Reverse a referrer spam click

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  bestcoasthockey · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:22 pm

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  I’ve searched the forums and I found where it says it can’t be done unless you immediately click undo.

  Well the problem is I was using the iPad app to review my stats and the ‘undo’ link never appeared. Now the referrer that drove the most action to my site is considered spam. This cannot stay as is. There are multiple links from this referrer that I need to review to determine which part of the referrer’s site is driving the most traffic to my blog.

  I plead with the wordpress staff to investigate a way to revoke the spam click for my blog and allow the referrer to be seen as non-spam.

  Thanks you

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

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:23 pm

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  Which URL is it?

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  bestcoasthockey · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:24 pm

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  http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:26 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for a Staff response. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  bestcoasthockey · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:27 pm

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  Sounds great, thank you so much for your help!

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:29 pm

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  You’re welcome. I believe you will discover that clicking the spam link does nothing other than removing the display of the URL in your stats.

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  bestcoasthockey · Member · May 11, 2014 at 5:33 pm

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  I understand that but as I said prior to being spam it was showing from what exact page the referral was coming from, something we’d like to continue to be able to see.

  thanks again :)

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  jackiedana · Member · May 13, 2014 at 8:52 pm

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  At this time once a site has been marked as Spam in your referrers, it cannot be undone later. We are looking into making this option available in the future, but for now, please note that it is only a display issue, not an actual spamming of a site, since we cannot control which sites refer visitors to us.

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  timethief · Member · May 14, 2014 at 6:24 pm

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  @jackiedana

  At this time once a site has been marked as Spam in your referrers, it cannot be undone later.

  Thanks for the confirmation – noted.

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  africanagirl · Member · May 17, 2014 at 9:54 am

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  How do I stop this link from visiting my website, I understand that it is spam and may be distorting the number of views to my site
  The spam is : http://semalt.semalt.com/crawler.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fafricanahgirl.com

  Thank you

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  jackiedana · Member · May 19, 2014 at 6:44 am

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  You can hide the referrer in your stats by hovering over it and clicking the “Spam?” link. If your site is public, you cannot prevent anyone from viewing it.