogs that had linked to me, one of which was LinkBux, which is/was using a false http:// redirect to make it look like my site was getting the hit when it was actually directing traffic elsewhere.Matthew Schmeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348372645986806502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-32002509452332321352013-03-27T11:26:36.351-07:002013-03-27T11:26:36.351-07:00i linked to your last post on G+i linked to your last post on G+Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-24860598429622531972013-03-27T10:59:30.034-07:002013-03-27T10:59:30.034-07:00I switched to using Disqus for commenting a couple...I switched to using Disqus for commenting a couple of years ago, and it has wholly annihilated any and all comment spam. None. Whatsoever. I can't recommend it enough. Also, it solves the anonymity issue that's driven folks trying to handle blog post comments & conversation on G+ without actually breaking the link between the post and the conversation.<br /><br />As to phantom traffic: it happens. I don't understand how it's profitable for someone, but I've definitely noticed traffic hitting my Warhammer blog from Russian forums that have URLs that make it clear I shouldn't investigate them. I just try to ignore it.Rushputinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07867389429325778387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-73227210959482108632013-03-27T10:48:25.178-07:002013-03-27T10:48:25.178-07:00Not sure about the rest, but I think someone delet...Not sure about the rest, but I think someone deleting their G+ profile completely removes any likes they had from counters. eldorelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347720134304640295noreply@blogger.com