Bot called crawler.semalt.com appearing regularly in stats

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  trevorodonnell · Member · Mar 23, 2014 at 11:18 pm

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  I’ve seen that I’m not alone in finding a bot bearing the word “semalt” in my stats. This is very unlike WordPress.

  Is there a way to get rid of this so my stats are reliable?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 25, 2014 at 10:38 pm

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  Hi there!

  As you’ve found Semalt is not associated with WordPress.com, we have no control over their bots. You can block Semalt referrals following these directions:

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  Let me know if I can help further!