Ask HN: Why can't Google stop referral spam on Google Analytics?

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It's been getting progressively worse, especially with these fake IDN domains pretending to be major sites (Google, LifeHacker, etc). Today, it's my top referral source. I'm certainly not alone in getting hit with this stuff. It's been going on for years and getting progressively worse. But I've seen zero attempt on Google's end to try to fight it.

What gives?

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Admin -> Account -> Property -> View -> View Settings

[ ] Bot Filtering

Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders

It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing.

Doesn't help in this case

Enabling it doesn't work retroactively, just from that point forward.

Nice, didn't know about that one.

Edit: I looked at my website, and today was a particularly nasty day, my top referral was:

"Secret.ɢoogle.com You are invited! Enter only with this ticket URL. Copy it. Vote for Trump!"

Not the only one:

http://blog.analytics-toolkit.com/2016/language-spam-latest-...

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