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Can you please help me with with. I often find referrer spam traffic in my analytics under organic traffic and it drives me crazy.
The first thing I want to know is how does these bots (are they bots?) find my website? Is it something I have done wrong or is it just something that happens when you have a website?
The next thing I need to know is what are the ways to remove these spam searches from my Google Analytics. It really makes my reporting very inaccurate and I don't like it at all.
I have done loads of searches online and I have tried the suggestions but nothing has worked so I am now feeling firstly very stupid and also very annoyed.
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| Match | Count | SQL | Script |
| SELECT * FROM members_ledger WHERE ip = ? AND added>=unix_timestamp(NOW())-86400 | 1 | SELECT querystring, added
FROM members_ledger
WHERE
ip = ? AND added>=unix_timestamp(NOW())-86400 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/includes/security.php 398 fetchMemberLedger() include_once() |
| SELECT * FROM `questions` as q JOIN categories_faq as c ON q.catid=c.CATID WHERE (q.status=1 OR (q.status=2 AND userid='') ) AND q.quesid='18838' | 1 | SELECT q.*, c.seo as CatSEO, c.name as CatName, c.parentid
FROM `questions` as q
JOIN categories_faq as c ON q.catid=c.CATID
WHERE (q.status=1 OR
(q.status=2 AND userid='')
)
AND q.quesid='18838' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/viewfaq.php 496 () () |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='306632' | 1 | SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='306632' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/includes/member.php 445 GetAllUserDetails() () |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID=306632 | 1 | SELECT googleplus_profile FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID=306632 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 16914 GetGooglePlusProfileFromId() () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faq as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=18838 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faq as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=18838
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| SELECT * FROM answers a, seoclerks.members b WHERE a.quesid='18838' AND a.userid=b.USERID and b.status='1' AND a.status=1 ORDER BY a.combined_votes DESC, a.date_answered asc | 1 | SELECT a.answer, a.USERID, a.upvotes, a.downvotes, a.ansid, a.parentid, a.combined_votes, a.date_answered,
b.username, b.userlevel, b.profilepicture FROM answers a, seoclerks.members b
WHERE a.quesid='18838' AND a.userid=b.USERID and b.status='1' AND a.status=1
ORDER BY a.combined_votes DESC, a.date_answered asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/viewfaq.php 1245 () () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faqanswers as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=104080 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faqanswers as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=104080
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faqanswers as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=104120 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faqanswers as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=104120
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faqanswers as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=104138 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faqanswers as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=104138
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faqanswers as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=104173 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faqanswers as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=104173
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faqanswers as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=104103 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faqanswers as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=104103
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| SELECT * FROM ratings_faqanswers as r, seoclerks.members as m WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID AND r.upvote=1 AND r.PID=104119 LIMIT 5 | 1 | SELECT m.username FROM
ratings_faqanswers as r,
seoclerks.members as m
WHERE r.USERID=m.USERID
AND r.upvote=1
AND r.PID=104119
LIMIT 5 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 17159 GetVoters() () |
| UPDATE questions SET total_views = total_views + 1 WHERE quesid='18838' | 1 | UPDATE questions SET total_views = total_views + 1 WHERE quesid='18838' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/main.php 1765 update_Faqviewcount() () |
| SELECT * FROM questions WHERE quesid!='18838' AND status='1' AND (question like '%Remove Referrer Spam Traffic Google Analytics?%' OR question like '%Remove%' OR question like '%Referrer%' OR question like '%Spam%' OR question like '%Traffic%' OR question like '%Google%' OR question like '%Analytics?%') -- ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 15 | 1 | SELECT quesid, question, seo, userid
FROM questions
WHERE quesid!='18838' AND status='1'
AND (question like '%Remove Referrer Spam Traffic Google Analytics?%' OR question like '%Remove%' OR question like '%Referrer%' OR question like '%Spam%' OR question like '%Traffic%' OR question like '%Google%' OR question like '%Analytics?%')
-- ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 15 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() () |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='1323' limit 1 | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='1323' limit 1 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_member_profilepicture() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='707' limit 1 | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='707' limit 1 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_member_profilepicture() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='1129' limit 1 | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='1129' limit 1 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_member_profilepicture() |
| SELECT * FROM members_ledger WHERE script='/opt/clerks-staging/docroot/viewfaq.php' AND querystring LIKE '%id=18838%' AND added>=UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW())-1200 GROUP BY USERID | 1 | SELECT USERID, username FROM members_ledger
WHERE script='/opt/clerks-staging/docroot/viewfaq.php'
AND querystring LIKE '%id=18838%'
AND added>=UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW())-1200
GROUP BY USERID
| /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() () |
| SELECT * FROM categories | 1 | SELECT * FROM categories | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() parseRedundantQueriesCache() |
| select * from categories_software order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_software order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_GetSoftwareCategories() |
| select * from categories_wanttobuy order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_wanttobuy order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_wantcategories() |
| select * from categories_wanttotrade order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_wanttotrade order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_tradecategories() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='2951.jpg' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='2951.jpg' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='306632.jpg' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='306632.jpg' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='134.png' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='134.png' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| select * from categories_faq order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_faq order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_GetFaqCategories() |
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|---|
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| Avg Time | Count | SQL | Max | Min |
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I block bots with my .htaccess file:
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Aboundex" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "80legs" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "360Spider" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Java" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Cogentbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Alexibot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^asterias" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^attach" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BackDoorBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BackWeb" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Bandit" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BatchFTP" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Bigfoot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Black.Hole" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BlackWidow" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BlowFish" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BotALot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Buddy" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BuiltBotTough" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Bullseye" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BunnySlippers" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Cegbfeieh" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^CheeseBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^CherryPicker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ChinaClaw" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Collector" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Copier" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^CopyRightCheck" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^cosmos" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Crescent" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Custo" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^AIBOT" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^DISCo" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^DIIbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^DittoSpyder" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Download\ Demon" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Download\ Devil" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Download\ Wonder" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^dragonfly" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Drip" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^eCatch" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EasyDL" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ebingbong" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EirGrabber" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailCollector" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailSiphon" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailWolf" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EroCrawler" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Exabot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Express\ WebPictures" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Extractor" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EyeNetIE" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Foobot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^flunky" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^FrontPage" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Go-Ahead-Got-It" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^gotit" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^GrabNet" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Grafula" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Harvest" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^hloader" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^HMView" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^HTTrack" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^humanlinks" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^IlseBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Image\ Stripper" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Image\ Sucker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Indy\ Library" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^InfoNaviRobot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^InfoTekies" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Intelliseek" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^InterGET" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Internet\ Ninja" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Iria" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Jakarta" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JennyBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JetCar" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JOC" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JustView" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Jyxobot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Kenjin.Spider" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Keyword.Density" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^larbin" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LexiBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^lftp" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^libWeb/clsHTTP" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^likse" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LinkextractorPro" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LinkScan/8.1a.Unix" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LNSpiderguy" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LinkWalker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^lwp-trivial" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LWP::Simple" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Magnet" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mag-Net" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^MarkWatch" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mass\ Downloader" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mata.Hari" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Memo" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Microsoft.URL" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Microsoft\ URL\ Control" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^MIDown\ tool" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^MIIxpc" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mirror" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Missigua\ Locator" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mister\ PiX" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^moget" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mozilla/3.Mozilla/2.01" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mozilla.*NEWT" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NAMEPROTECT" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Navroad" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NearSite" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetAnts" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Netcraft" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetMechanic" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetSpider" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Net\ Vampire" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetZIP" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NextGenSearchBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NG" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NICErsPRO" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^niki-bot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NimbleCrawler" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Ninja" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NPbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Octopus" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Offline\ Explorer" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Offline\ Navigator" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Openfind" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^OutfoxBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^PageGrabber" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Papa\ Foto" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^pavuk" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^pcBrowser" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^PHP\ version\ tracker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Pockey" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ProPowerBot/2.14" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ProWebWalker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^psbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Pump" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^QueryN.Metasearch" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^RealDownload" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Reaper" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Recorder" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ReGet" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^RepoMonkey" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^RMA" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Siphon" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SiteSnagger" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SlySearch" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SmartDownload" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Snake" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Snapbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Snoopy" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^sogou" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SpaceBison" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SpankBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^spanner" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Sqworm" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Stripper" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Sucker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SuperBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SuperHTTP" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Surfbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^suzuran" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Szukacz/1.4" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^tAkeOut" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Teleport" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Telesoft" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TurnitinBot/1.5" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^The.Intraformant" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TheNomad" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TightTwatBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Titan" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^True_Robot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^turingos" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TurnitinBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^URLy.Warning" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Vacuum" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^VCI" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^VoidEYE" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Web\ Image\ Collector" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Web\ Sucker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebAuto" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebBandit" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Webclipping.com" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebCopier" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebEMailExtrac.*" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebEnhancer" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebFetch" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebGo\ IS" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Web.Image.Collector" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebLeacher" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebmasterWorldForumBot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebReaper" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebSauger" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Website\ eXtractor" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Website\ Quester" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Webster" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebStripper" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebWhacker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebZIP" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Whacker" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Widow" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WISENutbot" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WWWOFFLE" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WWW-Collector-E" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Xaldon" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Xenu" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Zeus" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "ZmEu" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Zyborg" bad_bot
# Vulnerability Scanners
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Acunetix" bad_bot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "FHscan" bad_bot
# Aggressive Chinese Search Engine
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Baiduspider" bad_bot
# Aggressive Russian Search Engine
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Yandex" bad_bot
<Limit GET POST HEAD>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
# Cyveillance
deny from 38.100.19.8/29
deny from 38.100.21.0/24
deny from 38.100.41.64/26
deny from 38.105.71.0/25
deny from 38.105.83.0/27
deny from 38.112.21.140/30
deny from 38.118.42.32/29
deny from 65.213.208.128/27
deny from 65.222.176.96/27
deny from 65.222.185.72/29
Deny from env=bad_bot
</Limit>
Try adding that in, and stop bots from accessing the website. Well, here's what I do.. I block bots with my .htaccess file: [code=text] SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Aboundex" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "80legs" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "360Spider" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Java" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Cogentbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Alexibot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^asterias" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^attach" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BackDoorBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BackWeb" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Bandit" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BatchFTP" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Bigfoot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Black.Hole" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BlackWidow" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BlowFish" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BotALot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Buddy" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BuiltBotTough" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Bullseye" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^BunnySlippers" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Cegbfeieh" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^CheeseBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^CherryPicker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ChinaClaw" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Collector" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Copier" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^CopyRightCheck" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^cosmos" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Crescent" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Custo" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^AIBOT" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^DISCo" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^DIIbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^DittoSpyder" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Download\ Demon" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Download\ Devil" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Download\ Wonder" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^dragonfly" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Drip" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^eCatch" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EasyDL" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ebingbong" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EirGrabber" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailCollector" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailSiphon" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EmailWolf" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EroCrawler" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Exabot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Express\ WebPictures" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Extractor" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^EyeNetIE" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Foobot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^flunky" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^FrontPage" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Go-Ahead-Got-It" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^gotit" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^GrabNet" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Grafula" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Harvest" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^hloader" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^HMView" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^HTTrack" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^humanlinks" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^IlseBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Image\ Stripper" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Image\ Sucker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Indy\ Library" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^InfoNaviRobot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^InfoTekies" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Intelliseek" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^InterGET" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Internet\ Ninja" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Iria" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Jakarta" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JennyBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JetCar" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JOC" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^JustView" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Jyxobot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Kenjin.Spider" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Keyword.Density" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^larbin" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LexiBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^lftp" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^libWeb/clsHTTP" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^likse" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LinkextractorPro" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LinkScan/8.1a.Unix" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LNSpiderguy" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LinkWalker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^lwp-trivial" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^LWP::Simple" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Magnet" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mag-Net" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^MarkWatch" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mass\ Downloader" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mata.Hari" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Memo" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Microsoft.URL" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Microsoft\ URL\ Control" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^MIDown\ tool" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^MIIxpc" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mirror" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Missigua\ Locator" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mister\ PiX" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^moget" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mozilla/3.Mozilla/2.01" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Mozilla.*NEWT" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NAMEPROTECT" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Navroad" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NearSite" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetAnts" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Netcraft" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetMechanic" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetSpider" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Net\ Vampire" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NetZIP" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NextGenSearchBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NG" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NICErsPRO" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^niki-bot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NimbleCrawler" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Ninja" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^NPbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Octopus" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Offline\ Explorer" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Offline\ Navigator" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Openfind" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^OutfoxBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^PageGrabber" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Papa\ Foto" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^pavuk" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^pcBrowser" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^PHP\ version\ tracker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Pockey" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ProPowerBot/2.14" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ProWebWalker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^psbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Pump" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^QueryN.Metasearch" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^RealDownload" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Reaper" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Recorder" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^ReGet" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^RepoMonkey" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^RMA" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Siphon" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SiteSnagger" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SlySearch" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SmartDownload" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Snake" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Snapbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Snoopy" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^sogou" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SpaceBison" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SpankBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^spanner" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Sqworm" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Stripper" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Sucker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SuperBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^SuperHTTP" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Surfbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^suzuran" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Szukacz/1.4" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^tAkeOut" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Teleport" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Telesoft" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TurnitinBot/1.5" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^The.Intraformant" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TheNomad" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TightTwatBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Titan" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^True_Robot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^turingos" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^TurnitinBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^URLy.Warning" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Vacuum" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^VCI" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^VoidEYE" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Web\ Image\ Collector" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Web\ Sucker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebAuto" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebBandit" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Webclipping.com" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebCopier" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebEMailExtrac.*" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebEnhancer" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebFetch" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebGo\ IS" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Web.Image.Collector" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebLeacher" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebmasterWorldForumBot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebReaper" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebSauger" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Website\ eXtractor" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Website\ Quester" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Webster" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebStripper" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebWhacker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WebZIP" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Whacker" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Widow" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WISENutbot" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WWWOFFLE" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^WWW-Collector-E" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Xaldon" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Xenu" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Zeus" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "ZmEu" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "^Zyborg" bad_bot # Vulnerability Scanners SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Acunetix" bad_bot SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "FHscan" bad_bot # Aggressive Chinese Search Engine SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Baiduspider" bad_bot # Aggressive Russian Search Engine SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Yandex" bad_bot <Limit GET POST HEAD> Order Allow,Deny Allow from all # Cyveillance deny from 38.100.19.8/29 deny from 38.100.21.0/24 deny from 38.100.41.64/26 deny from 38.105.71.0/25 deny from 38.105.83.0/27 deny from 38.112.21.140/30 deny from 38.118.42.32/29 deny from 65.213.208.128/27 deny from 65.222.176.96/27 deny from 65.222.185.72/29 Deny from env=bad_bot </Limit> [/code] Try adding that in, and stop bots from accessing the website.
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