HOW-TO: Remove Spam Traffic in Google Analytics (SLIDES+VIDEO)

By: Rhett Lloyd

Oct 21, 2015

1 min

Knowledge

If you are like most you have junk in your analytics trunk. Whether it is semalt.com, 4webmasters.com, get-free-social-buttons.com or the-next-spammer.com the traffic is makes a clean analytics setup dirty. The total number of hits can be quite significant for low volume websites making it difficult to evaluate visitor behavior and engagement with your website.

Don’t worry we can wipe it out using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. It’s pretty easy to do with basic knowledge of GA and GTM.

How to block spam referral traffic in google analytics from WebSuited

Thanks to GTMTraining.com for making a great video tutorial as well.

Remove Referral Spam with Google Tag Manager

Rhett Lloyd

Co-Founder & Head of Strategy

Rhett Lloyd is the accomplished owner of WebSuited, a highly regarded marketing solutions company based in Fort Pierce, Florida. With a strong background in digital marketing, Rhett and his team specialize in website development, search marketing, and more, helping businesses achieve growth and success

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