Blog stat: your visitors clicked these links…not on MY site, they didn’t

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  katiekind · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 8:19 pm

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  In the list called “your visitors clicked these links on your site” there have been a few questionable links in the last few days. I was too busy to bother with it, but today’s link was pornographic. My readers certainly did not find that link on my site.

  How did that get there??? EWWWW!!!!

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  thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 8:31 pm

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  Is it possible that you accepted a spam comment without knowing it? Some spammers will put a name like Susie or John, but the link goes to porn. If a reader were to click on that, it would show on your stats. Just a thought. Otherwise, I’m not sure how it may’ve happened.

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  teck07 · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 8:37 pm

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  I agree with what diamondfistwerny, said I would go back and check all you’re
  comments and see if you can find it… It should stick out like a sore thumb
  because you won’t recognize the name or the comment will look out of place…

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  ellaella · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 8:39 pm

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  Report the porn link to support.

  It might have been a link in the adsense ads wordpress places on our blogs. I thought it might have been a ‘possibly related’ link but you don’t seem to have them turned on.

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  thelifeofmarkwhitecotton · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 8:43 pm

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  @ Teck. Not all spam is gibberish. I’ve had what are probably real people, not computer software leave things like, “I really like what you’ve said, keep up the good work” or something along those lines. With a name like Susie or John. And when I click on the link, it’s porn. But, of course, they were caught by askimet.

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  katiekind · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 9:49 pm

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  Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate it.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 9:50 pm

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  Those are, in fact, probably automated spam. They use real-sounding names so you might leave it.

  ella’s probably right; it’s likely to be adsense. And you won’t see the adsense, so there’s no way to report it.

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  katiekind · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 9:59 pm

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  I reported the link to Support as suggested.

  >it’s likely to be adsense. And you won’t see the adsense, so there’s no way to report it.

  Are you saying there could be invisible adsense on my blog?

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  ellaella · Member · Jun 20, 2008 at 10:11 pm

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  Yes, visible to those who come in via search engine or who are not logged in to wp:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=21318&replies=16#post-161180