27-06-2008, 12:19 AM
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Analytics spam
An interesting warning on so-called analytics spam:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/analytics...ernet-near-you However, I think we're talking about basic fake traffic issues here - faked referrer traffic is common, and originally targeted at server logs to bring in traffic from checking logs or from search engines crawling public logs for links. So - a case of new tricks facing off against old dogs?
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19-07-2008, 11:38 PM
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Re: Analytics spam
Eh thats all such a waste of time though. Some good old fashioned basic SEO takes less time and pays off 50X better. I'll never understand the point of doing something blackhat, just because its blackhat.
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20-07-2008, 09:18 AM
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Re: Analytics spam
Yes, I ran a test with referrer spamming a couple of years ago - too high risk, too little return. I'm told it can work wonders by some people, but it's not an area I really want to invest time in.
Still, it underlines how useless traffic is as a metric - the only important stats are conversions and conversion rates. Junk traffic is easy - converting traffic is the challenge. 2c.
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